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Law Society of Saskatchewan COVID-19 COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 23rd

COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 23rd

April 23, 2020

By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian

The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news.

Each week we’ll aggregate some of the leading legal news headlines on COVID-19 on topics that matter to you: access to justice, the Courts, legal innovation, legal practice, remote working, students & articling, and wellness.   

Access to Justice

  • Mediation in Uncertain Times: Taking Control of the Outcome | Julie Macfarlane & Tania Perlin, Representing Yourself Canada (April 22)
  • Top trial judge says COVID-19 reveals value of remote justice | Hadeel Ibrahim, CBC News (April 16)
  • “Urgent” Court Cases and COVID-19 | Hannah DeJong & Kelsey Buchmayer, Representing Yourself Canada (April 21)

Courts

  • No Going Back | Molly McDonough, Above the Law (April 21)
  • Technology and the courts: Now or never | Neil Wilson, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 20)
  • Why the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Has Barely Missed a Beat During the Pandemic | Heather Douglas, Slaw (April 22)

Legal Innovation

  • Legal Libraries Go Digital During Pandemic | Omar Ha-Redeye, Slaw (April 19)
  • Pandemic VIII: Law firm transitions | Jordan Furlong, Law 21 (April 21)
  • Shirtless Lawyers, Barking Dogs Herald Courtroom of the Future | Bloomberg News (April 21)

Legal Practice

  • 5 Tips to Get More Clients Now and After the COVID-19 Shutdown | Mike Ramsey, Attorney At Work (April 20)
  • Adapting for the aftermath | Doug Beazley, CBA National News (April 22)
  • Survival mode | Carolynne Burkholder-James, CBA National News (April 22)

Remote Working

  • 10 Commandments Of Zoom | Tempdean & LawProfBlog, Above the Law (April 21)
  • Ethics of Virtual Consultations | Megan Zaveigh, Attorney At Work (April 22)
  • Zoom, Clio, Dropbox and more: How lawyers are choosing tech tools in the COVID-19 era | Anita Balakrishnan, Law Times (April 20)

Students & Articling

  • Articling student launches petition for LSO to reschedule call to bar | Amanda Jerome, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 17)
  • Lawyers of the future: Virtual mooting in COVID-19 era | Sigma Samanta Khan, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 22)
  • The Plight Of Current Law Students Is Worse Than During The Great Recession | Jordan Rothman, Above the Law (April 22)

Wellness

  • Dealing With Uncertainty Is A Skill Worth Perfecting | Olga Mack, Above the Law (April 20)
  • How lawyers can manage stress and cortisol levels during the COVID-19 crisis | James Grey-Robinson, ABA Journal (April 22)
  • Working From Home While Introverted | Ruth Carter, Attorney At Work (April 21)
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