Are you a principal, legal recruiter, new lawyer (called in the last three years), or a PREP student?

We’re looking to gather input from stakeholders on the interest of us offering a compressed full-time version of the Bar admission program, the Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP).

Traditionally the Bar admission program has been completed part-time over nine months concurrently with the articling term. Due to the unprecedented impacts experienced this year from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are considering adding a compressed full-time Bar admission program offering. The compressed full-time version of PREP would be offered in addition to the current nine-month program.

To better inform our decision we are hosting online focus groups this fall. The focus groups will be held between September 22 and October 22, 2020. If you are interested in participating please complete the expression of interest form as soon as possible. Once you have completed the expression of interest form, we will be in contact with you to provide all of the instructions on how to participate in the online focus group.

We are expecting to have a high interest from individuals wanting to participate in this discussion and focus group spots will be limited to ensure quality discussions can take place. However, we want to hear from our stakeholders. If you complete an expression of interest form but are not able to attend or are not selected for one of the focus groups we will follow up with other options to participate in this discussion.

Focus groups will be held in an asynchronous, text-based format, with each group open for 24 hours and participants will have access to discussions when it is convenient for them throughout the day. If you have any questions about these focus groups read our FAQs, or contact Eric Pye at eric.pye@cpled.ca.