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Bar Call & Enrolment

Once you have successfully completed your Bar admission requirements (the required articling term and the CPLED program) or your transfer application has been approved, please complete the following steps in order to schedule your Bar Call and submit your application to enrol as a member of the Law Society.

1. Schedule your Bar Call directly with the courts

Schedule your Bar Call ceremony directly with the court. Your ceremony date needs to be a minimum of 30 days after the completion of your articling term (to clarify, this means 30 days after the last day of your articles). The Law Society requires 30 calendar days to process your application. This means your ceremony date also needs to be at least 30 days after the submission of a complete enrolment application to the Law Society (see step 3 below).

PLEASE NOTE: An applicant for enrolment appearing before a judge must be properly gowned and attired and shall be presented to the presiding judge by an active member of the Society. Please review Rule 67 of the Law Society of Alberta which outlines all requirements of the enrolment procedure.

You can schedule your Bar Call at one of the following locations:

Court of Queen’s Bench (Edmonton)
780.644.8975
Court of Queen’s Bench
Law Courts, Main Floor
1A Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB  T5J 0R2
Court of Queen’s Bench (Calgary)
403.592.4724
Calgary Court Centre
705N, 601 5 Street SW
Calgary, AB  T2P 5P7
Court of Appeal (Edmonton)
780.422.1585
Court of Appeal
Law Courts, Main Floor
1A Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB  T5J 0R2
Court of Appeal (Calgary)
403.297.6725
Court of Appeal
2600, TransCanada Tower
450 – 1st ST, SW
Calgary, AB  T2P5H1
Provincial Court of Alberta (for Bar Admissions south of Red Deer)
Office of the Chief Judge (Calgary) at 403.297.6761
Provincial Court of Alberta (for bar admissions in Red Deer, Edmonton and northern Alberta)
Office of the Chief Judge (Edmonton) at 780.422.4733

 

2. Notify the Law Society of your Bar Call date

Once you have confirmation from the courthouse where you have scheduled your Bar Call, notify the Law Society immediately by completing one of the options below:

Online applicant requirements

If you applied for student-at-law status online, on or after April 1, 2019, you must complete the Call Ceremony Notification in the Lawyer Portal. You can then track and manage the required steps to complete the application online.

Click here for step-by-step instructions.

Paper applicant requirements

If you applied for student-at-law status before April 1, 2019 using a paper-based application, please email a completed Notification of Call Ceremony form to Membership.

3. Submit your enrolment application to the Law Society

The final step is to submit your enrolment application to the Law Society. The Law Society requires 30 days to process your completed application. Please note that your application is not considered complete until all fees are paid in full and all required documentation is received.

While a typical application takes approximately 30 days to review, if an enhanced consideration of good character is required, this will impact the time it takes to review your application. An enhanced review of good character may include an investigation and/or a good character hearing. Please note that students-at-law cannot apply for enrolment if they have open complaints (see Rule 66.3).

Below are the requirements to complete your application, depending on whether you applied for student-at-law status using the online application process introduced in April 2019 or previously with a paper-based application. Once the below requirements have been submitted, your application will be reviewed and membership staff will be in touch regarding the next steps.

Online applicant requirements

  • Enrolment Application
  • Lawyer Status
  • Business Location (not required if you will be non-practicing, unemployed or seeking employment)
  • Official Law School Transcript (if not previously submitted) must be contained in an original sealed envelope from the University or emailed directly to the Law Society
  • Fees: The applicable invoice for membership and indemnity fees based on the information you provided on your Call Ceremony Notification will be available in the Lawyer Portal. Payment must be received prior to your application being reviewed. You will be notified once invoices are available on your Lawyer Portal.

For more details, click here for the Online Enrolment How-To Guide.

Paper applicant requirements

  • Application by Alberta Student-at-Law for Enrolment as a Member (Form 2-14) (please provide your full legal name in Section 1)
  • Evaluation Certificate (Form 2-7) (one form per principal. Please contact membership to obtain this form)
  • Certificate of Student-at-Law (Form 2-11)
  • Certificate of Principal (Form 2-12/2-13) (one form per principal)
  • If you have submitted your student-at-law application through the Lawyer Portal, instead of submitting Form 2-12/2-13, your principal must certify that the you have met the requirements in the Lawyer Portal after your articling term has been completed.
  • Application for Professional Liability Indemnity Coverage (Form 7-1) OR
    Application for Exemption from Professional Liability Indemnity Coverage (Form 7-2) OR
    Application for Active Member, Pro Bono Legal Services OR
    Election to Become an Inactive Member (Form 2-20)
    (See Membership and Indemnity Coverage Status page for details)
  • Official law school transcript must be mailed to the Calgary office if it has not been previously submitted. Please ensure the transcript is contained in the original sealed envelope from the university or emailed directly from the university to the Law Society.
  • Fees: The Law Society of Alberta will invoice you for membership and insurance fees based on the information you provided on the Notification of Call Ceremony. Payment must be received prior to your application being reviewed. You will be notified once invoices are available on your Lawyer Portal.

Please send required documents to the attention of Membership. Any required forms or supplemental documents such as proof of identification and Certificates of Standing from any jurisdiction outside Alberta and/or Canada can be scanned and emailed or sent by traditional mail.

Visit our Status Options & Contact Information Changes page for more information on which status options you have to choose from when you are called to the Bar.

Transfer Requirements for Canadian Lawyers

Once your Application to Transfer is approved, you may proceed to book your Bar Call directly with the courts as per the instructions above in Step 1. After you have scheduled your call ceremony, submit the following to Membership:

  • Notification of Call Ceremony form
  • An applicable status application form; for example, if you are selecting an indemnity exempt status, proof of insurance/indemnity may be required. See our Status & Contact Information Changes page for more information on which status options you have to choose from when you are called to the Bar.
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