June 27, 2024

The 2024-2027 Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) Strategic Plan is now available on our website. The Strategic Plan provides direction from the Board of Directors on the long-term vision for growth and innovation within CPLED. Our three strategic priorities are: Delive... Read More

June 21, 2024

Today marks National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. The Governor General of Canada first announced National Aboriginal Day, now National Indigenous Peoples Day, in 1996. For generations, many Indigenous groups and communities have celebrated their culture and heritage on June 21 or around that... Read More

June 03, 2024

We have had an overwhelming interest in the Summer intake of the Legal Research and Writing (LRW) course. The course has reached capacity before the June 5 registration deadline. Students wishing to participate in the Summer 2024 course intake can contact CPLED to request to be added to the waitlis... Read More

May 28, 2024

CPLED has extended the 2024/2025 Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP) registration deadline to July 17, 2024. Phase one, the Foundation Modules, opens for enrolled candidates on Monday, June 3. Candidates will receive access to program materials on June 3 once their enrolment checklist has b... Read More

May 16, 2024

Description The Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) is a non–profit organization that provides the training needed before being called to the Bars of Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. Law societies in the participating provinces require students to article a... Read More

May 09, 2024

The law societies of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society are seeking feedback on the types of training and mentoring articling students are receiving, issues related to discrimination or harassment and how prepared articling students feel t... Read More