Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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June 18, 2020

COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: June 18th Edition

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news. Each week I aggregate the leading legal headlines on COVID-19 on the topics that matter to you: Access to Justice COVID-19 pandemic prompts initiative to offer free legal...

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June 18, 2020

PREP registration closes Friday, June 26, 2020

The deadline to register for the June 2020 intake of the Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP) is fast approaching. Students wishing to enroll in the upcoming cohort will need to register and submit their tuition fee payment by Friday, June 26, 2020.As a reminder, admission requirements have changed for the June and December 2020 intakes of PREP due to the global...

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June 17, 2020

Access to Justice: People First webinar on June 23

Hosted by the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, a conversation between Beverley McLachlin, Bob Rae and Megan Longley on crisis, change and reform during COVID-19 will be held online on June 23, 2020 at 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm EST. Click here to register.

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June 17, 2020

R. v. A.M.: Striking a Balance Between the Protection of the Complainant and the Protection of the Charter Rights of an Accused in Sexual Assault Proceedings

Miranda Wardman* SUMMARY This case commentary discusses the new process for admitting private records in sexual assault proceedings under the Criminal Code as examined in R. v. A.M., a recent decision out of the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, which declared parts of the new Code provisionsinvalid. These new provisions force the courts to balance the protection of a complainant’s private...

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June 16, 2020

Law Society 2019 Annual Report

The Law Society 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statements are available online.

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June 16, 2020

CALI Offering Mini-Course for Law Faculty: Preparing for the Future of Legal Education – Online Teaching Tips & Techniques

In Spring 2020, Law Schools experienced the largest online teaching experiment in history. They didn’t have time to prepare, change the syllabus, create new content - you just had to move it all online. This was “Emergency Remote Teaching” to distinguish it from distance learning or online teaching. Some portion of legal education in Fall 2020 will likely be delivered...

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