October 2026
What’s Inside
- Updated Condo Law Resources
- New French Estate Planning Resources
- Upcoming “Surprising Stuff” Webinars
- Spooky LawNow Feature
- CPLEA in the Community
Updated Condominium Law Resources
We recently updated all of our resources on Condominium Law in Alberta!
Whether you’re a condo owner, board member or tenant, our resources can help you better understand condominium law in Alberta. Learn about everything from buying a new or resale condo to understanding bylaws, documents and condo finances, as well as handling disputes with owners and much more.
Explore our updated resources below!
- A Guide to Commonly Used Condo Terms
- Before You Buy: Understanding Condo Finances
- Buying a Condo: Pre-Possession Issues
- Buying a New Condo: Document Checklist
- Buying a Resale Condo: Document Checklist
- Checklist for first time board members
- Condo Board Conduct
- Condo Documents 101: What these documents reveal about the condo corporation
- Condominium boards and rental units
- Condominium Boards and Requests for Information
- Election to a condominium board
- Handling disputes with owners and tenants tip sheet
- Meetings
- Owning a New Condo: The Developer Turnover Process
- Renting Out Your Condo in Alberta
- Reserve Fund Guide
- The Big 3: Condominium contributions, special levies and reserve funds
- Tips for hiring and working with a condo manager
- What a Condo Board can do if bylaws are not followed
- What to consider if you are self-managing a condominium
- What you need to know about condominium bylaws
New French Estate Planning Resources
Good news for French speakers and those helping French-speaking clients! CPLEA now offers Estate Planning 101, Being an Agent, Being an Attorney, and Being a Personal Representative in French!
Explore our new French resources below!
- Planification Successorale 101
(Estate Planning 101) - Être mandataire(Be an Agent)
- Être fondé de pouvoir
(Be an Attorney) - Être représentant personnel
(Be a Personal Representative)
Upcoming “Surprising Stuff” Webinars
CPLEA is excited to host a variety of new one-hour webinars covering the surprising things you might not know about various legal topics.
Our first webinar is coming up on Wednesday, October 21! We’ll have two more webinars to look forward to in November and January.
All webinars are FREE and online. Check out what’s coming up and register using the links below!
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 12 pm
The surprising stuff you didn’t know about the dos and don’ts of job interviews.
Wednesday, November 25, 2026 | 12 pm
The surprising stuff you didn’t know about your role as a personal representative for an estate.
Wednesday, January 25, 2027 | 12 pm
The surprising stuff you didn’t know about using AI for legal help.
Spooky LawNow Feature
Home, sweet home: Tales from the dark I
Judy Feng- Staff lawyer, Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta
A curation of nine unsettling tales based on real-life housing law situations… and how to navigate your way out of the labyrinth. Don’t be left in the dark…
Home, sweet home: Tales from the dark II
Judy Feng- Staff lawyer, Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta
A curation of nine unsettling tales based on real-life housing law situations… and how to navigate your way out of the labyrinth. Don’t be left in the dark…
CPLEA in the Community
2026 PLEAC Annual Conference & NB Access to Justice Summit | September 23 – 25, 2026
Last month, CPLEA attended the annual PLEAC Conference and New Brunswick Access to Justice Summit in Fredericton, New Brunswick! The conference brought together public legal educators, justice sector professionals, academics and others working in access to justice to share ideas and learn from one another.
Sessions explored practical and emerging issues related to access to justice, including AI and technology, multilingual public legal information, community justice support, reaching rural and underserved communities, and measuring the impact of access to justice initiatives.
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