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Home / Get legal help in Alberta

Get legal help in Alberta

Free legal help

Community legal clinics and student legal clinics offer free legal support. You must meet eligibility criteria to access their services. Contact the clinic nearest you for help. If you are not sure which clinic is closest to you, contact any one and they will direct you to the one that best suits your needs. When in doubt – just call!

Alberta wide

Workers’ Resource Centre

Free help for Alberta workers about employment standards, employment insurance, WCB, human rights, AISH, disability insurance, CPP-disability, and sexual harassment.  

Edmonton

Edmonton Community Legal Centre (ECLC)

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Student Legal Services (SLS)

Law students can take on your file, give legal information, and help you through the court process. They can represent you as an agent in the Alberta Court of Justice for family, criminal, civil and traffic issues. They can also help with issues before the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) and the Alberta Human Rights Commission.

Civil Claims Duty Counsel

Volunteer lawyers give 30 minutes of free legal support at the Edmonton and Calgary courthouses for civil issues.

King’s Bench Court Assistance Program

Volunteer lawyers give 30 minutes of free legal support to self-represented litigants with civil issues at the Court of King’s Bench. Available at the Edmonton and Calgary courthouses.

Alberta Legal Information Centre

Free legal information, support and referral services in French or English, in person in Calgary or Edmonton or remotely. 

Calgary

Calgary Legal Guidance (CLG)

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Student Legal Assistance (SLA)

Law students can take on your file, give legal information, and help you through the court process. They can represent you as an agent in the Alberta Court of Justice for family, criminal, civil and traffic issues. They can also help with issues before the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS).

Civil Claims Duty Counsel

Volunteer lawyers give 30 minutes of free legal support at the Edmonton and Calgary courthouses for civil issues.

King’s Bench Court Assistance Program

Volunteer lawyers give 30 minutes of free legal support to self-represented litigants with civil issues at the Court of King’s Bench. Available at the Edmonton and Calgary courthouses.

Alberta Legal Information Centre

Free legal information, support and referral services in French or English, in person in Calgary or Edmonton or remotely. 

Red Deer

Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie Clinic

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for legal issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. This is an office of the Edmonton Community Legal Centre.

Fort McMurray

Fort McMurray Community Legal Clinic

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Lethbridge

Lethbridge Legal Guidance

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat Community Legal Clinic

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Lloydminster

Lloydminster Community Legal Clinic

Volunteer lawyers give 30 to 45 minutes of free legal support for issues about families, work, immigration, debts, social benefits, and more. 

Legal help for a fee

You can pay for legal services from a legal coach, mediator, arbitrator, or lawyer.

Legal Aid Alberta

Affordable legal services in family law, domestic violence, child welfare, immigration, and youth and adult criminal defence.

ADR Institute of Alberta

Find a mediator or arbitrator to help resolve disputes without going to court.

Alberta Legal Coaches & Limited Services

Lawyers who provide coaching and limited services, for a fee.

Law Society of Alberta Lawyer Referral Program

Provides the names of three lawyers, who will provide a free half-hour consultation.

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