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October 26, 2022
Pro Bono Stories – Part 3
To celebrate Access to Justice Week, each day of the week Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (PBLS) is sharing stories from our volunteers. All the volunteers featured this week are in-house counsel or work for the government. PBLS volunteers directly support low-income people in Saskatchewan who would otherwise not be able to access a lawyer. Nicole Sarauer, Member of the Legislative...
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October 25, 2022
Pro Bono Stories – Part 2
To celebrate Access to Justice Week, each day of the week Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (PBLS) is sharing stories from our volunteers. All the volunteers featured this week are in-house counsel or work for the government. PBLS volunteers directly support low-income people in Saskatchewan who would otherwise not be able to access a lawyer. Sonne Udemgba, Financial and Consumer Affairs...
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October 24, 2022
Pro Bono Stories – Part 1
To celebrate Access to Justice Week, each day of the week Pro Bono Law Saskatchewan (PBLS) is sharing stories from our volunteers. All the volunteers featured this week are in-house counsel or work for the government. PBLS volunteers directly support low-income people in Saskatchewan who would otherwise not be able to access a lawyer. Sandra Bobyk, Senior Crown Counsel, Public...
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October 13, 2022
2022 National Access to Justice Week
The third annual National Access to Justice Week takes place from October 24 to 28, 2022. Every year, legal practitioners and stakeholders in the justice system gather to explore and review ways systems and individuals can improve access to justice. This year’s theme focuses on how we can use data to support people-centered access to legal services. See a list of activities...
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February 2, 2022
Free Seminar – Limited Scope Legal Services Boot Camp
Qualifies for 3.0 CPD hours, all of which qualifies for Ethics. Traditionally, legal services have involved a comprehensive approach where legal professionals represent a client from the beginning to the end of a matter or the client passes on hiring services. But having a legal professional handle an entire case is not for everyone. Some individuals may not want or...
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October 28, 2020
Free Webinar – Just Mercy and Access to Justice 2.0: What Can I Do to Confront Systemic Racism? (CPD 290)
Qualifies for 2 CPD hours, all of which qualifies for Ethics --- The critically acclaimed 2020 film Just Mercy brings to life the powerful and thought-provoking true story of newly-minted lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice on behalf of innocent people wrongfully convicted. Stevenson’s story of navigating multiple levels of appeal and habeas corpus review, serving the...
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September 30, 2020
Free Webinar – Just Mercy and Access to Justice: Illuminating Bias, Confronting Systemic Racism, and Doing the Hard Work that Needs to be Done (CPD 283)
REGISTER HERE Qualifies for 2 CPD hours, all of which qualifies for Ethics --- Just Mercy brings to life the powerful and thought-provoking true story of newly-minted lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice on behalf of innocent people wrongfully convicted. With its honest portrayal of the toll that this kind of work takes on a lawyer, the film...
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October 3, 2018
CREATE Justice Bulletin – September 2018
From Centre for Research, Evaluation, and Action Towards Equal Justice (CREATE Justice) Announcing the Third Annual Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week, October 20 to 26: Pre-week events - Conference on Medical-Legal Partnerships in Saskatchewan (registration FULL); and Law Student Small Urban and Rural Law Firm Trip (registration required). Week-long events - Reconciliation, Decolonization, Indigenization - What Do These Words Mean...
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October 12, 2016
Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The inaugural Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week is October 18-25, 2016. The establishment of the Saskatchewan Access to Justice Week is a spinoff of the “Putting the Public First” topic that was addressed by participants at the 2016 meeting of the Dean’s Forum on Access to Justice and Dispute Resolution – participants at that meeting identified,...
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