Legal News (Legal Sourcery)

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March 5, 2015

One Woman Makes a Difference – Justice Bertha Wilson (Throwback Thursday)

The spring of 1982 was marked by two landmark events in Canadian legal history: Bertha Wilson was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court on March 4, and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms was proclaimed into force on April 17. Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, Bertha Wilson received a Master of...

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January 27, 2015

Gender Bias

By Kelly Laycock With recent events in the news, from the Dalhousie dentistry Facebook scandal to the charges laid against former CBC talk show host Jian Ghomeshi, the topic of gender equality (among other things!) has come to the forefront of our social consciousness. But it isn’t just in Canada; it is a concern on a global level. For those...

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January 27, 2015

Incivility Paper

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld Slaw recently highlighted an interesting paper about lawyers’ incivility entitled “Judicial Sanction of Uncivil and Unprofessional Conduct”. As Slaw notes: This paper is a practical guide to lawyer behaviours that Canadian courts have deemed uncivil or unprofessional, and to the kinds of judicial sanction – of lawyers and their clients both – that those behaviours have...

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January 2, 2015

Legal Sourcery Year in Review

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld Happy New Year everyone! Since launching on March 12, 2014, we have posted 333 posts and have had 38,415 views. The Royal Opera House in London, England has 2256 seats. If it were a performance at the Royal Opera House, it would be equivalent to 17 sold-out performances. The top 5 posts: Tips from the...

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January 2, 2015

Legal Sourcery Named Best Canadian Law Library Blog!

By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The 2014 Canadian Law Blog Awards (Clawbies) were announced on December 31 and we were the proud recipient of Best Law Library Blog: As a law library blog newcomer, Legal Sourcery made a serious impression in 2014. The hard-working blogger team (whose members double as the reference team) at the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library jumped into the...

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November 6, 2014

Remembrance (Throwback Thursday)

During the First World War, all Law Society members who enlisted for active service were deemed to have paid their annual fees and continued in good standing until they resumed practice. In 1918, 77 of 496 lawyers on the roll and 158 of 302 students-at-law were enlisted for active military service. A roll of honour was proposed for all Law...

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