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. Distress for rent is an ancient common law self-help remedy that, under certain conditions, allows a landlord to seize and sell a tenant’s property to recover unpaid rent. This report recommends that distress for rent should be abolished for residential tenancies in Alberta. This report, and its recommendations, are limited to [...]

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 of law and have strong writing skills to support the presentation of their research on new issues in the law. Research Assistants will work directly with ALRI lawyers to follow project plans and research new legal policy.  This work provides students with direct feedback from our lawyers and valuable experience [...]

The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) is excited to announce that Susan Emam is joining its team as Research Associate. Susan arrives at ALRI with a background in public interest law. Prior to relocating to Alberta, she practiced in British Columbia, focusing on a broad range of civil litigation and human rights matters. She appeared before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, and the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. [...]