8 Helpful Legal Resources

You can explore on the web

This presentation is brought to you

by the Portage College

Public Legal Education Program

Visit us online at for news

on current FREE seminars and events. You

can also download a copy of our free Legal

Resource Directory with listings of all lawyers,

courthouses, RCMP detachments and other

legal organizations for Northeast Alberta.

Alberta Justice @ http://justice.alberta.ca

Information about Alberta's justice system, its

major participants and links to publications.

This site offers comprehensive information on

Aboriginal justice, civil matters, courts,

employment, families, fines enforcement,

human rights and diversity, laws & legislation,

safe communities initiatives, will and estates,

and more.

Law Central - Alberta

@ http://www.lawcentralalberta.ca

LawCentral Alberta is an online collection of links to

legal information and education. A website of the

Legal Resource Centre, LawCentral- Alberta is all

about linking Albertans to legal information, education

and help. Be sure to visit the LawCentral Canada site

for federal information and resources (link is on the Alberta

site and there is a francophone site as well) and A-Link which offers

a glossary of legal terms.

Canadian Legal FAQs

@ http://www.law-faqs.org

Laws made by the federal government apply across

Canada, while provincial laws only apply in a

particular province.

Canadian Legal FAQs are organized by information

that applies nationally or to Alberta.

The FAQs can also be accessed by topic. This page

links to both National and Alberta information.

CanLII @ http://www.canlii.org/en/

CanLII is a non-profit organization

managed by the Federation of Law

Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to

make Canadian law accessible for free on

the Internet. Searching this database is

FREE and easy.

Laws for Landlords & Tenants

@ http://www.landlordandtenant.org

The Landlord and Tenant website offers

information on laws, rights & responsibilities of

landlords and tenants in Alberta. There are

helpful publications and podcasts available for

download.

The Law Project @ http://lawproject.ca

The Law Project offers interactive online activities for

students on a variety of legal topics. Students can

create videos, take quizzes, and work with real

historical primary sources. The site provides

assessments and rubrics. Topics include First

Nations, residential schools, youth and the law,

women and the law, environmental law, and national

security.

Bearpaw Legal Education & Resource Centre

@ http://www.bearpaweducation.ca/

The BearPaw website provides public legal education and

information specifically designed by and for Aboriginal

people, focusing on areas of the law that are of special

significance to Aboriginal people. Bearpaw offers the

following services:

• A website with links to legal information and resources

• Workshops for communities, schools and organizations.

• Information brochures and fact sheets

• Video podcast downloads

Blogosaurus Lex @ http://www.cplea.ca/blog/

Blogosaurus Lex : the evolution of public legal education is a

co-operative weblog published by staff at the Legal

Resource Centre about:

• new happenings at the Legal Resource Centre (LRC),

• community engagement with other public legal educators

and sharing new resources and activities emerging in the

field,

• LawNow – our magazine relating law to life,

• LRC library news including interesting frequently asked

questions (and their corresponding answers!) .

We hope you find these

resources useful and please get

in touch with us should you

require help finding specific

resources.

Portage College Public Legal Education

Program

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9531 – 94 Avenue

Lac La Biche, AB

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Phone: 780.623.5680 or 1.866.623.5551 (toll

free) ext. 5680

General E-mail inquiries can be sent

to public.legal@portagecollege.ca

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