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.

January 24, 2020

Book Training with a Law Society Librarian

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian (Regina) It’s no secret that Law Society of Saskatchewan members have access to the best collection of legal resources available to members of any law society in the country. Unfortunately, if your legal research and resource skills are lacking or less than stellar, you’re missing out. Can you afford to lose the competitive advantage in...

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January 23, 2020

Justice Update 2019 – Summaries of Legislation passed in 2019

The Ministry of Justice has prepared brief summaries of the Acts passed in the Saskatchewan Legislature in 2019. You can find them at Justice Update 2019.

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January 22, 2020

CanLII Instructional Materials from the Canadian Association of Law Libraries

This time last year, the CanLII team asked Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) members to produce instructional materials to assist users on how to use CanLII. We were pleased to learn that there was immediate interest from CALL members when a call for volunteers was announced. Since then, a motivated working group was formed and we have received content...

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January 21, 2020

Trusted Intermediary – Legal Information Network (TI-LI) Meeting Schedule

By Melanie Hodges-Neufeld Last summer, the Saskatchewan Access to Legal Information Project (SALI) joined forces with the BC LawMatters Program and the National Self Represented Litigants Project’s Family Law in the Library Project to establish the National Trusted Intermediaries – Legal Information Network (TI-LI Network). The goal of the network is to facilitate knowledge and resource exchange between similar programs,...

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January 20, 2020

The Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal is now on CanLII

We are delighted to announce the addition of the Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal, published by the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Institute of Canada, to CanLII’s commentary section. The Canadian Arbitration and Mediation Journal is published twice annually in a digital format. With an editorial board comprising mediators and arbitrators across Canada, the journal provides insights and information on issues concerning professionals who practice...

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January 17, 2020

What’s a Bit of Space?

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian (Regina) You may have heard that the Law Society’s library space on the second floor of the Regina Queen’s Bench Court House was being reduced to allow for increased space for the Saskatchewan Courts. We are pleased to report that construction concluded earlier this month and that our newly renovated and condensed library is open...

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