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Annual General Meeting Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 4:30 pm Join Legal Archives Society of Alberta and The Honourable Jean Côté for a fascinating look at Edmonton’s legal community from 1958 to 1979. Through historical records, firsthand insights, and stories from...
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre Street SE WHEN: Thursday, October 15 at 5:30 PM Early Bird Ticket Price — until August 15: $275/person, $2,750/table of 10 Regular Price — starting August 16: $325/person, $3,250/table of 10 Tax Receipts available for...
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist A Look Back at Calgary’s 1988 Winter Olympics and Calgary Athletes Aside from the seemingly mundane duties of civil litigation and criminal law, lawyers commonly shoulder a wide range of social, political, and economic...
Stacy F. Kaufeld, M.A. Originally a speech presented to the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners on October 7, 2025 What is Legal History In 1973, legal scholar R.C.B. Risk published “A Prospectus for Canadian Legal History” in the Dalhousie Law Journal. ...
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist Edmonton Legal Discussion Club Two of the driving forces behind the establishment of the Legal Discussion Club were L.Y. Cairns and John A. Weir. The Law School at University of Alberta came into formation in 1922 with the...
Typically, when we imagine historians researching, they are sitting at a table in an archive or library flipping through dusty documents that are hundreds of years old or reading an obscure book about a long-ago event or period. It is true that historians, in the...
By Brenda McCafferty, LASA Archivist LASA is grateful to Merry Rogers (Law Society of Alberta employee) for her recent donation of an interesting court ledger acquired last month. At first look, the ledger appeared unexceptional but upon further examination it...
By Brenda McCafferty, MARM, Archivist A recent donation of Alberta law stamps from the late Honourable Syd E. Wood, K.C., harkens memories of the Wood family legal legacy in Edmonton, and highlights First and Second World War remembrances. Sydney Wood, Q.C....