Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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April 9, 2018

Bridging the legal publishing past to the legal technology future as the Law Society of Saskatchewan opens vLex to its members

Unquestionably the provincial law society that provides members with the most comprehensive presentation of its home case law, the Law Society of Saskatchewan goes even further with the addition of vLex Canada to its roster. To the depth of CanLII, the breadth of WestLaw Next, Saskatchewan lawyers now gain the richness of the original Maritime Law Book Key Number System...

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March 16, 2018

Free Family Law Assistance in Saskatoon – March 2018

Do you need information about child support, custody/access or divorce? Do you need help with court forms and processes? Do you wonder if you have options to going to court? Family Law Saskatchewan (PLEA) can help answer your questions, and use the court forms available on their website. These sessions are available in Saskatoon in February: Friday, March 16 Law Society...

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March 2, 2018

Legal Sourcery: Four Years On

By Alan Kilpatrick Can you provide some background on Legal Sourcery? On March 12, 2014, the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library launched the Legal Sourcery blog. The blog was an effort to better promote the library, market the library’s services and resources, and develop stronger connections with lawyers and the public. Four years later, Legal Sourcery has exceeded our expectations. ...

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February 20, 2018

Training on Legal Coaching

By Kim Newsham Innovation and Strategic Initiatives, Ministry of Justice Lisa Eisen, a legal coach who practices in Toronto, will be offering a one-day training on legal coaching. (See her website: http://familylawalacarte.ca/about-us/ ) Legal coaching is a form of unbundling that expands on our traditional understanding of how limited scope services are delivered. The legal coach helps build the client’s capacity...

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February 14, 2018

Take Note – New Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Resource!

By Alan Kilpatrick, Librarian Have you heard about MMS Watch? It’s a free mandatory minimum sentencing resource recently created by the experts behind Rangefindr – the popular criminal sentencing resource accessible in the Law Society Members’ Section. MMS Watch provides a list of every mandatory minimum sentence in force in the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Sentencing Act. Additional...

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January 31, 2018

Innovating Regulation: An Update on the Prairie Law Societies’ Law Firm Practice Management Pilot Project

By Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel, & Brenda Hildebrandt, QC, Bencher Law Society of Saskatchewan The Legal Profession Act, 1990 was amended in 2014 to include firms as members of the Law Society. Under the Act, one of the duties of the Law Society is to protect the public by assuring the integrity, knowledge, skill, proficiency and competence of members. As...

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