Legal Advice

• If you need to seek legal advice on a landlord and tenant matter, 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 Calgary Legal Guidance (403-234-9266) in Calgary or Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice (780) 702-1725.

• 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.

• Alberta Law Line is a province wide program of Legal Aid Alberta. The Law Line is a free service that provides legal information (including landlord and tenant issues) and referrals to Albertans and provides legal advice to eligible callers over the telephone.
  The Law Line takes calls Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day except Wednesday when it is open from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  To contact the Law Line please call toll-free at 1-866-845-3425 or, if you are in Edmonton, 644-7777.

November 2006