Pro Bono Law Alberta is a nonprofit organization that promotes access to justice in Alberta by creating and promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono (free) legal services to persons of limited means.

Pro Bono Law Alberta's Mission:

To improve access to justice by increasing the scope and availability of pro bono legal services for Albertans of limited means. Pro bono legal services are intended to complement, not to replace, a properly funded legal aid system.

PBLA's Goals and Objectives:

Pro Bono Law Alberta promotes access to the justice system in Alberta by creating and promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono legal services to persons of limited means. It undertakes activities relating to these specific goals:

1. Create opportunities for Alberta lawyers to discharge their professional responsibilities to provide pro bono legal services.

2. Improve the overall delivery of pro bono legal services by facilitating the integration and co-ordination of services provided by pro bono organizations throughout the province of Alberta.

3. Ensure province-wide access to high-quality pro bono legal services to persons of limited means by: (i) supporting and improving the quality of existing pro bono programs; (ii) working with existing pro bono legal clinics to assist them in providing pro bono services; and (iii) fostering the development of new pro bono programs where needed.

4. Enhance the growth of a pro bono culture within the Alberta bar.

5. Raise general public awareness of pro bono legal services to community organizations and persons of limited means who require legal services.

6. Raise the awareness of Alberta lawyers of the need for pro bono services and of the resources available to lawyers who are prepared to provide pro bono services.

The full reports on research and consultation leading up to the launch of the Pro Bono Law Alberta Society can be found HERE in the library. For information on the 2007 celebration marking the launch of PBLA, visit the Law Society of Alberta web site and click on "2007 Centennial: Centennial Pro Bono Law Alberta."