Internal Review Policy
Credentials Committee
LRA Qualification Assessment
Articling Policies
- Taking the Bar Admission Program prior to commencing articlesÂ
- Application for termination of articlesÂ
- Applications for extension of articles
- Applications for leaves of absence from articling
- Applications to commence articles on non-regular start dateÂ
- Assignment of articlesÂ
- Criminal Record Checks
- Part-time articles
- Principal’s applicationsÂ
- Waiver of five-year eligibility requirement to be PrincipalÂ
- Articled Clerks’ character and fitness during articling periodÂ
- Principals charged/convicted under Part III of the Act, Principals charged with criminal or other offence or principals involved in fitness to practice regimeÂ
- Education and articling plansÂ
Bar Admission Ceremony
Changing membership category to Practising Lawyer
Fitness to Practice Law
Recommended Law School Courses for Practicing in Nova Scotia
Transfers and Temporary Practice Policies
- Applications for admission pursuant to an academic callÂ
- Applications for transfer from a jurisdiction outside CanadaÂ
- Applications for transfer from another Canadian jurisdictionÂ
- Canadian Legal AdvisorsÂ
- Criminal Record ChecksÂ
- Education plans for transfer applicants
- Foreign Legal ConsultantsÂ
- Temporary practice by member of a reciprocating jurisdiction (Regulation 6.3)Â
- Temporary practice in Nova Scotia by a lawyer from outside Canada (Regulation 6.4)Â
- Issuing of permits pursuant to Regulation 6.3.4Â
General
Forms for the Courts in Nova Scotia can be found on the Courts website at www.courts.ns.ca
Forms for Service Nova Scotia can be found on the Government of Nova Scotia website at www.gov.ns.ca/sns