New Name, New Place, Same People, Same Priorities

Effective January 1^st 2012, the Legal Resource Centre has changed its operating name to the Centre for Public Legal Education of Alberta (CPLEA).

We believe our new name better reflects our identity and purpose as a public legal education (PLE) organization.

Visit us at our new location in the Ironwood building at:
#800, 10050 - 112 Street
Edmonton, AB T5K 2J1

Research

VIOLET: Law & Abused Women - Learning on the Net

Final Report to the Office of Learning Technologies.
San San Sy and Kathleen Anderson.
December 1999.

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The Community Development Process of RoseNet

San San Sy and Kathleen Anderson.

RoseNet is an example of community collaboration between the University of Alberta and immigrant serving agencies to contribute to the learning of legal issues by both the abused immigrant women and those they consulted. Understanding the barriers for accessing legal information and services, the project team embarked on a journey with grass roots immigrant organizations to design a virtual safe place for immigrant women to acquire legal knowledge relevant to spousal abuse in Alberta.

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Bill 1 Lobbyists Act - A Preliminary Assessment of its Implications for Not-for-Profit Organizations in Alberta

Prepared by Professor Lois E. Gander, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta for the Legal Resource Centre with funding from the Muttart Foundation.

Published in 2007, this study investigated the implications of Bill 1 for not-for-profit organizations in Alberta.

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The Role and Impact of Librarians in the History and Development of Public Legal Education (PLE) in Canada

For the Canadian Association of Law Librarians (2007/2008)

Kirsten Wurmann of the Legal Resource Centre received funding to research, prepare, and publish a literature review and a bibliography of materials on the role and impact of librarians in the history and development of public legal education practice in Canada. The bibliography will contain items both by those librarians and about the work they did.

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Integrating Legal Concepts into Grade Six Social Studies

The Legal Resource Centre is developing a print and electronic resource to support the grade six Social Studies curriculum in Alberta.

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Designing Websites Effectively: Promising Practices for Providing Legal Information to the Public

For the Canada Revenue Agency - Charities Directorate
Legal Studies Program/Legal Resource Centre
March 2007

The purposes of this document are to:

review the related literature and research regarding proper website design as it can be applied to the education of the public;
identify and summarize promising practices; and
identify some examples of websites exhibiting good practices.

The context relates to the current promising practices utilized by informal and non-formal education of the public.