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September 19, 2019

Bringing Indigenous Law Before the Courts

Monday, September 30, 2019 Meet and Greet: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm at Native Law Centre Panel Discussion: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, University of Saskatchewan, College of Law, Room 150 The Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls on lawyers and students to gain greater cultural competency training in, among other areas, Indigenous law. To further this call to action, the...

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September 18, 2019

Legal Skies Podcast Ranked in Top 10

The Law Society is proud to announce that our newly launched Legal Skies podcast is ranked number 7 out of 123 podcasts in the non-profit category on Apple Podcasts. Please view our two offerings and help us get into the top 5! S1E1: Professor Keith Carlson – Gladue Rights DatabaseS1E2: Stan and Nikki Johnson – Resilience Training Our next episode...

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September 17, 2019

Parliamentary Privilege to Unjustly Dismiss: A Comment on Chagnon v SFPQ

Shay Brehm, JD Candidate (Saskatchewan) I. INTRODUCTION In its recent decision of Chagnon v Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec,1 the Supreme Court of Canada dealt with whether parliamentary privilege protects legislatures from claims of unjust dismissal. The claim arose after the National Assembly of Québec dismissed three security guards for using cameras on the exterior of...

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September 16, 2019

Monday Links

By Christine Muldoon Some interesting legal news to help you ease into your week: Election 2019 primer: Indigenous Affairs - Macleans Canada Arrests Intelligence Officer Who Worked on Magnitsky Probe - RadioFreeEurope LSO repeals Statement of Principles, replaces it with acknowledgement of human rights laws - The Lawyer's Daily Quebec judge overturns parts of federal, provincial laws on medically assisted...

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September 12, 2019

Canada’s Justice Development Goals: Spotlight

Reposted with the permission of the Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, Access to Justice & Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia JDG Goal 3: Make Courts Work Better While many access to justice efforts focus on preventative approaches or alternatives to court processes, courthouses remain critical in the continuum of legal services. Courts are where...

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September 11, 2019

New Journal Issues – August 2019

By Sara Stanley The Criminal Law QuarterlyVolume 67, Numbers 1 & 2 (July 2018) Off the Bench Judgements and the Section 24(2) Lottery Criminal Appeals in the Supreme Court of Canada Unreasonable Steps: Trying to Make Sense of R. v. Morrison / Isabel Grant and Janine Benedet Lifting the Judicial Embargo on Race-Based Charter Litigation: A Comment on R. v...

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