Legal Advice

If you need to seek legal advice on a landlord and tenant matter, you can contact:

• The Lawyer Referral Service (Law Society of Alberta) at 1-800-661-1095 can provide you with the names of three lawyers who might be able to assist you.
• Legal advice to qualifying persons may also be available free of charge from a student legal service if you are close to a law school, for example:

• Legal advice for those with a low income is also available from legal clinics across Alberta: 
  • Calgary Legal Guidance 403-234-9266 (Calgary)
  • Central Alberta Legal Clinic 403-314-9129 (Red Deer Area)
  • Edmonton Community Legal Centre 780-702-1725 (Edmonton)
  • Lethbridge Legal Guidance 403-380-6338 (Lethbridge Area)
  • Grande Prairie Legal Guidance 780-882-0036 (Grande Prairie Area)
  • Children's Legal and Educational Resource Centre 403-207-9029 (Calgary)
• You can also contact Dial-a-Law (operated by Calgary Legal Guidance) at (403)234-9022. Dial-a-Law is telephone service of over 140 tapes providing practical legal information, including tenant issues.
• You may also contact a Legal Services Centre (operated by Legal Aid Alberta). They can provide legal information (including landlord and tenant issues) and referrals to Albertans and also provide legal advice to eligible callers. 
  You can reach a Legal Service Centre through Legal Aid Alberta's toll free number at  1-866-845-3425.
  
  

January 2012