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Navigating holiday travel and coparenting - Legal Aid Alberta
Understanding the legal requirements can help ensure a smoother experience for parents and children. When traveling internationally, such as to Disneyland, Legal Aid Alberta staff lawyer Victoria Foster advises that co-parents must have either a notarized travel consent letter from the non-traveling parent or a court order permitting the travel.
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LAA Overview - Legal Aid Alberta
Established in 1973, Legal Aid Alberta is a publicly funded non-profit legal services provider accountable to the public through the Ministry of Justice and the Law Society of Alberta. LAA provides affordable representation to low-income people on criminal, family, and immigration cases and some free legal services to all Albertans that ensure people’s rights and safety are protected.
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Legal Aid Alberta
Legal Aid provides affordable legal services in family law, family violence matters, child welfare, immigration, and youth and adult criminal defence.
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Duty Counsel: First Line of Defence - Legal Aid Alberta
As Legal Aid Alberta’s staff duty counsel in Fort McMurray, Hennigar is responsible for providing legal support for adult and youth criminal matters, as well as in Drug Treatment Court. Hennigar is also LAA’s duty counsel in the community of Fort Chipewyan, home of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, located 300 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.
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Concerns - Legal Aid Alberta
Legal Aid Alberta reviews all concerns in a timely, fair and sensitive manner, respecting the privacy of all parties. This form is intended for all clients and stakeholders in the justice system. All parties are encouraged to submit their concerns.
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DC Portal - Legal Aid Alberta
We are taking a giant leap forward with our Duty Counsel Portal. The Duty Counsel Portal is critical for our duty counsel lawyers providing frontline legal aid services. The Portal gives our lawyers access to the information they need to effectively support client inquiries at the courthouses.
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Client Access and Service Enhancements (CASE) - Legal Aid Alberta
The legal needs of Albertans have always been and will continue to be the primary focus of innovation at Legal Aid Alberta. Client Access and Service Enhancements (CASE) will significantly improve the client experience and shape the future of access to legal aid. Each of these enhancements is powerful on its own.
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About - Legal Aid Alberta
We resolve legal problems for disadvantaged Albertans and, in doing so, protect the Rule of Law for the benefit of everyone. Governance As a registered society incorporated under the provincial Societies Act, Legal Aid Alberta is an organization independent from government, but is accountable to the Minister of Justice and to the Law Society of Alberta.
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Duty counsel everywhere, for everyone - Legal Aid Alberta
Legal aid duty counsel lawyers work in courtrooms across Alberta (in person and virtually) to provide immediate legal information, advice and assistance to people who attend court without a lawyer. Duty counsel is an integral part of our justice system and helps the court system function as efficiently as possible.
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Ask a Lawyer: LAA brings Duty Counsel Day to the classroom
Fortunately, d uty counsel lawyers are on the front line of the justice system to protect our Charter right to legal counsel by providing free, on-the-spot legal advice. In 2023, Legal Aid Alberta duty counsel provided 120,000 “assists” to Albertans seeking legal advice in criminal or family court matters.
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