Start working towards your future
Starting can mean re-starting, too.
Whether you’re studying, articling, relocating, or finding a new path, you’re ready to kick-start your legal career. Below are the tools you need – These are the NSBS resources for lawyers who are just getting their careers off the ground.
Guide for New Lawyers
Becoming a lawyer in Nova Scotia can be both exciting and overwhelming, with questions about requirements, obligations, professional development.
Articling Resources
Find articling forms and information documents, prerequisites for applying to article, details on finding an articling position and how to apply.
Bar Admissions
The Bar Admission Program is used by the Society, together with articles, to determine whether an articled clerk is competent to be called to the Bar.
Mobility & Transfers
To become a lawyer in Nova Scotia, you must obtain a law degree and fulfil the educational and training requirements for admission to a law society.