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2023 year in review: Top 5 milestones for Legal Aid Alberta

Dec 19, 2023

Here are five highlights from Legal Aid Alberta’s 50th year of providing access to justice for disadvantaged Albertans.

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Growing a career in access to justice

Dec 18, 2023

What do each of the Legal Aid Alberta Long Service Award recipients have in common? The answer: Passion for the law and helping people. Legal Aid Alberta is honouring 52...

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The driving forces behind Legal Aid Alberta

Dec 14, 2023

Legal Aid Alberta celebrates its 50th anniversary and 52 employees with a combined total of 530 years of service

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Legal Aid Alberta offices closed Dec. 25 to Jan. 1

Dec 12, 2023

Legal Aid Alberta offices will be closed beginning Dec. 25, 2023 to Jan. 1, 2024 and re-open Jan. 2, 2024.

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In-person immigration workshop prompts insightful discussions in immigration law

Nov 22, 2023

More than 40 roster lawyers attend in-person workshops to learn and discuss the latest legal developments in immigration and refugee claims

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Legal Aid Alberta welcomes two new members to the Board of Directors

Nov 17, 2023

Community leaders join Legal Aid Alberta’s Board of Directors to strengthen our commitment to serve Albertans

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In The News

Emergency protection order applications in response to family violence continue to rise in Alberta
The number of requests for emergency protection orders (EPO) for those facing family violence have spiked 17 per cent since 2018, says Legal Aid Alberta.
Calgary Herald | June 15, 2022

Domestic abuse and family violence on the rise in Alberta, organization says
Legal Aid Alberta (LAA) says the number of emergency protection orders (EPO) filed by the agency has risen 17 per cent since 2018. An EPO is a court order that can protect people facing violence by keeping away an abuser and removing them from the home.
CTV News Edmonton | June 15, 2022

Increase in requests for emergency protection orders in Alberta
Legal Aid Alberta is seeing an increase in requests for emergency protection orders in the province, as family violence continues to rise.
CityNews Edmonton | June 15, 2022

CTV NEWS VIDEO: Indigenous inmate number rising
The proportion of Indigenous inmates at federal prisons is rising across Canada, and nowhere more than in Edmonton. Carlyle Fiset reports and interviews LAA's Stephen Shirt.
CTV News Edmonton at 6 | May 27, 2022

Percentage of Indigenous inmates in Edmonton hitting new highs
LAA's Stephen Shirt, Indigenous courthouse navigator & assessment officer was interviewed by CTV Edmonton about the high and continuously increasing rates of Indigenous peoples in the Alberta prison system.
CTV News Edmonton | May 27, 2022

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