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.
January 22, 2018
Collecting Demographic Data to Better Understand our Membership and Address Barriers in the Legal Profession
By Ronni Nordal, Chair of the Equity & Diversity Committee, and Barbra Bailey, Policy Counsel The Canadian legal profession is increasingly diverse and now comprised of many equity-seeking groups. As one example, in Saskatchewan, we have seen an increase in the number of foreign-trained lawyers admitted to the bar through the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) process, with the number...
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January 16, 2018
Introducing Primo
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld Just before Christmas, the Law Society Library launched Primo, our new cataloguing system. Going forward, Primo will be the best way to locate legal information in Saskatchewan: ebooks, textbooks, articles, case law, precedents, government documents – everything! It’s your key to discovering all the resources in the Law Society Library’s legal collection. Our previous cataloguing system...
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December 31, 2017
Legal Sourcery Named Best Canadian Law Library Blog of 2017!
For the third time, Legal Sourcery has won the Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie) for Best Canadian Law Library Blog: Winner: Legal Sourcery. The pride of the Law Society of Saskatchewan, Legal Sourcery continued its top-quality blogging in 2017 with a steady stream of useful content alongside an enjoyable amount of personality and playfulness (earlier this month, they featured “12 Days...
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December 5, 2017
New Law Society President and Vice President Elected
At Convocation on December 1, 2017, the Benchers, elected Craig Zawada, Q.C., as President and Leslie Belloc-Pinder as Vice President for 2018. We congratulate our new President and Vice President and would like to thank our outgoing President, Erin Kleisinger, Q.C., for her tireless work in 2017. Please see our website for a full list of our Benchers. CRAIG ZAWADA,...
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November 14, 2017
Access to Justice Bulletin, November 2017
From the Saskatchewan Access to Justice Working Group Support CLASSIC by purchasing tickets for the inaugural “Cirque de CLASSIC” Fundraiser being held on January 19 in Saskatoon: . Public, justice, healthcare, and library sectors come together for access to justice solutions: . ADR Institute of Canada National Introductory Arbitration Training Course being held on November 14, 15, 16, 29 and 30 in Saskatoon:...
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November 2, 2017
Access to Justice Bulletin, October 2017
From the Saskatchewan Access to Justice Working Group The Second Annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week was held October 16-21. Thank you to to the week's contributors and participants. View highlights from the week below. A2J Week SK makes an impact on each of Canada’s Justice Development Goals - By Sarah McCoubrey, Action Committee Liaison (October 6): . Saskatchewan Access to...
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