New Lawyer Orientation

Last August/September, students were required to complete the Law Society’s Student Orientation and submit a Declaration confirming they had completed viewing all orientation videos. At that time, we noted that there would be another mandatory Law Society orientation, the New Lawyer Orientation, for students following the last Capstone week and prior to call. Completion of the New Lawyer Orientation is mandatory, and required prior to your admission as a lawyer.

Total viewing time for the New Lawyer Orientation will be approximately four (4) hours.

After reviewing all videos, students must complete the following Declaration. Please submit the completed Declaration to the Law Society’s CPD & Student Coordinator.

Students in June 2020 Intake: The deadline to complete this orientation and submit the New Lawyer Declaration is April 30^th.

Students in the December 2020 Intake: The deadline to complete this orientation and submit your New Lawyer Declaration is October 30^th.

Ethics & Professionalism Panel – Live (Virtual) Presentation

Viewing includes one virtual presentation on Tuesday, April 13^thfrom 3:00 – 4:30 pm, by the Ethics & Professionalism Panel, which includes: Justice M.T. Megaw, Justice Neal W. Caldwell, Judge H.M. Harradence, and Brian Pfefferle. Though the session is scheduled to end at 4:30, the presenters will remain afterwards to answer any further questions. Your principal has been notified of this live session and we are hopeful that all students can attend live. If you are unable to attend live, please email me at Melissa.Warren@lawsociety.sk.ca prior to April 13^th to request an accused absence from this session (and access to a recorded link of the presentation).

Recorded Videos

The suggested viewing order is optional:

Advice for New Lawyers (24:42 min) The Honourable Chief Justice Robert G. Richards	Law Society of Saskatchewan: Admissions & EDI (17:36 min) Kiran Mand
Insurance Loss & Prevention / Complaints Procedure (1:29:55 min) Brad Hunter Q.C. Jenna Bailey	Welcome from STLA (2:54 min) Ian D. Wagner, President
Practice Advisor Program (15:24 min) Jeff Scott, Q.C.	Welcome from CBA Saskatchewan (3:21 min) Chris Weitzel, Q.C., President
Ethics in Everyday Practice – Panel (90 min) Justice Michael.T. Megaw Justice Neal W. Caldwell Judge Hugh M. Harradence Brian Pfefferle	Resources PowerPoint: Insurance Loss & Prevention / Complaints Procedure PowerPoint: Admissions & EDI Materials: Ethics in Everyday Practice

Required Documents

Final Reports Please complete the Final Articling Report with your principal and email the completed form to the Law Society’s Student Coordinator by:

Friday, Apr 30 for students in the Jun 2020 Intake (or in last month of articling term)
Friday, Oct 30 for students in the Dec 2020 Intake (or in last month of articling term)