CPLED
Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education
Students seeking admission to the Alberta Bar, must apply for admission, attend and successfully complete all of the requirements of Alberta’s CPLED Program (Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education).
The CPLED Program is a regional professional licensing program that blends new and traditional forms of pre-call education. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are the participating provinces.
The Law Society of Alberta administers applications for admission as a student-at-law and sets articling requirements. In Alberta, the Legal Education Society of Alberta delivers the CPLED Program on behalf of the Law Society of Alberta.
The CPLED Program is based on a Competency Profile - the skills or competencies which define a competent, newly called lawyer. The CPLED Program uses competency-based learning to aid the student in developing these skills or competencies. It is these competencies upon which the student is evaluated throughout the CPLED Program. The approach of competency-based education differs significantly from the traditional process that is based on a list of items a student must know in order to "pass" a course.
2012-2013 CPLED Program
Competency Profile
Information about your CPLED Statement of Grades
CPLED Contact Information
Cindy Gorgichuk
Program Coordinator, CPLED Program
2610, 10104 103 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0H8
Phone: 780-420-1987 or 1-800-282-3900 (Toll-free in Alberta)
Fax: 780-425-0885
Email: cindy.gorgichuk@lesa.org
Websites: www.cpled.ca and www.lesa.org
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