Background Information

Feedback CPLED received from their candidates highlighted the challenges they experienced balancing competing priorities between their Bar admission program and their articles. To address this concern and offer candidates and firms greater flexibility in selecting the program delivery style that best suits their needs, CPLED created a full-time version of the Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP), called Accelerated PREP.

CPLED first offered Accelerated PREP during the summer of 2021 to a small cohort of candidates. Firms reported those who participated in the inaugural offering arrived prepared and confident on day one of their articles. After the successful inaugural offering, CPLED offered a soft launch of Accelerated PREP, with cohorts across all CPLED jurisdictions, in the summer of 2022. The program launched in 2023.

Program Details

Accelerated PREP is a full-time program delivered completely online. While enrolled in Accelerated PREP, you must dedicate a full day of study (seven and a half hours) five days a week. Due to the program’s fast-paced nature and heavy workload, firms should not assign work while candidates complete the program; it also does not allow time for candidates to be absent or take breaks, such as a vacation while enrolled.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for Accelerated PREP, you must have your Canadian common law degree or Certificate of Qualification from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Secured articles are not required to participate in this program. However, please note the requirement for secured articles may change if your law society advises CPLED of a change.

Due to the compressed nature of Accelerated PREP, it is not possible to accommodate candidates who fall behind in the program. If you happen to fall behind, you will be required to transfer to another PREP intake, and you will receive credit for the phases completed.

Registration Process

1. Create a CPLED Student Profile.
2. Complete your Student Enrolment Checklist:
   • Law degree information (including uploading the necessary supporting documentation)
   • Articling/Clerking information- if you are articling (start date, name and location of your firm as well as the name and contact information of your Principal and other firm contacts if possible). If you have yet to secure articles, you are not required to complete this application.
     • If you have yet to secure articles or are registering in PREP to a jurisdictional cohort outside of where you are articling, i.e. registering into an Alberta cohort but residing in Nova Scotia
       • You are responsible for accounting for any time zone differences while enrolled in PREP.
       • You are responsible for ensuring you rely on the law of the jurisdiction in which you register, i.e. when registering into a Manitoba cohort, you will be relying upon Manitoba law throughout PREP. Once enrolled, there is further information on this in the D2L FAQs.
   • Alternate email and phone number
   • PREP information (questionnaire)
   • Academic integrity declaration form
   • Emergency contact information

3. Once your Student Enrolment Checklist is complete and your tuition fee payment is processed, you will receive login credentials for D2L (CPLED’s content delivery platform) and LexisNexis QuickLaw (CPLED’s provided legal research platform). Please note that it can take up to seven business days to process your payment.
   You will not receive access to the program until your tuition fee payment has been processed.
4. Once you receive your D2L credentials, you will find the Foundation Modules course and can begin your studies on or after the scheduled release date.

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee for Accelerated PREP is $6,100, plus applicable taxes. The fee can be paid as a one-time lump sum payment, or candidates may select the payment plan option. Please note that candidates will not receive access to PREP materials until their tuition fee payment(s) has been processed. Candidates are encouraged to submit their tuition fee payment(s) before the due dates to avoid delays in PREP materials’ release.

 Frequently Asked Questions