Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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November 14, 2018

Primer on Saskatchewan’s Legalization of Cannabis

By Alan Kilpatrick Do you need to get up speed on legal cannabis? The Law Society Library’s team of information professionals have put together this brief primer for you. You can find a variety of posts about Saskatchewan’s legalization of cannabis on Legal Sourcery, the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library blog: Towards Cannabis Legalization in Canada Cannabis Legislation in Saskatchewan...

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November 13, 2018

Foundations of the Common Law Library (1215-1914)

By Ken Fox Let’s talk about Legal Information Institutes (LIIs). Every Canadian legal researcher knows about CanLII (I least we hope you do). But there is also LII (that’s the USA one), BaiLII (Britain and Ireland), AustLII (Australasia), AsianLII, HKLII (Hong Kong), PacLII (Pacific Islands), SAFLII (Southern Africa), WorldLII, and many others, all of which are part of the larger...

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November 9, 2018

Upcoming CPD Activities – November

NEW! Webinar: Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel Thursday November 15, 2018 – Noon to 1pm The Ethical issues faced by In-House Counsel are unique in a number of ways, and as such warrant specific consideration, separate from the typical ethical issues that may arise in the private practice arena. This webinar will discuss these unique challenges from the perspective of...

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November 8, 2018

Book Review: Full Disclosure

By Brooke Sittler I am one of a small group of tax litigation counsel at my office in Saskatoon. Several years ago, one of our counsel received a beautiful and unusual gift from her spouse. In an act of pure devotion to his wife and as a nod to her nerdy obsession with the Supreme Court he had, over the course...

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November 7, 2018

Law Society Study Group Resources

By Sarah Rider Did you know you that the Law Society has a collection of Case Studies for Study Groups hosted on the CPD section of our website and accessible for members interested in a flexible and convenient (and social!) way of obtaining CPD Hours? A Study Group involves a group of lawyers getting together to discuss content that meets...

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November 6, 2018

Referral Fees – What you should know

[Reprinted with permission from the October 2018 edition of Communiqué, by Darcia Senft, General Counsel , Director of Policy and Ethics at the Law Society of Manitoba.] From time to time, we receive questions about fee referral “pitches” and whether such fees can be paid and received without causing a lawyer to act in breach of the rules set out...

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