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# Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/association-of-legal-aid-plans-of-canada/
- Published: 1999-01-02T10:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-20T22:33:59.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada (ALAP)** is a Canadian membership association based in Edmonton, Alberta.

## Organization

| Name            | Position                   | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| --------------- | -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Karen Wilford   | Chair[\[1\]](#fn1)         | Legal Aid Commission of the Northwest Territories                                                                                                                                            |
| Mark Benton     | Past Chair[\[2\]](#fn2)    | [Access to Justice BC](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Access-to-Justice-BC), [Canadian Forum on Civil Justice](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Forum-on-Civil-Justice) |
| Janet Budgell   | Executive Committee member | Legal Aid Ontario                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Harman Khurana  | Executive Committee member | Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission                                                                                                                                               |
| Peter Kingsley  | Executive Committee member | Legal Aid Manitoba                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Chantal Landry  | Executive Committee member | New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission                                                                                                                                                  |
| Lynn MacDiarmid | Executive Committee member | Yukon Legal Services Society                                                                                                                                                                 |
| John Panusa     | Executive Committee member | Legal Aid Alberta                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Charlene Moore  | Member                     | Nova Scotia Legal Aid                                                                                                                                                                        |

### Members

Member organizations of the association include:[\[3\]](#fn3)

- Commission des services juridiques
- Legal Aid Alberta
- [Legal Aid BC](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Legal-Aid-BC)
- Legal Aid Commission of the Northwest Territories
- Legal Aid Manitoba
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Legal Aid Saskatchewan
- New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission
- Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission
- Nova Scotia Legal Aid
- Nunavut Legal Aid
- Prince Edward Island Legal Aid
- Yukon Legal Services Society

## External links

- [Website](https://alap-araj.ca/)

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1. *Karen Wilford is the 2022 recipient of the CBA’s Legal Aid Award.* (2022, April 11). Canadian Bar Association. <https://www.cba.org/news/karen-wilford-is-the-2022-recipient-of-the-cba-s-legal-aid-award/?feed=2014> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Mark Benton.* International Legal Aid Group. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from <http://internationallegalaidgroup.org/index.php/conferenecs/ottawa-2019/delegates/24-mark-benton> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Member Plans.* The Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from <https://alap-araj.ca/member-plans/> [↩︎](#fnref3)