Thinking of using AI tools for legal help and information? Read this first. Earlier this year, CPLEA worked with Alberta Law Libraries (ALL) to gather frontline insights about how people are using AI tools to find legal help and information. We used our findings to develop a new public … [Read more...]
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AI Quick Start Guide for Legal Help: Part I – Know Your Tools
Thinking of using AI tools for legal help and information? Read this first. Earlier this year, CPLEA worked with Alberta Law Libraries (ALL) to gather frontline insights about how people are using AI tools to find legal help and information. We used our findings to develop a new public … [Read more...]
Reflections on a bygone housing era
As part of Asian Heritage Month, here is a retelling of a bygone housing era and sensational housing law case in Vancouver, British Columbia. This article is written through the author’s own cultural, legal, and creative lens – with a Xianxia twist. For the uninitiated, Xianxia is a … [Read more...]
Charting a new path with legal information in Alberta
The following is a summary of what we heard through CPLEA’s community consultations project – along with a glimpse into human-centred design in action within the legal information and services ecosystem. This is probably a problem we can all relate to when working on a long-running project or … [Read more...]
Revisiting emotional support animals
With a recent human rights case in Alberta, there is now more legal clarity around emotional support animal situations. For cat lovers, there’s nothing like the feeling of having an edgy predator melt into a warm loaf in one’s lap, purring for kisses and cuddles. For some, maybe the sleepy … [Read more...]
Introducing Preventive Legal Services: Seeing law differently
Preventive law (also known as “preventative law”) is an approach to law that empowers people about their legal rights and responsibilities, while minimizing the risks of litigation. In the cyberpunk science fiction film, The Matrix, there’s an iconic scene where the main character, Neo, meets … [Read more...]
Shedding light on economic evictions
There is developing case law in Alberta that says landlords cannot raise rent to indirectly evict a tenant, known as an "economic eviction". Economic evictions happen when a landlord tries to evict a tenant by raising the rent. It is common knowledge that Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act … [Read more...]
Artificial Intelligence in Public Legal Education: An experiment from the bottom up
The Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) undertook a trial of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to explore ways to improve both internal workflows and its public legal education and information resources. The 2022–2023 Bridging the Gaps Legal Needs Assessment from the Alberta Law … [Read more...]
Tenant Move-Outs: Cleaning and security deposit deductions
A common issue when moving out of a rental unit is what charges, including cleaning charges, a landlord can deduct from the tenant’s security deposit. A tenant's lease ends in one week, and the landlord has already notified them to move out. Everything in the rental looks clean, but should the … [Read more...]
Having Problems with Another Tenant?
Living close to others can lead to conflicts over noise, garbage and more. The following tips can help you deal with problems with another tenant. Is another tenant in your building driving you crazy? Maybe they're making too much noise, leaving garbage in the hallway, or throwing cigarette … [Read more...]
