General

• Alberta Courts:
  This site explains the role of the different courts of Alberta, allows you to browse the material available from their web sites and offers useful resources such as a fully searchable judgment database, Alberta courts' locations and calendars and links to other legal web sites.
• Alberta Justice and Attorney General:
  This web site offers links to legal resources, an overview of the justice system in Alberta and a user's guide to legislation.
• Environmental Law Centre: The Environmental Law Centre (Alberta) Society offers environmental law services and environmental law expertise and skills to governments, industry, environmental organizations and members of the public.
• Justice Canada:
  This site provides quick access to primary federal legal information (Statutes and associated Regulations), including Constitutional documents.
• Law Society of Alberta :
  This site offers on-line web resources and some legal information.
• Lawyer Referral Service
  After being advised of the nature of the problem, or the area of law of concern, the Lawyer Referral Operator will give the names and telephone numbers of three lawyers practicing in the applicable field of law. There is no charge for the first half-hour interview, after which the member of the public can decide whether or not to engage the lawyer at the full fee rates, and the lawyer can decide whether to accept the engagement.
• Access to justice network:
  Canadian law and justice resource materials: directories, legislative materials (federal and provincial), search engine.
• Canada Legal:
  A great search engine (search by keyword, area of law or category of document)
• Find Law for business:
  US law only but contains some information on Canada and other countries' legal systems (see foreign & international section). The self-help legal guides provide articles written by lawyers on numerous subjects.
• Hieros Gamos Law Portal:
  Extensive legal resources for businesses, lawyers, consumers and students (focus on the US). Information available in English,French and other languages.
• Legal line:
  Great Canadian legal web site. Browse by area of law for information or links and resources.
• Alberta Mediation and Arbitration Society
  Note: this web site is provided by Legal information Ontario, some of its content might not apply in Alberta (Business registration, provincial taxes, employment standards...)

Find a lawyer

• Canadian Law List
  Complete lawyer directory. Search by name, city, province or area of practice.

Sample contracts

WARNING: The following web sites provide sample contracts and agreements for informational purposes only and are merely starting points for the preparation of such documents. Due to the variances of many local, provincial and federal laws, we recommend that you seek professional legal counseling before using any of these documents or entering into any contract or agreement. Legal advice of any nature should be sought from competent, independent, legal counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. To find a lawyer near you, phone the Alberta Lawyer Referral service at:1-800-661-1095. The information contained within these web sites is designed to provide an outline that you can follow when formulating business or personal contracts. Absolutely no warranties are made regarding the suitability of any documentation contained within these web sites.

Canadian Samples

• International contracts:
  Sample contracts for international transactions.
• LawDepot.com - Canadian Contract Centre
  Legal contracts to meet the needs of various consumers and businesses in their day-to-day activities. Free contracts are usually available in both "fill-in-the blank" and interactive formats. Premium legal contracts are provided for a fee.
• Shareholders agreement (engineering):
  Description, what to include and sample agreement.

US Samples

• All about forms:
  Search by categories or by keyword (be as specific as possible)
• Find forms:
  Use keywords to find what you are looking for. Note: The search engine is more efficient if you use quotation marks (" ") with your keywords (i.e. "Partnership agreement").
• FindLaw:
  Sample agreements for the high tech industry.
• Legal forms archive:
  Sample forms for nine different subjects: Basic Agreements, Buying and Selling, Credit and Collection, Employment, Leases and Tenancies, Loans and Borrowing, Personal and Family, Transfers and Assignments,Other Legal Forms
• Web site design contract:
• Lawsmart:
  This web site provides free, simple legal solutions for US consumers and small businesses. The sample forms and contracts listed under "Business & Corporations" are particularly useful

Payment required

• Jurifax:
  The interest of this web site is that it provides sample contracts drafted by Canadian lawyers in both official languages. Cost varies a lot depending on the document.
• MoreBusiness.com:
  This web site offers a few free sample contracts and sells CD-ROMs with more samples on various subjects for $25 (US) each.