1990s - 2000s
The compiled list of events were collected through archives, newspapers, old annual reports and interviews with Legal Aid Alberta employees.
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after the landmark Brydges case decision in the Supreme Court of Canada. The phone line is active 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide brief legal advice to people under arrest.
for the first time and are based out of Edmonton and Calgary. Staff lawyers are employed full-time by LAA while roster lawyers are private practice lawyers who take legal aid cases.
The Government of Alberta determines that the Alberta Law Foundation will contribute 25 per cent of their income on lawyers' trust accounts to support legal aid services in Alberta.
to meet growing and special needs of youth offenders.
as the first Staff Duty Counsel Program gets off the ground.
of $10 for clients, resulting in abandoned applications or waived fees if clients are without representation. The fee would be rescinded in 2001.
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and results in staffing cuts and salary and benefit rollbacks.
in response to Alberta’s new Protection Against Family Violence Act. EPOs become available in Edmonton via duty counsel.
LAA ends its application fee policies for Albertans.
in Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary.
Legal Aid Alberta becomes an equal party to sign the Legal Aid Governance Agreement along with the Government of Alberta and Law Society of Alberta.
operations in Edmonton through the Family Law Office.
as a pilot project providing Albertans with a centralized, easy-to-access source for free legal information, referrals and brief legal advice.
Jacqueline Schaffter becomes LAA’s first President and CEO.
offering free legal representation for Albertans held in custody and applying for bail.