EDMONTON — Legal Aid Alberta says it will continue to provide lawyers to those who can't afford them as negotiations resume with the province and law society over a new governance agreement.
The organization had said earlier in the week that it would stop providing lawyers after next Tuesday over a funding and governance dispute with the province.
Legal aid in Alberta is funded jointly by the federal and provincial governments and money raised by interest on funds held in trust by lawyers.
Alberta Justice had sent a letter to Legal Aid Alberta last week saying a new funding arrangement would be instituted and would see the province's contribution come through one-year grants controlled by the justice minister.