Membership Services

Membership Services Index

• Types of memberships and responsibilities
• Status and Contact Changes
• Applying to become an inactive member
• Applying to become a retired member
• Resigning your membership
• Reinstating your membership
• Membership renewals

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Types of membership and responsibilities 

The Law Society of Saskatchewan has a variety of membership types:

• Active Member: a person with a valid practising certificate in accordance with The Legal Profession Act and Rule 166 and therefore entitled to practise law.
  
  
• Canadian Legal Advisor: a member admitted pursuant to Rule 208.
  
  
• Disqualified Member: a member who has been disqualified in accordance with Rule 162, 168 or 171. A Disqualified Member has none of the rights of membership and is not entitled to practise law for the period of the disqualification.
  
  
• Former Member: a person who was a member, but who has resigned, has been appointed to the judiciary or has been disbarred. A Former Member has none of the rights of membership and is not entitled to practise law.
  
  
• Inactive Member: a person who has qualified in all respects to be admitted as a lawyer but has elected not to maintain a practising membership. An Inactive Member has all the rights and duties of membership in the Society, but is not permitted to practise law.
  
  
• Law Professor Member: an Active Member permitted to practise in accordance with Rule 163.
  
  
• Pro Bono Member: an Active Member permitted to practise in accordance with Rule 164.
  
  
• Retired Member: a person who has been granted retired membership status pursuant to Rule 173.  A Retired Member is not permitted to practise law.
  
  
• Senior Life Member: a person who has been granted a senior life membership by the Benchers prior to December 31, 2017.
  
  
• Suspended Member: a person who has been suspended pursuant to Rule 399, 420 or 450. A Suspended Member has no membership rights and duties.

Status and Contact Changes

In addition to active membership, the Law Society has several categories of membership including the following:

• Inactive Member
• Retired Member

For other categories of membership, please see Law Society Rules 150 (Categories of Membership)

Applying to become an inactive member

An inactive member has all the rights and duties of membership except that the member is not permitted to practice law.

If you would like to change your status to become an inactive member of the Law Society, please complete an Application to Change Membership Status Form (Form P-1) and submit to the Law Society (See Rule 174).

Applying to become a retired member

Rule 173: A member may apply to become a retired member if the member is either:

• At least 55 years of age and has been a member of the Society or the judiciary for not less than 10 years immediately preceding the application, or
• Permanently unable to practice law due to disability.

A retired member has all the rights and duties of membership except that the member is not:

• Permitted to practise law, or
• Required to pay the annual fee.

If you would like to change your status to become a retired member of the Law Society, please complete an Application to Change Membership Status Form (Form P-1) and submit to the Law Society (See Rule 174).

Resigning your membership

A member who has resigned his or her membership has none of the rights of membership and is not entitled to practise law.

If you would like to resign your membership, please complete an Application to Change Membership Status Form (Form P-1) and submit to the Law Society (See Rule 174).

Reinstating your membership

If you have resigned as a member of the Law Society or have reduced your membership to a lesser category of membership, and would like to reinstate your membership, please refer to Rule 175. Note: where an applicant has not been actively practising law within the 5 years immediately preceding the application, there will be a rebuttable presumption that the applicant lacks competency.

If you have ceased to maintain an active membership for more than one year, please complete and submit an Application for Reinstatement (long form) (Form P-2).

If you have ceased to maintain an active membership for one year or less, please complete and submit an Application for Reinstatement (short form) (Form P-3).

Membership Renewals

Membership with the Law Society is renewed on an annual basis.  Your membership fee invoice is enclosed with your renewal package. Once you receive your renewal package, complete your renewal online through your Member Profile.