Edmonton Community Legal Centre

What Edmonton Community Legal Centre does

Edmonton Community Legal Centre (ECLC) is a non-profit community legal clinic founded in 2002, headquartered in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, with a regional office in Grande Prairie. ECLC delivers free 30–45 minute summary legal advice clinics — operated through volunteer lawyers, articling students, and supervised staff — to individuals in Edmonton and Northern Alberta who cannot afford a lawyer and do not qualify for Legal Aid Alberta. Practice coverage spans Family Law, Landlord and Tenant, Employment, Human Rights, Debt, Small Claims, Immigration, and Income Supports, with dedicated programs including the Alberta Tenant Legal Advice Clinic (ATLAC, province-wide), the Consumer Debt Negotiation Project (CDNP), and Social Benefits Advocacy for AISH/CPP-D/Income Support appeals.

Service delivery is channel-agnostic: clients can reach ECLC via phone intake (780-702-1725 Edmonton; 780-882-0036 Grande Prairie), online intake forms, in-person evening clinics, or virtual Zoom appointments. Public Legal Education (PLE) sessions are co-delivered with Calgary Legal Guidance across topics such as the Residential Tenancies Act, Human Rights, Family Law, Immigration, Employment, and Wills and Estates. ECLC explicitly positions itself as a safe and inclusive space for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and runs recurring monthly clinics at the Pride Centre of Edmonton.

As a registered non-profit, ECLC does not charge for client services. Operating revenue is generated through foundation and government grants (Alberta Law Foundation as the primary funder; supplementary support from Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission, Alberta Justice, Canada Summer Jobs, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Edmonton Community Foundation, Stollery Charitable Foundation, and The Muttart Foundation), multi-year corporate giving from nine Edmonton law firms, and individual donations processed through CanadaHelps with Canadian tax credit eligibility. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Tiffany Stokes, with operational scale in the 11–50 employee range plus an extensive volunteer lawyer network.

Name

Edmonton Community Legal Centre

Legal name

Edmonton Community Legal Centre

Website

https://eclc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Edmonton Community Legal Centre is a non-profit community legal clinic that provides free 30–45 minute summary legal advice clinics and Public Legal Education to low-income residents of Edmonton, Northern Alberta, and (via ATLAC) across Alberta, covering family, civil, immigration, tenant, and benefits matters.

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Product category

Community Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Community legal services
• Free legal advice
• Public legal education
• Social benefits advocacy
• Tenant legal clinic

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: ECLC accepts donations through CanadaHelps platform. Donations are eligible for Canadian tax credits up to 49% of the donated amount.
2. Foundation and Government Funding: Primary funding from Alberta Law Foundation. Additional funding from Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission (Casino), Alberta Justice, Canada Summer Jobs, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and various foundations including Edmonton Community Foundation, Stollery Charitable Foundation, and The Muttart Foundation.
3. Law Firm Sponsorships: Multi-year financial support from Edmonton law firms including Bennett Jones LLP, Brownlee LLP, Brown Law Group, CAM LLP, Dentons Canada LLP, Duncan Craig LLP, Field Law, Miller Thomson LLP, and Shores Jardine LLP.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ECLC is a non-profit community legal centre that delivers free legal services to Edmonton and Northern Alberta residents who cannot afford a lawyer and do not qualify for Legal Aid Alberta. Its core offering is the Summary Legal Advice Clinic: 30-45 minute coaching appointments with volunteer lawyers covering Family Law, Landlord and Tenant, Employment, Human Rights, Debt, Small Claims, Immigration, and Income Supports. Specialized programs include ATLAC (tenant advice), CDNP (consumer debt negotiation), and Social Benefits Advocacy for AISH, CPP-D, and Income Support appeals, alongside free Public Legal Education sessions.

