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By Melanie Hodges Neufeld Yesterday I provided information about the terrific professional development programs offered by the CBA Wellness Forum. Today I’d like to highlight the resources offered by the Forum on its website. The website contains numerous articles, research reports and wellness links including: Articles BALANCE Don't Stop Believing The Work-Life Conundrum MOOD DISORDERS Beyond the Abyss Confronting the...
Read More +By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The CBA Wellness Forum exists to help legal professionals manage personal, emotional, health and wellness challenges. The Forum provides professional development programs and research resources on mental health and wellness to give insights into the very real issues facing our profession. Professional development includes numerous recorded webinars and the Mindful Lawyer Series with topics such as:...
Read More +By Melanie Hodges Neufeld Mental Health Week is an annual national event that takes place during the first week in May to encourage discussion about mental health. During this week, the Law Society of Saskatchewan will be providing mental health information to assist our members. Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) is a free, confidential assistance program for Saskatchewan lawyers, judges,...
Read More +A question I have been asked numerous times is how to add personal notes, annotations, additional information or comments to an email that you have sent or received. There are numerous imperfect ways to add notes to email messages received or sent but no perfect method. For now, we can only pick one or two imperfect workarounds and hope that...
Read More +By Kelly Laycock For all those history buffs, this is the complete list of the past presidents of the Law Society of Saskatchewan since its inception in 1907. This list was originally published as an appendix in Iain Mentiplay’s book, A Century of Integrity: The Law Society of Saskatchewan 1907 to 2007, and has recently been updated for the latest...
Read More +By Ken Fox From time to time at the library we get requests for “unreported” decisions. What do folks mean by unreported? These days, you usually mean that a case is difficult to find, that it is not available on CanLII for instance. This is very reasonable – you take a phrase you have heard, and apply it to a...
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