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Court Decision Highlights Need for New Laws For Accessing Digital Assets
Apple Denies Rightful Access Recently, the parents of a teenager who passed away were denied access to the teen's Apple account. Despite being the legal [...]
ALRI Participates in People-Centred Law Reform & Access to Justice Panel
In May 2026, delegates from the Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) attended the annual symposium of the Federation of Law Reform Agencies of Canada (FOLRAC). [...]
What Issues are Tenants and Landlords Experiencing when Ending a Tenancy?
The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published Residential Tenancies Act: Ending a Tenancy, Issues Paper 8. Alberta has a higher than average turnover rate [...]
Meet ALRI Student Researcher Sunidhi Wadehra
Sunidhi is a law student at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law and will be going into her last year of law school this [...]
Meet ALRI Student Researcher Jayden Blumhagen
Jayden is a law student at the University of Saskatchewan and will be entering her third year in the fall. Jayden grew up on a [...]
ALRI Recommends Alberta Abolish Distress For Rent For Residential Tenancies
Get Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent, Final Report 122. The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published Residential Tenancies: Distress for Rent, Final Report 122. [...]
ALRI Publishes Its Resource Guide For Hearing Children’s Views In Court Matters That Affect Them
Get Hearing from Children in Court Proceedings under the Divorce Act, Family Law Act, and Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Research Paper 22 The [...]
ALRI Publishes Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy, Issues Paper 7
Download Residential Tenancies Act: Before and During a Tenancy, Issues Paper 7 The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) has published its second report on Alberta's Residential Tenancies Act. Residential Tenancies [...]
We’re Hiring Legal Policy Development Research Assistants!
The Alberta Law Reform Institute [ALRI] is seeking 2 students for full-time employment between May and August 2026. Students should be completing their second year [...]