Objectives and Powers
- The objects of the Branch are and it has the power to:
- participate in and promote law reform;
- develop, promote and participate in programs and activities engendering knowledge and appreciation of the law and the legal profession by members of the general public;
- generally advance the objects of the Association within Saskatchewan, namely to:
- advance the science of jurisprudence;
- promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout Canada so far as is consistent with the preservation of the basic systems of law in the respective provinces;
- uphold the honour of the profession of the law, foster harmonious relations and co-operation among the incorporated law societies, barristers’ societies and general corporations of the Bars of the several provinces and cordial intercourse among the members of the Association;
- encourage a high standard of legal education, training and ethics and generally to do all further or other lawful acts and things touching these premises; and
- enter into arrangements with the Law Society of Saskatchewan for the assumption by the Branch of any of the Law Society’s non- statutory functions that may be appropriate.