Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
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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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January 29, 2018
Enforcement of Money Judgments
From Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, Court Services Beginning February 5, 2018, search results in the Saskatchewan Personal Property Registry (SPPR) and Judgment Registry (JR) will display active enforcement instructions registered against judgments. Including these notices into the SPPR and JR will provide quick and convenient access to this information. On February 5, all newly received enforcement instructions delivered to the...
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