Take a few minutes to meet ALRI student researcher Sawyer Nessel! Sawyer Nessel is a law student at the University of Alberta who will be starting her third year of law school in the fall. Sawyer has a Bachelor of Commerce from MacEwan University. Prior to joining ALRI, Sawyer worked in a variety of industries, including law, parks maintenance, customer service, road construction, and more. In her free time, Sawyer enjoys visiting family and friends, [...]

The Alberta Law Reform Institute is making recommendations for how people living in Alberta can alter or revoke their electronic will. Get ALRI’s full report, Alteration and Revocation of Electronic Wills, Final Report 120. A consultation summary and recommendations summary are also available as companion documents. The Need for Reform People are increasingly using digital tools to manage their personal affairs. In some jurisdictions, wills are no longer restricted to paper and individuals are beginning [...]

The Alberta Law Reform Institute [ALRI] is seeking 2 students for employment between May and August 2024.  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 in the preliminary stages of exploring a potential law reform project on the Alberta Residential Tenancies Act. The Residential Tenancies Act, establishes the rights, rules, and obligations that govern the relationship between a landlord and tenant. ALRI held three stakeholder engagement sessions in November. The first being an online session through Zoom and two in-person sessions in Calgary and Edmonton. The sessions were attended by representatives from Alberta [...]

The Alberta Law Reform Institute is undertaking a preliminary review of Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act. The Residential Tenancies Act establishes the rights, rules, and obligations that govern the relationship between a landlord and tenant. ALRI will be conducting several stakeholder engagements with organizations from across the province to determine how the Act is functioning and where it could be improved. The findings from these events will be used to determine the scope of a potential law reform project. More [...]