Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal Sourcery is the award winning, top legal news source in Saskatchewan. Find the latest Law Society updates and information from the Saskatchewan legal community.
May 21, 2020
COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: May 21st 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 we aggregate the leading legal news headlines on COVID-19 on topics that matter to you: access to justice, the Courts, legal innovation, legal practice, remote working,...
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May 21, 2020
Message from Global Affairs Canada
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada is maintaining a sanctions policy that is reflective of this new global reality to ensure that our sanctions regimes do not present an unintended barrier that would hinder the humanitarian response to the crisis. To this end, the Sanctions Policy and Operations Coordination Division at Global Affairs Canada would like to invite you...
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May 21, 2020
Research Tip – Accessing Emond Ebooks … & How to Enable Your Flash Player
By Ken Fox, Research Librarian Over the past couple of weeks, I told you how to find and search within Irwin law books online. Now let’s talk about Emond ebooks. Our Emond collection currently includes two series of ebooks: Criminal Law and Working with the Law. Both can be accessed from the Member Resource section – look for the Emond...
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May 21, 2020
Legal Skies Podcast – COVID-19, Technology and Cybersecurity with Craig Zawada Q.C.
https://videopress.com/v/PTbaX8WA?preloadContent=metadata In our latest episode, Craig Zawada Q.C., former Law Society of Saskatchewan President, discusses using technology during the COVID-19 pandemic including setting up your remote office and how to keep your information safe. Craig produced a series of videos on working remotely and technology for the Law Society of Saskatchewan which can be found at here. If you need any...
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May 20, 2020
New Features in the Gladue Rights Research Database
Over the past year the Gladue Rights Research Database has had quite a number of enhancements. More than 900 of the existing entries have been edited and updated to better accommodate the kinds of queries that researchers were making. In addition, dozens of new d-base entries have been made relating to the newest scholarship appearing on the subject of the history...
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May 19, 2020
Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan Directive Update
The Court of Queen’s Bench has issued a further Directive on its Covid 19 pandemic response, respecting the scheduling of chambers and pre-trial conferences. It can be found on the Courts webpage at www.sasklawcourts.ca.
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