Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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March 11, 2016

Legal Sourcery is Celebrating its Second Anniversary!

By Alan Kilpatrick and Jenneth Hogan You’ll have to excuse us, we’re feeling a little sentimental today. On March 12, 2014, we launched a blog called Legal Sourcery as part of our efforts to promote the Law Society of Saskatchewan Libraries. Our very first post was short and to the point, but like any proud parents we’ve given it a...

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March 8, 2016

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Sarah Roussel-Lewis On March 8th, 2016 countries around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day. First celebrated in 1909 in New York, this event has become a worldwide event with annual themes such as: “women in decision-making”, “women uniting for peace”, “equality for women is progress for all”, etc. To spread knowledge on the gender inequality in access to education,...

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January 18, 2016

2016 Silas E. Halyk, QC, Visiting Scholar in Advocacy Lecture – Access to Justice: Personal Reflections

By Alan Kilpatrick The 2016 Silas E. Halyk, QC, Visiting Scholar in Advocacy lecture will take place on Monday, January 18th at 12:00 pm in the MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Lecture Theatre at the University of Saskatchewan. It will be presented by The Honourable Warren K. Winkler, Former Chief Justice of Ontario. This year’s theme is a timely one...

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January 4, 2016

Legal Sourcery Named Best Canadian Law Library Blog

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The folks here at Legal Sourcery received a special New Year’s Eve gift – our blog won the Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie) for Best Canadian Law Library Blog. This is the second year in a row we have earned the honour and we are grateful to those who nominated us. Best Law Library Blog Award...

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November 16, 2015

Bencher Election Results

The Law Society is pleased to announce the results of the 2015 Bencher Election. Regina Electoral District: David Bishop has been elected Perry Erhardt, Q.C. has been deemed elected as the current Vice-President, in accordance with section 10(a.2)(iv) of The Legal Profession Act, 1990 and Rule 17(2) of the Law Society of Saskatchewan Rules. Erin Kleisinger has been elected Ronni Nordal has been...

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October 23, 2015

Law Society President’s Dinner – Photo Gallery

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld [caption id="attachment_3569" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Brenda Hildebrandt, Q.C. ,President and Perry Erhardt, Q.C. , Vice-President[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3567" align="aligncenter" width="672"] The Honourable Judge Miguel Martinez; Kevin Fenwick, Q.C., Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General; The Honourable Judge S. Anand[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3565" align="aligncenter" width="678"] Tom Conway, Federation of Law Societies President and Donna Sigmeth, Q.C., Deputy...

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