Clubs
Black Law Students' Association
President - Funmilola Adebogun
Email: blsa.sask@gmail.com
Instagram: Usask_BLSA
The Black Law Students' Association of Saskatchewan is committed to supporting and enhancing academic and professional opportunities for Black law students. We are concerned with challenges faced by the Black community as they relate to the legal system. We want to promote increased representation of Black students in law schools and assist in facilitating their success.
We reflect the diversity of the African/Black/Caribbean experience and welcome allies from all backgrounds who also seek to make a meaningful contribution to the furtherance of justice.
Our mandate, in association with the National Black Law Students' of Canada, is to create a strong community where Black law students feel they belong, mentorship for the growth and success of the Black legal community, and support for students towards a successful legal career. To that end, we plan on introducing the Julius Alexander Moot and Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré Negotiation competition to our College of Law. BLSA Saskatchewan Students are also invited to the Annual National Conference and Civil Law Symposium!
Caveat Lector
Managing Editors - Isaac Rogers & Tatum Sully
The Caveat Lector exists to be redundant. It also exists to publish and make available information and creative works from law students for law students, all while maintaining a standard of journalistic integrity. Well, maybe not integrity, but something close.
Corporate Law Club
President - Matthew Douglas
https://www.facebook.com/groups/USaskCorporateLaw
The Corporate Law Club is a student organization for individuals that aim to pursue a career in corporate law. Likewise, students who want to learn more about the practice of corporate law are encouraged to join.
Our annual events include Pub Golf, the In-House Firm Tour, and Suits for the Stars. We look forward to your participation.
Criminal Law Students' Association
Nicholas Belfour – President
Contact at: nicholas.belfour@usask.ca
The Criminal Law Students' Association aims to provide an open, inclusive, and transparent forum for discussion and education within the field of criminal law. We aspire to bring together like-minded students to have fun, learn about criminal law, and connect students with professionals in the greater Saskatchewan legal community. We host events throughout the year, ranging from lectures from guest speakers to true crime trivia nights. Our signature event, Mugshots, lets first-year students get professional headshots for their LinkedIn profiles in time for professional recruits. We hope to see you at our events this year!
Green Legal
President - Fakeha Jamil
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreenLegal
Green Legal is a student group that aims to increase environmental awareness and sustainability within the College of Law, build environmental law and policy analysis skills among members, and support community-based organizations. Green Legal projects are grassroots initiatives pushed forward by the members, and include organizing fundraisers for environmental charities, holding educational panels, having get-togethers with environmental law practitioners over a plate of nachos, and running river clean ups. Green Legal also sells nametags at the beginning of the year for networking events.
Labour and Employment Law Club
President - Lisa Wanlin
https://www.facebook.com/groups/labourandemploymentlawclub
The Labour & Employment Law Club seeks to share networking, social opportunities, practice area training and education opportunities on Labour & Employment Law, Labour Relations, and Industrial Lawyers. The main events planned throughout the year include different practicing lawyers from the Labour & Employment field to speak.
Legal Follies
Contact - Anika LaFitte, Caid Brossart
Legal Follies is an annual talent show hosted by students at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law.
Runnymede Society
Brian Wirachowski – President
Contact at: brian.wirachowski@usask.ca
Runnymede Society takes its name from a meadow by the Thames River where the Magna Carta, a document guaranteeing certain individual liberties against state power, was signed by King John in 1215. Today, the Magna Carta is considered to have laid the foundation for Constitutionalism, and serves as a symbol for liberty and the Rule of Law.
We are a national organization with affiliated chapters in various law schools and law firms. Our members include law students, legal scholars, practicing lawyers, judicial clerks, and more. Our guiding principles are (1) Constitutionalism: the Canadian Constitution is the supreme law, from which all government power must derive and be limited by; (2) Freedom: certain fundamental liberties are guaranteed by the Canadian Constitution, and are of paramount importance; (3) The Rule of Law: all people, institutions, and government bodies must be subject to the same laws. No one is above the law; (4) We seek to foster intellectual diversity and good faith dialogue within our law school.
Usask PBSC
Program Coordinators: Lisa Wanlin & Payton Eckert
Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) is the largest Pro Bono Organization in Canada. PBSC aims to address the access to justice crisis through projects that provide free legal support to communities that experience barriers to justice. Through partnerships with law firms, non-profits, charities, and government, PBSC develops law-related projects for student volunteers to assist communities in need. Involvement with PBSC provides students with practical, hands-on experience with the law and an opportunity to give back to their community. PBSC offers projects in many areas of law including family law, criminal law, and human rights law. Our projects take a variety of forms including providing client services, developing and presenting public legal education sessions, conducting legal research, or even internships! For the full list of 2022-23 projects and project descriptions, check out our website: https://law.usask.ca/probono/#Projects
Women in Law
Contact - Fakeha Jamil
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092583618754
Instagram: womeninlawuofs
Mission Statement: To advocate for gender equality at the College of Law and in the legal profession more broadly. Provide support and resources to students at the College of Law while encouraging cultural change towards a more respectful environment where people of all genders will feel comfortable to learn and be empowered to reach their full potential. 