The Government of Alberta tabled Bill 9, The Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act on March 8, 2023. Bill 9's changes to Alberta's Personal Property Security Act and Civil Enforcement Act are based on recommendations by Professor Buckwold and Professor Wood in ALRI's Final Report 116, Personal Property Security Law.  For more information about ALRI's law reform project see the following: Personal Property Security Law, Final Report 116 Time to update Alberta law on secured transactions, legal reform institute [...]

On December 15, 2022, The Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 received royal ascent and implemented recommendations ALRI made in its 2020 report, Adverse Possession and Lasting Improvements to Wrong Land, Final Report 115. ALRI recommended that the law of adverse possession be abolished in Alberta. This change would prevent new claims from being brought in the future, but would not affect claims that have been resolved or filed with the court before the change comes into [...]

The Alberta Law Reform Institute [ALRI] is seeking 2 students for employment between May and August 2023.  Students should be completing their second year of law and have strong writing skills to support the presentation of their research in new issues in the law. The 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 seeking two or three, third year law students for part-time employment to run from February 1, 2023 or possibly sooner and continuing until March 31, 2023. The Research Assistants will work directly with ALRI lawyers to help develop the framework for a potential new project plan that we are developing.  The work will involve the review of secondary literature and government reports to categorize areas of legal need [...]