Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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August 27, 2018

CPLED 2018-2019 Begins!

By Christine Johnston CPLED Program Director The Law Society welcomed 85 keen, new student members into the CPLED Bar Admissions Course this year. The students kicked off the course with a week in Regina where they received instruction in interviewing and advising skills, legal research skills and proper citation usage for Saskatchewan courts. SLIA, the CBA, the STLA and PBLS...

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August 23, 2018

Long-Standing Law Society Membership

Andrea Johnston, Director of Admissions & Education Law Society of Saskatchewan We are pleased to acknowledge the following members for their 50-year anniversary of membership with the Law Society of Saskatchewan: Charles J.W. Biss Joseph R. Blais Grant Carson William G. Gibson Kenneth W. MacKay, Q.C. Evatt F.A. Merchant, Q.C. Richard B. Morris, Q.C. Leo J. F. Pinel Henry L....

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August 17, 2018

Creating CanLII Alerts – Tip of the Week

By Alan Kilpatrick Did you know that you can receive instant notifications every time a new case is added to CanLII simply by subscribing to an RSS feed? Would you like to monitor all new decisions from a particular level of court or administrative tribunal in Saskatchewan? An RSS feed can do that for you. RSS feeds deliver instant updates...

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August 14, 2018

Legal Services Task Team Final Report Released

By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel Law Society of Saskatchewan The Legal Services Task Team was appointed in 2017 as a joint initiative of the Ministry of Justice and the Law Society of Saskatchewan to examine whether service providers other than lawyers should be permitted to provide some legal services in Saskatchewan. The Task Team has completed its work and released...

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August 9, 2018

Towards Cannabis Legalization in Canada

By Alan Kilpatrick Canada’s official cannabis legalization date is set for October 17th, 2018. Legally, how did we get here? In 2015, the Federal Government proposed legalizing cannabis. Without a blueprint or roadmap to follow, the Government strove to explore the available evidence and balance a variety of health-related goals. Behind their desire to consider legalization, the Government acknowledged that...

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July 30, 2018

Supporting Women in Private Practice

By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel Law Society of Saskatchewan The cover story for the summer 2018 issue of the CBA National magazine is entitled “Why women leave,” and examines what they describe as a “perennial problem” for the legal profession – women lawyers aren’t staying in private practice. Saskatchewan’s demographics are not unlike those of the rest of Canada: although...

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