List of law schools in Canada: Difference between revisions

After completing the [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.), a [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LL.B.), or a [[Bachelor of Civil Law]] (B.C.L.), students must [[articling|article]] for about a year (in Quebec, the six-month ''stage'' is the equivalent to articling); this can be a challenge for those with lower grades, as there are often a shortage of articling positions, and completion of articles is required to be able to practice law in Canada. Articling involves on-the-job training, at a lower introductory salary, under the supervision of a lawyer licensed by the Provincial Bar who has been practising for a minimum of 5 years. An alternative to articling, usually for the most competitive students, is to complete a Judicial Clerkship with a trial, provincial/federal appellate or federal court under the supervision of a judge. After ten to sixteen months of articling or clerking and [[call to the bar]], lawyers are free to practice in their own right: many are hired by the same lawyer or firm for which they articled, while some choose to begin independent practices or accept positions with different employers. Others may leave the private practice of law to work in government or industry as a lawyer or in a law-related position. Former Judicial Law Clerks are typically not hired by the court after their clerkship.