Monday Links

By Christine Muldoon Conrad Black wins $32.3 million loan case against the CRA –Financial Post Former Justice LaForme stresses importance of vigilance in rights protection at Pride Month event – The Lawyer’s Daily Canada’s new food policy aims to improve enforcement – Canadian Lawyer Ottawa moves to end employers’ monopoly on foreign workers – The Globe and Mail Municipality refrains...

Gladue Rights Research Database Free and Open

The Gladue Rights Research Database provides lawyers, researchers and others with instant access to the insights and conclusions of more than 500 academic works related to the history of settler colonialism in Saskatchewan. It also includes a large and growing body of oral history resources and key archival documents. The database, which was officially launched last May and was supported by...

What should ‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ look like in your Practice?

By Barton Soroka, B.A, J.D; Merchant Law Group LLP My name is Barton Soroka. I am a white, queer, cisgender man who graduated from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University in 2017. While attending Law School, I was the LGBTQ Student Community representative on the Dalhousie Student Union, a member of OUTLaw—our LGBTIQQ2SA+ campus group, and served on...

Long-Standing Membership

We are pleased to acknowledge the following members for their 50-year anniversary of membership with the Law Society of Saskatchewan: Charles Keith Taylor, Q.C. Edward Robert Stromberg, Q.C. Robert Louis Joseph Stevenson Kenneth Andrew Stevenson, Q.C. Ronald Earl Shirkey, Q.C. Cecil Mervin Ozirny Grant Howard Nerbas Thomas Bruce Morgan David George MacKay Robert Lorne Jamieson, Q.C. Elwood Rand Burlingham, Q.C....

Walk-in Wednesdays: Summer Schedule

Honouring Call to Action #27

In recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day, we would like to share information about our response to Call to Action #27. The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) was the result of the largest class-action lawsuit in Canada’s history, which recognized the damage inflicted by the residential schools and established a multi-billion-dollar fund to help former students in their recovery.  As...