tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11931513.post8679575539813751463..comments2024-03-25T16:27:37.609-04:00Comments on Wise Law Blog: Law 21 and Articling for Law Grads in Ontario@wiselawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852672948478340298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11931513.post-20138630375557531852009-03-06T11:36:00.000-05:002009-03-06T11:36:00.000-05:00My daughter has done her LLb in the uk. She has al...My daughter has done her LLb in the uk. She has also completed her Accreditation exams this Feb2009. She is trying so hard to get an articling position but no luck so far. Feedback she gets thus far is “good luck, law firms in Canada don't recognize foreign law degrees”. My daughter was on the waiting list to get into uni here and rather then wait it out she chose to do some thing about it. She applied to uk universities to gain a global prospective on law and got immediately accepted. It cost her twenty thousand pounds a year only to come back and find herself having to do 9 exams to gain her accreditation. Law is no longer just serving clients in Canada but is a global service and The Law Society has to come to terms with this. Every student should get a placement through the universities and or through the Upper Law Society of Canada. A fund should be set up where every practicing lawyer practicing in Canada should contribute towards this fund as a member and this money then should be used to subsidise the law firms hiring Articling Students. This way every law student will be guaranteed a position with private law firms,Attorney General's Office, Legal Aid plans, Pro bono clinics etc etc. <BR/><BR/>Can any one help my daughter gain an Articling position in Corp. Law and Real Estate???? Is it wrong for a concerned father, a parent to reach out for help????<BR/><BR/><BR/>NSBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com