(All Years) - Careers for the Public Benefit - Public Service and Advocacy Roles
General
Why did you decide to become a lawyer? Come hear from lawyers in the public sector talk about the work that they do – work that is interesting, engaging, personally meaningful, and focused on helping others.
Do you know what the statistics for practising Public Interest Lawyers are in Saskatchewan? As of Dec. 31, 2023, there were 2,174 active members of the Law Society of Saskatchewan. Of those, here is a breakdown of who worked directly in the public sector:
- 13.2% Legal Aid
- 8.1% Provincial Government
- 5.1% Provincial Prosecutions
- 4.2% Legal Aid
- 2.5% Federal Government
- 2.1% Provincial Crown Corporation
- 1.6% Federal Prosecutions
33% work in the Public Sector. If you add in other categories like "unclassified/other, university, and courts - that number goes up to 39%. It just depends on how broadly you define the public sector. Regardless, the opposite stat tells us that 61% of the active members who reside in in SK are in private practice (1121) and in-house corporate counsel positions 9% (201 members).
Please join us on Mon. Feb. 24th, and hear directly from those that have legal careers that benefit the Public – in either Public Service or Advocacy Roles.
- Amanda Kimpinski, Compliance Officer, Saskatchewan Real Estate Commission, Saskatoon
- Alan Fern, General Counsel, Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan, Regina
- Joanne Khan, Practice Management Counsel, Legal Aid Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
- Tyla Olenchuk, Associate Regional Crown Prosecutor, Public Prosecutions, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Saskatoon
- Catriona Kaiser-Derrick, Lawyer, CLASSIC Inc., Saskatoon, and joining us in the audience, Farrah Linklater, Lawyer
- Evan Morrow, Counsel, Department of Justice, Saskatoon
Law Students, please sign up for this event in CareerLink, College of Law, Law Events and PD Sessions, so that we can gage both food and space.
This session is brought to you in partnership with the Indigenous Law Centre and Career Development. Soup and Bannock will be served.
Event Details
- When:
- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM CST
- Location:
- Indigenous Law Centre, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan