The Law Society of Saskatchewan has a variety of membership types:
Membership with the Law Society is renewed on an annual basis.
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 727).
Rule 726: A member may apply to become a retired member if the member is either:
A retired member has all the rights and duties of membership except that the member is not:
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 727).
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 727).
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 728. 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).