We are happy to continue our guest speaker series next Monday on March 22 by having Laura Walker, an in-house paralegal for Enterflex Ltd. at join us from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. She will be talking about working as an in-house paralegal and the various firms she has worked at in her career. You... Continue Reading →

We are happy to continue our guest speaker series next Monday on March 15 by having Nathan Kaulback, a lawyer with the Burnside Law Group in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia will join us from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. He will be giving insight on legal documents used in a different jurisdiction and giving insight on... Continue Reading →

Happy March members of the SAIT Legal Assistant Society! We have a month full of guest speakers and Virtual Brain Breaks for our members, take a look at the event calendar we have for you! https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=saitlasocitey%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FEdmonton You can sign up for the Virtual Brain Breaks at the following links: Lie Swatter! March 11: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GQR9238 Drawful!... Continue Reading →

We are happy to continue our guest speaker series next Monday on March 8 by having Heidi Semkowich, President of the Alberta Association for Professional Paralegals (AAPP) join us from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. She will be talking about the Alberta Association for Professional Paralegals. You can sign up for the event at the... Continue Reading →

Hello future legal assistants!  The SAIT Legal Assistant Society will be hosting a virtual games night February 11 to give your brains a break! We will be playing Drawful from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. there will be prizes! Games are limited to 8 people; we have no control over that. If more than 8... Continue Reading →

Hello SAIT Legal Assistant Society members! We’re happy to announce our new guest speaker program this semester, starting February 22 with Laurel Shuttleworth, who is an experienced paralegal from Bishop & McKenzie LLP. She will be discussing the process of transitioning from a legal assistant role to a paralegal role and work as a paralegal.... Continue Reading →

Hi future legal assistants! We hope you’re enjoying school so far! We recognize that online school can be stressful and not as motivating to actually attend class as it would be if we actually were in school; to that end, some of your Executive team has come together to provide some advice from their perspective.... Continue Reading →

We are lucky to have so much technology available at our fingertips (quite literally) when it comes to learning from home. While it might suck to learn from home, we are lucky that we don’t have to go to school sick! Try to find the positive in all of this. In the meantime, here’s some... Continue Reading →

It’s 3:17 a.m. You’ve been in a restless sleep, unsure of how to tackle your upcoming courses. Your mind spins – how do you do this? You’re coming from high school where your teachers practically handed you your marks, or you’re coming back to school after a hiatus working, and now you’re taking your first... Continue Reading →

Good afternoon future legal assistants, We hope you’re doing well. ‘Who are we,’ you ask? Why, we’re your Legal Assistant Society, and we’d like to introduce ourselves! We’re a SAITSA club dedicated to students of the Legal Assistant program. Our job is to make your time here as welcoming, professional, and dynamic as possible. We... Continue Reading →