Articling Program
The Legal Services Division seeks approval each year to hire at least one Articled Clerk. The Department of Justice supports the Indigenous, Black and Mi’kmaq Initiative at Dalhousie Law School, and since 1991 priority has been given to selecting a clerk from that initiative.
Interviews, where possible, are conducted in October at the Law School. Otherwise, they are done in early spring. If the successful applicant is completing their third year and graduates, articling usually commences in June of that year.
The Division has developed an articling program which addresses the various mandatory/discretionary requirements established by the NS Barristers’ Society, including two to three months with the Public Prosecution Service in their various offices. Where services are not available in-house, arrangements are made with outside legal firms.
The Department of Justice pays the enrollment fee and the fee to enroll in the Bar Admissions Course.