Articling Placement Program Application Form

Acknowledgment of Understanding for Firms and Organizations

As a firm on the roster firm list, we acknowledge that our firm can offer replacement articles on short or little notice.
If the Law Society contacts our firm and we decline to offer replacement articles, on the third decline, the Law Society may remove our firm from the list and we will be required to re-apply once we are available to meet the eligibility requirements. If out firm/organization is removed from the Law Society’s roster list, we will be required to remove any indication that we participate in the program from our website.
Our firm must provide a principal who can fully meet the duties required by the Law Society. The lawyer selected to act as principal must meet eligibility and suitability requirements, including completing the mandatory Principal Training course, and be approved by the Law Society.
Our firm must provide a principal who can fully meet the duties required by the Law Society. The lawyer selected to act as principal must meet eligibility and suitability requirements, including completing the mandatory Principal Training course, and be approved by the Law Society.
Our firm will rely on the Law Society’s conclusion that the articling student has met the program’s eligibility criteria and we understand that we are prohibited from asking questions related to the harassing or discriminatory behaviour in the articling student’s previous firm. We further understand that the articling student may choose to share this information with us and we can contact the Equity Ombudsperson if we require assistance to further support the student.
We understand that our firm/organization must pay the articling student’s CPLED fees if the student has not completed PREP (the bar admission course) but will do so during their articles with our firm. We further understand that if the student is completing composite articles with our firm/organization that we are only responsible for the fees incurred for the portion of PREP that is completed by the student during their composite articles. Note: This is only applicable if our firm/organization pays the CPLED fees for the firm/organization’s other articling students.
We understand that the Law Society does not pay the articling student’s salary, or get involved in salary negotiations.
We understand that our firm/organization must pay the articling student’s salary for the duration of the articles with the firm/organization. The salary must be commensurate with the salary paid to the firm/organization’s other articling students, if applicable. Please note that the replacement firm/organization is only responsible for salary once the articling student begins their employment with them.
We understand that the Law Society does not pay the articling student’s CPLED fees.
We understand that being included as a roster firm does not guarantee that our firm will get an articling student placed through the program and we will only be required to do so on an urgent basis.

Articling Placement Program Firm/Organization Application Form

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Acknowledgment of Understanding for Firms and Organizations