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REGIONAL WRAP-UP Thuringer LLP is sticking to its familial roots. The Regina-based firm just added another lawyer to its family law group, an area overseen by three partners and one of the signature practices on which the firm was founded in 1955. While Kanuka Thuringer also handles W to where the jobs are. Lane Wiegers, a senior prosecutor S in the province's public prosecutions division, says it plans to encourage re- cent law school graduates to visit rural communities around Saskatchewan, meet the people who run the offices and go through the interview process there. "Hopefully that will convince them of the benefits of practising and prosecuting in that particular area," he says. There are more than 100 prosecu- tors throughout the province but Wieg- ers says it's more challenging to attract people to certain areas. "The smaller the centre, the more difficult it is to recruit people, particularly in northern parts of the province," he says. Wiegers says Saskatchewan's ongo- ing economic boom isn't affecting the amount of criminal law work to be done in the province. "Our workload is driven primarily by the number of charges po- lice officers lay and that, in turn, depends on legislative changes," he says. The public prosecutions division has four offices in Saskatchewan, the largest of which is in Saskatoon with 30 pros- ecutors. It also has operations in Swiſt Current, Moose Jaw, and Melford. — GK LegalSuppliers_CL_Nov_08.indd 1 www. mag.com NO VEMBER / DECEMBER 2008 9 11/3/08 10:53:51 AM business law, energy and natural re- sources, financial services, construction, and transportation law work, partner hile some firms are abandoning family law practices to focus on the corporate market, Kanuka Jeff Brick says family law continues to be a growth area. "I don't think family con- flict is getting any less. It's a busy area of law. We get lots of calls from people who are in situations requiring family law as- sistance," he says. Brick says family law also presents unique professional development op- portunities through practising differ- ent conflict resolution methods. "We're seeing the development of new waves of trying to resolve family law conflict, like the collaborative law movement and mediation and arbitration mod- els," he says. Kanuka Thuringer has two offices for its 25 lawyers, one in Regina and another in Swiſt Current, Sask. — GK an accident? Need to reconstruct askatchewan's Ministry of Justice hopes to improve its rural recruit- ing efforts by taking young lawyers Structure $ a settlement? court reporter? Find a www.legalsuppliersguide.com for hundreds of suppliers across Canada Refi ned search capabilities, complete contact details and directlinks to suppliers helps you fi nd the service you need & I RIGHT NOW! Legal Suppliers Guide The legal community's business-to-business site MPR O D E N V W E