Articling
Applicants seeking to start articles on June 1, 2012 should have their applications and supporting documents filed with the Society by no later than Friday, April 6. Please send them to the address on the application form, or by fax to 902 429 4869.
As of Monday, April 2, 2012 our new address will be:
Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
Cogswell Tower
800–2000 Barrington Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3K1
From April 2, please send all documents to our new address. Mail sent before this date will be redirected to our new offices. Our fax and phone numbers will remain the same.
Articled clerks must work in the office of a qualified principal for 12 months, which includes the period for the Bar Admission Course. (Vacation time is at the discretion of the principal).
Articles are supervised by the Society's Credentials Committee (the "Committee") in accordance with the Regulations.
A person lawfully entitled to be employed in Canada may be enrolled as an articled clerk if that person meets the criteria in regulation 3.3.2.
Clerks who article in another Canadian province may apply for credit towards the 12-month requirement in Nova Scotia.
To enrol as an articled clerk, an applicant must file the documents required by regulation and set out in the Articling and Admissions Forms.
Articles must commence March 1, June 1, September 1, or December 1. All articling and admission documents must be completed and filed with the Barristers' Society at least eight weeks prior to the commencement of articles. Applicants seeking to begin articles on an alternate date, or seeking some other change in the normal articling process, must apply to the Committee.
If an articled clerk assigns his or her articles from one principal to another, an assignment of articles procedure applies; (regulation 3.4.2(e)). The Assignment of Articles must be filed prior to the assignment taking effect.
The clerk and the principal may, when the clerk has served the required period of articles, extend the period of articles until the first regularly scheduled admission day thereafter, or a subsequent admission day approved by the Committee. A Request for Extension of Articles, signed by the principal and clerk, must be filed with the Barristers' Society.
In order for a member to be eligible to act as a principal, the member must meet the eligibility requirements set out in the Society's Regulations.
