Student Life and Activities
Student Legal Assistance (SLA)
Student Legal Assistance is a nonprofit association located at the Law School that delivers a range of free legal services to residents of the Calgary area who cannot afford legal assistance. In providing these services, law students are given the opportunity to serve the community and develop professional skills and knowledge through interviewing, case research, and court appearances. During the school year, SLA operates a clinic four evenings a week. A full-time legal clinic is run at the Law School and The Bow Valley during the summer months.
Society of Law Students (SLS)
The Society of Law Students is the official student Association, constituted within The Students’ Union, the University of Calgary, and recognized by The Faculty of Law to represent the interests of all students in the undergraduate law program. The official representatives of this student government are elected annually by students. The SLS provides an important social network to the student body at the Faculty of Law, yet is also an important vehicle through which students can affect and effect policy and administrative decisions regarding the entire faculty.
All students enrolled in the Faculty are eligible for membership in the SLS, activated on a voluntary basis through the payment of an annual fee. Membership provides students with a locker, a library carrel and a daytimer, as well as access to other services including orientation week activities, a yearbook, regularly scheduled social events, Careers Day through the Articling Committee, the annual Law Show and much more.
Pro Bono Students (PBSC)
Pro Bono Students Canada is a network of law schools, law students, community organizations and lawyers. PBSC encourages volunteering in the community and provides under represented and disadvantaged communities with pro bono legal services.
Law students who are interested in doing volunteer or pro bono work are matched with non-profit agencies, government organizations and other public interest organizations under the supervision of a member of the bar. Since the expansion of this program to a national program in 1999, PBSC in Calgary has aided over 20 organizations in Calgary and the surrounding area with legal services.
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