Law Society of Saskatchewan Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
Legal News (Legal Sourcery)
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January 4, 2016
Legal Sourcery Named Best Canadian Law Library Blog
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The folks here at Legal Sourcery received a special New Year’s Eve gift – our blog won the Canadian Law Blog Award (Clawbie) for Best Canadian Law Library Blog. This is the second year in a row we have earned the honour and we are grateful to those who nominated us. Best Law Library Blog Award...
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November 16, 2015
Bencher Election Results
The Law Society is pleased to announce the results of the 2015 Bencher Election. Regina Electoral District: David Bishop has been elected Perry Erhardt, Q.C. has been deemed elected as the current Vice-President, in accordance with section 10(a.2)(iv) of The Legal Profession Act, 1990 and Rule 17(2) of the Law Society of Saskatchewan Rules. Erin Kleisinger has been elected Ronni Nordal has been...
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October 23, 2015
Law Society President’s Dinner – Photo Gallery
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld [caption id="attachment_3569" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Brenda Hildebrandt, Q.C. ,President and Perry Erhardt, Q.C. , Vice-President[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3567" align="aligncenter" width="672"] The Honourable Judge Miguel Martinez; Kevin Fenwick, Q.C., Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General; The Honourable Judge S. Anand[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3565" align="aligncenter" width="678"] Tom Conway, Federation of Law Societies President and Donna Sigmeth, Q.C., Deputy...
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August 17, 2015
Bencher Election 2015
By Tom Schonhoffer, Q.C. Executive Director, Law Society of Saskatchewan Another 3 years has passed and the next Bencher Election is scheduled for November 2015. This article has two purposes. The first is to encourage lawyers to consider running as Benchers in this election. The second is to reacquaint you with the process for online elections. Lawyers are privileged to...
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April 23, 2015
Book Award Nomination for Builders’ Lien Manual
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld For the second year in a row, the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library has been nominated for the Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing. This year, the Saskatchewan Builders’ Lien Manual, 2nd ed., has received the honour. The Hugh Lawford Award is granted annually by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) to a publisher...
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April 17, 2015
Section 15 of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Turns 30
By Alan Kilpatrick The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force 33 years ago on April 17th, 1982. Did you know that the Section 15 of the charter came into effect 30 years ago today on April 17th, 1985? Section 15 guarantees our equality rights and sets out that everyone in Canada is considered equal before the law...
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