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Law Society of Saskatchewan COVID-19 COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 9

COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 9

April 9, 2020
Photo by Juliana Malta on Unsplash

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

  • Access to Justice: Justice in the Time of Social Sistancing | Beverley McLachlin, Lawyer’s Daily (March 31)  
  • What Does COVID-19 Tell Us About Our Response to the Access to Justice Crisis? |National Self-Represented Litigants Project, Slaw.ca (April 2) 

Courts

  • COVID-19 and the Courts: April 7 Update | Canadian Lawyer Magazine (April 7) 
  • Gin Before Justice in Canada? Pity | Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun (April 2) 

Legal Innovation 

  • Covid-19 Can Change the Legal Industry for the Better | Jordan Rothman, Above the Law (April 1) 
  • Pandemic Law (6 Part Series) | Jordan Furlong, Law21 (April 6) 

Legal Practice

  • Lawyering in a Time of Corona | Ian Hu, Slaw.ca (April 7) 
  • Ethical Obligations for Lawyers with COVID-19 | Kyla Lee, Lawyer’s Daily (April 6) 

Remote Working 

  • Survive (& Thrive) While Working From Home | Jenifer Detraini, Slaw Tips (April 2) 
  • Zoom Videoconferencing Tips And Tricks | Nicole Black, Above the Law (April 2) 

Students & Articling 

  • Articling During Covid | Yadesha Satheaswaran, Canadian Lawyer Magazine (March 31) 
  • LSO cancels June lawyer licensing exams, call to bar ceremonies | Amanda Jerome, Lawyer’s Daily (April 3) 

Wellness

  • Practicing Law — And Compassion — In A COVID-19 World | Jenifer Detraini, Above the Law (April 2) 
  • Shifting Out of Anxiety – 5 steps to a calm mind | Allison Wolf, Attorney with a Life (April 3) 
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