Legal Information, Resources, and Assistance for the Public

Research the Law

Searching for the laws passed by the Federal or Provincial Government (legislation), court cases (decisions made in Canada’s court rooms), or legal commentary? You can consult the following research resources:

General Research Resources

• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) 
  • CanLII provides free online access to Canadian court cases, legislation, and law through an easily searchable website.
• Justice Laws (Federal)
  • Canada’s Department of Justice provide the Justice Laws website. Justice Laws is Canada’s official online source of Federal legislation, providing free access in English and French.
• LegisInfo (Federal)
  • The Legisinfo website, created by the Senate, House of Commons, and Library of Parliament, provides extensive information about proposed Federal laws (bills).
• Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (Provincial)
  • The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, the body that creates legislation in Saskatchewan, hosts a wealth of resources on the Legislative Business area of its website, including proposed laws (bills) and legislative debates.
• Office of the King’s Printer (Provincial)
  • The Office of the King’s Printer, Saskatchewan’s authoritative legislation source, provides free online access to Saskatchewan legislation, court forms, and court rules through its Freelaw website.

Targeted Research Resources

Legal Research Assistance

Our trained legal information professionals at the Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal Resource library are on hand and can help guide you towards good sources of legal information, make suggestions about who to contact for legal assistance, and navigate legal information in person, over the phone, and by email. We have two locations, located in the Regina King’s Bench Courthouse and the Saskatoon King’s Bench Courthouse, that are open to the public and which provide access to a collection of legal resources:

Please visit and take advantage of our resources and expertise. Members of the public are welcome to use our resources during regular business hours.  However, we do not lend materials to the public.  Browse our Resource Catalogue online here. We carry legal textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, legislation,  forms, and precedents.  Our resource collection comprehensively covers every area of Canadian law.

We cannot give legal advice; interpret the meaning of statutes, cases or regulations; select statutes, cases or regulations for a specific situation; choose specific forms or language to use in forms; comment on how to proceed with court actions; or state opinions on legal matters.