Codes of Professional Conduct and Amendments

The Codes of Professional Conduct create the standards of conduct and guidance as to their interpretation. This is intended to provide a framework within which a lawyer or limited licensee will fulfill their core duties of integrity, competency and loyalty. In some respects, the Codes articulate aspirations consistent with the importance of the legal professional’s role serving clients and the administration of justice. The Codes also articulate standards of conduct for which legal professionals are held strictly accountable.

The Benchers of the Law Society of Saskatchewan are responsible for determining what constitutes a violation of the Codes. In the Codes, the Benchers attempt to define and illustrate appropriate standards of conduct expected in a lawyer’s or limited licensee’s professional relationship with clients, the profession and the justice system. It is impossible for any code to establish all things that might amount to inappropriate behavior on the part of a legal professional. For matters not specifically addressed in the Codes, the Codes may be used as a guide.

Code of Professional Conduct for Lawyers (Consolidation October 2025)

Code of Professional Conduct for Limited Licensees (October 2025)

Annotated Code of Professional Conduct for Lawyers and Limited Licensees (Amended October 2025)

Amendments to Code of Professional Conduct for Lawyers

October 1, 2025 – Amendments Summary
December 18, 2024 – Amendments Summary
June 21, 2024 – Amendments Summary
September 22, 2023 – Amendments Summary
April 28, 2023 – Amendments Summary
September 23, 2022 – Amendments Summary
December 16, 2019 – Amendments Summary
March 6, 2018 – Amendments Summary
November 22, 2017 – Amendments Summary
September 29, 2016 – Table of Concordance
May 17, 2016 – Amendments Summary
April 17, 2015 – Amendment Summary – Conflicts
February 13, 2015 – Amendment Summary | blacklined version
February 14, 2014 – Amendment Summary – Limited Scope Retainers

Old Code of Professional Conduct (for Lawyers)

Code of Professional Conduct (2012, amended to May 17, 2016)
Code of Professional Conduct (1991, amended to 2005)
Amendment: Chapter 3, Commentary 13 (April 2008)