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Meet ALRI Student Researcher Rachel Poznikoff

Take a few minutes to meet ALRI student researcher Rachel Poznikoff. Rachel is a law student going into her third year at the University of Alberta. She has a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University. While at Simon Fraser University, she assisted on research relating to children’s memory in forensic settings. In law school she has volunteered with the Student Legal Services Wills Project, Do-Your-Own-Divorce Clinic, and Trans-ID Clinic. In [...]

By |2024-06-07T14:53:06-06:00June 7th, 2024|Latest News|0 Comments

Meet ALRI Student Researcher Sawyer Nessel!

Take a few minutes to meet ALRI student researcher Sawyer Nessel! Sawyer Nessel is a law student at the University of Alberta who will be starting her third year of law school in the fall. Sawyer has a Bachelor of Commerce from MacEwan University. Prior to joining ALRI, Sawyer worked in a variety of industries, including law, parks maintenance, customer service, road construction, and more. In her free time, Sawyer enjoys visiting family and friends, [...]

By |2024-06-07T14:52:40-06:00June 7th, 2024|Latest News|0 Comments

ALRI Publishes Final Report On Access to Digital Assets

The Alberta Law Reform Institute is recommending legislation that would make it easier for fiduciaries to access a deceased person's digital assets after their death. Digital assets are digital records of information stored with service providers like Google and Facebook. Challenges arise post-death due to restrictive service agreements creating difficulties accessing digital assets even with legal authority. ALRI suggests adopting legislation to affirm fiduciaries' authority over digital assets and compel online service providers to provide [...]

By |2024-04-19T10:06:32-06:00April 19th, 2024|Latest News|0 Comments

ALRI Publishes Recommendations for Altering and Revoking Electronic Wills in Alberta

The Alberta Law Reform Institute is making recommendations for how people living in Alberta can alter or revoke their electronic will. Get ALRI’s full report, Alteration and Revocation of Electronic Wills, Final Report 120. A consultation summary and recommendations summary are also available as companion documents. The Need for Reform People are increasingly using digital tools to manage their personal affairs. In some jurisdictions, wills are no longer restricted to paper and individuals are beginning [...]

By |2024-03-06T14:44:25-07:00March 6th, 2024|Latest News|0 Comments

Alteration and Revocation of Electronic Wills, Final Report 120

In this report, the Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) makes recommendations for the alteration and revocation of electronic wills.  To make these recommendations, ALRI reviewed the changes made to the Uniform Wills Act (“Uniform Act”). The Uniform Law Conference of Canada (“ULCC”) amended the Uniform Act to promote the uniform development of wills law across Canada with respect to electronic wills. ALRI compared the Uniform Act to other jurisdictions in Canada and abroad, researched the [...]

By |2024-03-06T08:51:10-07:00March 6th, 2024|Uncategorized|0 Comments

We’re Hiring Summer Law Student Researchers!

The Alberta Law Reform Institute [ALRI] is seeking 2 students for employment between May and August 2024.  Students should be completing their second year of law and have strong writing skills to support the presentation of their research in new issues in the law. The Research Assistants will work directly with ALRI lawyers to follow project plans and research new legal policy.  This work provides students with direct feedback from our lawyers and valuable experience [...]

By |2024-01-25T14:09:49-07:00January 25th, 2024|Latest News|0 Comments

ALRI Conducts Stakeholder Engagement Sessions on Alberta’s Residential Tenancies Act

The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) is in the preliminary stages of exploring a potential law reform project on the Alberta Residential Tenancies Act. The Residential Tenancies Act, establishes the rights, rules, and obligations that govern the relationship between a landlord and tenant. ALRI held three stakeholder engagement sessions in November. The first being an online session through Zoom and two in-person sessions in Calgary and Edmonton. The sessions were attended by representatives from Alberta [...]

By |2023-12-14T11:57:17-07:00December 14th, 2023|Latest News|0 Comments
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