Deadline: 2-Feb-23
The Alberta Law Foundation is seeking applications for its Grants Program.
Mission
- The Alberta Law Foundation mission is to Lead and support efforts to build a better justice community in Alberta.
Objectives
The Alberta Law Foundation was created in 1973 under the Legal Profession Act with the following objectives:
- Conducting research into and recommending reform of law and the administration of justice;
- Establishing, maintaining, and operating law libraries;
- Contributing to the legal education and knowledge of the people of Alberta and providing programs and facilities for those purposes;
- Providing assistance to native people’s legal programs, student legal aid programs, and programs of like nature;
- Contributing to the costs incurred by the Legal Aid Society of Alberta to administer a plan to provide legal aid. (This contribution has been legislated to be 25% of revenue from lawyers’ pooled trust accounts).
Priorities
- Invest in sustainable and effective initiatives that have a demonstrable impact on Albertans navigating the justice system in Alberta;
- Build sector capacity by being a resource and community convener in the justice sector;
- Demonstrate leadership through a culture of inclusivity, communication, and collaboration.
What they fund?
- Legal Research and Law Reform;
- Law Libraries;
- Public Legal Information and Education;
- Legal Assistance for individuals facing barriers;
- Legal Aid Alberta.
Who can apply?
- Their grants are available to an organization that is incorporated as a non-profit entity or is a First Nation or Band Council;
- You may also apply if you are a subdivision of an incorporated entity, or operate as an unincorporated association with a board of directors or equivalent supervisory body.
Who cannot apply?
- Individuals;
- Government departments;
- For-Profit ventures.
For more information, visit Alberta Law Foundation.