LAWYER LICENSING PROCESS - …
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LAWYER LICENSING PROCESS
Articles of Clerkship
Before you can submit this form, the following is required:
1. Registration in the Lawyer Licensing Process: ? Complete and submit your online application ? File your application with Licensing and Accreditation along with your application fee payment ? Ensure your institution has sent your transcript or Certificate of Qualification to Licensing and Accreditation
2. Confirm that your Articling Principal has been approved by Licensing and Accreditation
THIS FORM must be completed and filed within 10 business days of the start of your articling placement. The Law Society will not grant credit for time spent in an articling placement that has started more than 10 business days prior to the date this form is filed.
Late filing of this form will result in a late filing fee of $100 (plus applicable taxes).
Please complete and submit this form through your online account or send by email to Articling@lso.ca once you and your Principal have electronically signed in the prescribed area below.
1. will be engaged by
(Articling Candidate full name)
(Candidate Number)
(Articling Principal full name)
(Member Number)
as an articling candidate for the specified term.
2. The articling placement shall take place at
(Name of Firm/Employer)
___,
(City/Town)
__, (Province)
3. The START DATE of the articling placement shall commence on the following business day: , for a consecutive term of Select # months and Select # weeks.
MM/DD/YY
If the length of the candidate's articling placement should change, you are to refile this Articles of Clerkship form immediately with the change(s).
AR04 08/2021
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ARTICLES OF CLERKSHIP
The Principal agrees:
1. To directly supervise no more than two candidates at any one time;
2. To provide the articling candidate with up to seven Exam Study Days, as requested by the Candidate, for each of the candidate's first attempts at writing the Solicitor Licensing Examination or the Barrister Licensing Examination, if those first attempts take place during the articling placement;
3. To file the online Experiential Training Plan ("ETP"), or, if the Principal has previously filed an ETP, to review it to ensure that the Principal's practice can still support it and no revisions are needed, by no later than 10 business days after the start of the articling placement;
4. To instruct the candidate in the practice and profession of law, in accordance with the experiential training competencies for candidates, to the best of the Principal's ability;
5. To supervise, delegate and mentor the articling candidate and administer the articling placement in accordance with the Lawyer Licensing Process Policies, the Law Society Act, the Law Society's ByLaws, and the Rules of Professional Conduct;
6. To file the Certificate of Service under Articles upon completion of the articling placement, confirming the period of time served as well as any Time Off the candidate has taken; and
7. To file the online Record of Experiential Training in Articling Program ("RET") upon completion of the articling placement.
The Articling Candidate agrees:
1. To participate in the articling placement in accordance with the Lawyer Licensing Process Policies, the Law Society Act, the Law Society's By-Laws, and the Rules of Professional Conduct;
2 To file all required documentation as required by the Law Society within the required timeline indicated;
3. To fulfill all lawful and reasonable instructions under the direct supervision of the Principal; and
4. To file the online RET upon completion of the articling placement.
Signed:
Articling Candidate:
Date:
By typing your name into the signature field, you agree that you are signing this form electronically and that your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this form.
Articling Principal:
Date:
By typing your name into the signature field, you agree that you are signing this form electronically and that your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this form.
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