Registration Process
Please note that PREP Candidates with secured articles/clerkships must also register as a student member with their law society. PREP is the official Bar admission program for the law societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. As each law society sets its requirements for admission to the profession in its jurisdiction, check the Bar admission requirements with your desired law society before registering for a program.
| Refer to this registration user guide for step-by-step instructions to assist you with the PREP registration process. |
- Create a CPLED Student Profile.
- 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.
- 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
- Alternate email and phone number
- PREP information (questionnaire)
- Academic integrity declaration form
- Emergency contact information
IMPORTANT: Your Law Degree information must be complete, and you MUST provide proof of either a Canadian common law degree or Certificate of Qualification (CQ) from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.
For Canadian common law degree individuals who may not have received their degree, we will accept written confirmation from your university that you have met all requirements for graduation, e.g. Dean’s letter.
- 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. - 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.
To view the PREP schedule and key dates, visit program schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Student name, email, birthdate, mailing address, telephone number
- Complete the Enrolment Checklist
- Law degree information
- Articling/Clerking information (start date, name and location of firm as well as the name and contact information of your principal)
- Alternate email and phone number
- PREP information (questionnaire)
- Academic integrity sign off
- Emergency contact information
- PREP schedule selection – for phases two and four
- Tuition fee payment
Firms can register their student(s) for PREP and will only be required to:
- create a student profile
- name
- email (confirmation emails will be sent to the email linked to this profile that will require action during the registration process, we recommend firms input their email initially and advise the student to change the default email once the login information is shared with the student)
- birthdate
- mailing address
- telephone number
- complete the articling information form
- start date
- name and location of firm
- name and contact information of the student’s Principal
- select the student’s schedule for phases two and four
- complete the payment information
Firms will then need to share the account login information with their student(s), and the student will need to complete all additional information in the checklist. This information must be completed by the student before they receive access to PREP materials. Refer to the firm user guide for more details on registration information.
Registration is completed on an individual basis so if firms are registering for their students, they will need to do so one student at a time.
If you have not yet secured an articling position you can now register and complete PREP without a secured articling position.
To register for PREP you MUST have received your Certificate of Qualification (CQ) from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. Please remember to check your requirements with the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and confirm with them when your final results will be released.
An e-mail from no-reply@memberpro.net will be sent to the e-mail address you used to create your Student Profile confirming your online registration in the CPLED Student Portal. Once your tuition fee payment has been processed you will receive an email from admin@cpled.ca confirming your enrolment in PREP.
Once you have completed the Student Enrolment Checklist, you have registered for PREP, and your tuition payment has been processed you will receive your login information for D2L. Refer to the program schedule to keep up to date on all PREP deadlines.
Once the tuition fee payment has been processed, you will receive your login information to D2L. We encourage PREP Candidates to complete the registration process, including payment as soon as possible so that they may begin the program when it launches. Payment plan options are available, please note the tuition fee deadlines and recognize that program materials will not be released until payment has been processed.
