Update on Law Society Initiatives – December 2018 Convocation

By Barbra Bailey, Director of Policy Proactive Regulation of Law Firms  The environment in which a lawyer practises can play a significant role in determining professional conduct, yet the entities through which lawyers provide services have been largely unregulated.  To address this, The Legal Profession Act, 1990 was amended in 2014 to include firms as members of the Law Society....

Discover the New Law Society Website – Overview of the Main Page

The Law Society launched our new updated website on January 11. Thank you for your patience as we work out a few bugs and for your feedback on future improvements. Please continue to provide feedback to [email protected]. We will continue to provide updates as new improvements are implemented. Over the next several days, we will highlight specific changes and enhancements...

NewLi: Legal Information for Saskatchewan’s Newcomers

By Alan Kilpatrick The rate of newcomers and immigrants settling in Saskatchewan has skyrocketed in recent years.  The past decade saw more than 100,000 immigrants arrive in the province.  Over ten percent of Saskatchewan’s population, according to the 2016 census, are immigrants. Newcomers face a variety of unique challenges accessing legal information, understanding their rights, and making sense of Canadian...

New Ethics Ruling

The Law Society’s Ethics Committee recently released the following Ethics Ruling as guidance for the profession. For your convenience, we’ve listed the ruling below but it can also be found in our Ethics Rulings Database. If you have any questions or concerns  regarding this post, please contact the Law Society at (306) 569-8242 or 1-833-733-0133. Date:           ...

Clinique Probono

Walk-in Family Law Clinic

  By Carly Romanow, PBLS Executive Director & Staff Lawyer Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (“PBLS”) has partnered with the Regina Public Library to pilot a Family Law Free Legal Clinic to address the growing demand for family legal services. PBLS is the provincial pro bono organization in Saskatchewan. We operate 11 Free Legal Clinics across the province and provide further...