Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal Sourcery is the award winning, top legal news source in Saskatchewan. Find the latest Law Society updates and information from the Saskatchewan legal community.
June 22, 2021
Addressing Changes to Family Law and Pandemic Needs
From Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan With funding from the Department of Justice, Canada PLEA has developed two resources to directly address legal information needs during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The first is a series of “how to” videos for users of Family Law Saskatchewan’s online interactive tools (Form Wizard and Agreement Maker). Family Law Saskatchewan has a...
Read More +
June 21, 2021
CBA Launches Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit
By Brad Regehr, CBA President When we know better, we can do better. Knowing we need to do better, however, is one thing; figuring out how to do it – or even where to start – is quite another. We need to have the uncomfortable conversations and need to address our past in order to move forward. We know that...
Read More +
June 17, 2021
New AI generated subject classification for Saskatchewan case law is live!
From CanLii We are happy to report that a new artificial intelligence generated classification has been rolled out for Saskatchewan case law. You can see the new classification terms here under the italicized keywords that continue to be available for all cases on CanLII. This project used state-of-the-industry machine learning techniques to automatically generate case law classification by practice area for...
Read More +
June 16, 2021
Counsel List for Proceedings at Circuit Point Locations
Court Security Deputy Sheriffs are responsible to conduct COVID screening and monitor COVID protocols at all court facilities in the province. As such, any time the Court convenes an in-person matter, Court Security Deputy Sheriffs will be on site to manage foot traffic into the facility. Throughout the pandemic, Court Services has instituted a policy to direct and prioritize the...
Read More +
June 15, 2021
Guiding the Guiders: Introducing Saskatchewan’s Legal Information Guidelines!
June 23 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm CST The Law Society of Saskatchewan has introduced Legal Information Guidelines to: Support the dissemination of credible legal information Outline how an information provider can assist the public with their legal information needs Detail for the public what to look for when deciding on which provider to use and how an information provider can help An overview of the Guidelines will be provided and the...
Read More +
June 15, 2021
Family Law Resources from the Department of Justice Canada
The Department of Justice Canada continues to develop online training courses, professional training materials and Public Legal Education and Information resources on the recent amendments to federal family law legislation. We encourage you to share the following information. Online Training Courses The Department is developing a series of free online courses about the recent amendments to federal family laws....
Read More +