Kristy Rhyason

About Kristy Rhyason

Kristy Rhyason is the Communications Coordinator at the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta, the publisher of LawNow Magazine. Kristy maintains the website, mailing list, social media and blog for LawNow and can be contacted with any questions about the magazine at info@lawnow.org

Get Answers to Your Legal Questions at Law Day Alberta

Do you want to know how our justice system works in Alberta? Do you want to take a tour of your courthouse? Watch a trial? Get answers to your legal questions? Law Day is family friendly, so bring the kids and learn about the law! April 13, 2013 in Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Red Deer. April [...]

Calling all Contributors! Want to write for LawNow Magazine?

LawNow is looking for volunteer contributors. If you share our enthusiasm and commitment to public legal education, consider writing on one of the topics in our Call for Contributors, or contact us with your own suggestions for themes, special reports, and columns. Some of the topics outlined in the Call for Contributors include: Family law, [...]

37-4: Letter to the Editor

In your September/October, 2011, issue of LawNow, there was an article, “Whatever Happened To … The Prosecution of Susan Nelles,” by Peter Bowal and Kelsey Horvat, discussing one of Canada’s most fascinating and significant medico-legal cases. It noted in the final paragraphs, the possibility that a chemical, MBT, from the natural rubber components of syringes, [...]

Vol 37-4: Mar/Apr 2013

    Table of Contents Featured Articles: Environmental Causes Special Report: Helping Yourself Departments Columns Printable PDF version   Featured Articles: Environmental Causes Canadians treasure their environment, and for many, preventing its degradation becomes a cause. The law can be used in some interesting and unique ways to help the cause. The Constitutional Right to [...]

Vol 37-3: Jan/Feb 2013

  Full PDF of the issue   Table of Contents Featured Articles: Constitutions Special Report: Developments in Internet Law Departments Columns   Featured Articles: Constitutions Do Constitutions matter? Indeed they do. Just ask the Egyptian people protesting, confronting, and even dying over the drafting of their new constitution. Evolution, Not Revolution: Canada’s Constitutional History and [...]

What topics would you like to see covered in LawNow Magazine?

It’s that time of year again! All of the staff at the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta will gather around a feast of lemon squares and kale chips to brainstorm ideas for the next volume of LawNow Magazine. While we like to think that we’re quite brilliant when it comes to thinking up important [...]

Data Privacy Day

LawNow Magazine covers lots of hot topics and privacy law has been a big one in the past few issues. In the latest issue of LawNow Magazine, the Special Report looked at developments in Internet law, including privacy and cloud computing. The Internet Law column in the same issue,” Who Cares About Internet Law and [...]

Vol 37-2: Nov/Dec 2012

Full PDF of the issue   Table of Contents Featured Articles: Elections and the Law Special Report: Privacy Law Departments Columns   Featured Articles: Elections and the Law Free and fair elections are the cornerstones of democracies. This issue of LawNow examines elections law in Canada and around the world. American and Canadian Election Laws [...]

Further Resources on Privacy

Privacy means different things to different people around the world; what is considered private in one culture might not be in the next. However, the ability to choose when identity and personal information is revealed and when it’s not is a value all humans hold. In the digital age, this sense of control over privacy [...]

Legal Information and Resources on Bullying

In honour of Bullying Awareness Week (Nov 12 – 17, 2012) let’s look at some resources surrounding bullying. Bullying is an important topic to discuss in schools. The August/September 2002 issue of LawNow featured a lesson plan on bullying. It includes a case study, guidelines for a mock trial, and a role playing exercise. For [...]