Legal Reform
The Legal Reform Project participates in activities and research that directly impacts individuals surviving poverty in our communities. The goal of the Legal Reform Project is to create a forum where laws can be analyzed and criticized with a view to changing them in a way that protects the rights and supports the needs of the low-income community.
The Legal Reform Project has ongoing research in the following areas:
- Aboriginal Law
- Homeless Rights
- Immigration and Refugee Law
- Prostitution Law
- Landlord and Tenant
Currently, the Legal Reform Project is beginning research on the experience of street workers in the City of Edmonton and their experience within the community. We have received ethics approval for this project from the University.
In the past, the Legal Reform Project has critiqued such things as proposed 'Anti-panhandling' bylaws that the City of Edmonton eventually did not pass.
If you have any questions about the Legal Reform Project, or are interested in having us help you research any laws, please contact us.
Any research done by our volunteers is passed through our advising lawyers.
