SLA

SLA is a student-run legal information clinic offering services in criminal, traffic, civil, and family law and increasing A2J one client at a time!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Are you a low income Calgarian looking for help with a criminal, traffic, civil, or family matter? Contact Student Legal Assistance, a non profit legal clinic run by law students at @UCalgaryLaw , to see if we are able to help you! #calgary #calgarylaw #legalclinic

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

SLA is excited to announce that our 45th Anniversary Celebration will be held at the Fairmont Palliser on October 30th! Scan the QR code for details!

[Pro Bono Law Alberta @probonolawab]

🌟 A big shoutout to the incredible team behind the Great Bar Band Battle! On behalf of Pro Bono Law Alberta we are thrilled to announce that we received a generous cheque for $19,000! 🎉 We’re also excited to share that Student Legal Assistance and Calgary Legal Guidance were beneficiaries as well – congrats to them!
@SLA_YYC
@CalgaryLegal
@probonolawab
Special thanks to the hardworking Great Bar Band Battle team: Valerie Finigan, Brian Milne, Adam Marofke, Grant Stevens and Adam Oppenheim – your dedication made this all possible. 🙌

#GreatBarBandBattle #CommunitySupport #ThankYou #PBLA #pathtopossibilities

[CalgaryLegalGuidance @CalgaryLegal]

CLG is grateful to be a recipient of some of the proceeds of #GreatBarBandBattle. Together with our friends @SLA_YYC & @probonolawab we are thankful to be supported by the legal community! Donations like this ensure CLG keeps helping vulnerable Albertans with their legal needs

[Carmen Alvarez @maybeitscarma]

Great initiative by fellow @UCalgaryLaw grads and @SLA_YYC alums @bflleung and Edith Thai + @CalgaryLegal that will support vulnerable Albertans in curtailing recidivism.

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Yesterday, SLA’s former articling student Ryan was called to the bar! Congrats Ryan!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

SLA celebrated our 18th annual golf tournament today! Thanks to all of our sponsors and attendees!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Today we celebrated Corey’s birthday! Happy Birthday Corey!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Hi incoming 1Ls!

Interested in learning more about SLA? We will be presenting tomorrow about what to expect and all the amazing opportunities you can have as a volunteer caseworker 🙂

The presentation will take place tomorrow on Zoom at noon!

LINK: https://t.co/kG28pEuPkR

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

This week’s caseworker of the week is Emily who handled a tricky court appearance like a champ! Congrats Emily!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

This week’s caseworker of the week is Aimee! Aimee joined us as a new caseworker this week and has done a great job catching up on and closing several files! Congrats Aimee!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Our caseworker of the week is Corey! Corey is always helping out other caseworkers and is great at managing challenging files! Congrats Corey!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

This week’s caseworker of the week is Tanisha! Tanisha was a superstar this week and caught a surprise limitation date and got the claim filed! She also is always willing to cover intakes and review disclosure for other caseworkers. Congrats Tanisha!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Caseworkers had a great time at the Great Bar Band Battle yesterday! Thanks to all the attendees and performers!

[Pro Bono Law Alberta @probonolawab]

We are excited to share that the @Calgarybarassoc is hosting the Great Bar Band Battle on June 6!  This musical extravaganza will feature the talents of the Calgary legal community, all to support @probonolawab , @slacalgary , and @CalgaryLegal .
A huge thank you to the Calgary Bar Association and their fantastic sponsors for organising the fundraiser and making the GBBB possible! 🙏🤩🎵

Looking forward to seeing you there!

#GreatBarBandBattle #CalgaryBarAssociation #lawyers #lawfirms #fundraiser #pbla #ProBonoLawAlberta #pathtopossibilities

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Amanda Scherr is caseworker of the week! Amanda is always willing to cover court appearances and to help caseworkers review media disclosure! She’s also done significant work reaching out to firms for the SLA golf tournament. Congrats Amanda!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Caseworkers had another great week of education, learning about RTDRS and evidence from two SLA alumni!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

The SLA golf tournament is on July 18th. This is our biggest fundraiser and a very important event for us! If your firm is interested in registering a team, please call us at 403-220-6637!

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

John Manning is our caseworker of the week! Thanks for all your hard work John 🙂

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Our advising lawyers Mike and Andrew gave us a visit yesterday! Mike took caseworkers out for lunch while Andrew debriefed after caseworker’s QPR training. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

[SLA @SLA_YYC]

Did you know you can meet with SLA students every week at the courthouse?

Our courthouse intake booth is located across from 308, and is easy to spot with our banner! We can conduct intakes everyday from 9-noon 🙂