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February 13, 2020

Legal Information Specialists Twitter Chat Feb 19

By Shaunna Mireau “Ask the question.” That was a phrase often heard at morning leadership meetings (AKA coffee with my admin colleagues) at my former law firm. Asking the question was intended to mean that we shouldn’t assume that others in the firm noticed the same problems that we did. It is a call to collaborate, ideate, and create solutions...

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February 12, 2020

Updated Saskatchewan Limitations Manual

By Christine Muldoon, Resource Co-ordinator We are pleased to announce that we have recently updated the Saskatchewan Limitations Manual. Kim Bodnarchuk undertook a thorough review of the manual for us at the end of 2019. As a result, you may notice significant changes, including the following: New legislation added The Animal Health Act, SS 2019, c A-20.01 The Cannabis Control...

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February 11, 2020

Change is on the horizon

The Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) will be launching the new Bar admission program, PREP in June 2020 to articling students in Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. The Practice Readiness Education Program or PREP is an innovative program that provides the lawyers of tomorrow with the skills to thrive in a professional legal environment. To better accommodate...

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February 10, 2020

Special Legal Skies Podcast Episodes from the CBA Mid-Winter Meeting

The Law Society set up a recording booth at the 2020 CBA Mid-Winter Meeting to discuss with panelists and attendees the latest trends in the legal profession. Our first three episodes in the series focuses on the President’s Forum about the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. S2E1 Part 1 – What does it take to...

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February 7, 2020

Speech Balloons & Blue Jalapeños

By Ken Fox, Reference Librarian If you have used CanLII recently, you may have noticed a couple of new visual elements. First, pull up a case - Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2014] 1 SCR 87, http://canlii.ca/t/g2s18, for example. Notice the series of tabs across the top of the header, immediately below the case citation in large type. The fourth tab...

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February 7, 2020

New Journal Issues – January 2020

By Sara Stanley The Criminal Law QuarterlyVolume 67, Number 3 (November 2019) The Legal Ethics Implications of the SNC-Lavalin Affair for the Attorney General of Canada / Andrew Flavelle MartinWang et al. v. Canada (Attorney General): Reaffirming the Cornerstone of Liberty Beyond the Four Corners of a Prison Cell / Reem ZaiaSentencing, Proportionality, Denunciation and Deterrence: Community Impact Statements and...

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