Big Announcement - Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education Welcomes Nova Scotia as a New Participating Province
November 01, 2019
Calgary, Alberta – Canadian legal education is changing and another province is ready to take the leap, as Nova Scotia joins the prairie provinces as part of the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED). Over the past year and a half, CPLED has been busy developing the new Bar a... Read More
AdvocateDaily.com: Practice management a key focus of bar admission program
October 21, 2019
With a number of young lawyers expressing concerns over the level of their practice management skills post-call, the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education’s (CPLED) new bar admission program aims to place a heavier emphasis on these competencies, to ensure students feel more confid... Read More
Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education is Changing the Way New Lawyers Prepare for Practice
October 15, 2019
Calgary, Alberta – The Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) is changing the way new lawyers are trained by introducing a new Bar admission program called the Practice Readiness Education Program or PREP, which will officially launch in July 2020 to more than 800 students.  ... Read More
AdvocateDaily.com: CPLED program provides lawyers a chance to give back
September 30, 2019
The Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education’s (CPLED) new bar admission program offers lawyers an opportunity to give back to their community, says the organization’s CEO Kara Mitchelmore. The Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP) is designed to teach articling studen... Read More
CPLED is Moving
September 25, 2019
On November 12, we will be moving to a new space on 11th Avenue in the heart of the Beltline in Calgary, Alberta. The move will take place over the long weekend prior and will not affect regular office hours. Our new mailing address will be: Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED)... Read More
AdvocateDaily.com: CPLED transforms students into competency-trained lawyers
August 27, 2019
AdvocateDaily.com interviewed Dr. Kara Mitchelmore, Chief Executive Officer and Janet Pierce, Education Consultant & Project Manager recently on CPLED's new competency framework. Law schools teach students the intricacies of the legal system and its guiding statutes, but not necessarily... Read More