Profiles

Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada

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]	Legal Aid Commission of the Northwest Territories
Mark Benton	Past Chair^[2]	Access to Justice BC, 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

Member organizations of the association include:^[3]

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 ↩︎
Mark Benton. International Legal Aid Group. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from http://internationallegalaidgroup.org/index.php/conferenecs/ottawa-2019/delegates/24-mark-benton ↩︎
Member Plans. The Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://alap-araj.ca/member-plans/ ↩︎