Product overview

Edmonton Community Legal Centre is a non-profit organization providing free legal services to individuals facing financial barriers in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. The organization operates through summary legal advice clinics offering 30-45 minute legal coaching appointments, supported by specialized programs including the Alberta Tenant Legal Advice Clinic (ATLAC), Family Law, Civil Law, Immigration Law, Social Benefits Advocacy, and Consumer Debt Negotiation Project. Additionally, Public Legal Education (PLE) sessions provide free virtual educational presentations on various legal topics. Services cover Family Law, Landlord and Tenant, Employment, Human Rights, Debt, Small Claims, Immigration, and Income Supports issues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ATLAC (Alberta Tenant Legal Advice Clinic): A free program that helps renters across Alberta understand their rights and feel more confident dealing with housing problems, offering 45-minute legal coaching appointments.
• CDNP (Consumer Debt Negotiation Project)

Products and services

• Summary Legal Advice Clinics Free 30-45 minute legal coaching appointments providing information and advice to help clients represent themselves in court, tribunals, or negotiations, covering Family Law, Landlord and Tenant, Employment, Human Rights, Debt, Small Claims, Immigration, and Income Supports.
• Alberta Tenant Legal Advice Clinic (ATLAC) Free program helping Alberta renters understand their rights and deal with housing problems through 45-minute legal coaching appointments on eviction, Minimum Housing and Health Standards, security deposits, and other Residential Tenancies Act matters.
• Family Law Services Legal assistance for family matters including separation/divorce, guardianship, parenting, custody/access, child support, spousal/partner support, and property division for residents of Edmonton Region and Northern Alberta.
• Civil Law Services Legal assistance for civil matters including employment, human rights, small claims, administrative law, wills/estate, and guardianship/trusteeship issues.
• Immigration Law Services Legal assistance for immigration matters for Alberta residents, including family sponsorship and related immigration legal issues.
• Social Benefits Advocacy Program helping clients navigate denials or issues with government benefits including Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH), Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefit (CPP-D), and Income Support through legal coaching and appeal assistance.
• Consumer Debt Negotiation Project (CDNP) Legal coaching program for consumer debt and foreclosure issues in Alberta, offering summary advice sessions for defaulted mortgages and other consumer debt matters.
• Public Legal Education (PLE) Sessions Free virtual public legal education sessions covering topics such as the Residential Tenancies Act, Human Rights, Civil Claims, Family Law, Immigration, Employment Law, and Wills and Estates, offered in partnership with Calgary Legal Guidance.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Calgary Legal Guidance (CLG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECLC and Calgary Legal Guidance partner to offer Albertans free, virtual Public Legal Education (PLE) sessions to learn about their legal rights. Sessions cover topics including Residential Tenancies Act, Human Rights, Civil Law, Family Law, Immigration, Employment, and Wills and Estates.
• Pride Centre of EdmontoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECLC hosts monthly free legal advice clinics at the Pride Centre of Edmonton, providing accessible legal services to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. ECLC is a safe space that welcomes and supports all members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Legal Aid Alberta: The province-wide government-funded legal aid system in Alberta; operates complementary services across the province and is part of the same access-to-justice ecosystem that funds and refers to ECLC.
• Alberta Law Foundation: Provincial body that funds access-to-justice initiatives in Alberta, including directly funding ECLC — though a funder rather than a service peer, it sits at the top of ECLC's value chain.

Direct peers

• Aboriginal Legal Services: Toronto-based non-profit providing free legal services to Indigenous communities on similar practice areas (housing, family, immigration) — directly comparable in its community-clinic model.
• Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA): Alberta-based non-profit dedicated to public legal education — directly overlapping with ECLC's PLE delivery and the Calgary Legal Guidance partnership, making it the closest PLE counterpart in the province.
• Pro Bono Law Alberta: Alberta organization coordinating volunteer lawyer services for low-income clients — closely aligned with ECLC's volunteer-lawyer summary advice clinic model and similar funder base.
• Downtown Legal Services: University of Toronto law school clinical legal aid clinic serving low-income Toronto residents with summary advice and representation — a structurally analogous free legal services clinic.
• Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (TRAC): BC-based non-profit providing free tenant legal advice and information — a direct analog to ECLC's Alberta Tenant Legal Advice Clinic (ATLAC) program.
• Calgary Legal Guidance: Calgary-based non-profit legal clinic providing free legal services to low-income Albertans, with public legal education programming — a near-twin of ECLC's model in the same province, and an active strategic partner.

Regional players

• Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS): British Columbia's largest non-profit legal aid clinic serving low-income clients on housing, income security, and human rights issues — directly comparable to ECLC's service portfolio in a different province.

Emerging players

• Society for the Protection of Public Legal Education (PACE): Smaller Canadian non-profits focused on public legal education and access to justice — adjacent to ECLC's PLE programming with overlapping funding sources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/edmontoncommunitylegalcentre
• Xx.com/ECLCLaw

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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