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Shastri News - July 2009

U of T launches programme to help foreign-trained lawyers

The University of Toronto recently announced its plans to launch a bridging programme for internationally trained lawyers seeking accreditation to practice law in Ontario. This program, the first of its kind in Canada, joins other bridging programmes at the University of Toronto for professionals such as pharmacists, engineers and nurses. These programmes have proven instrumental in helping Canadian immigrants gain employment in their field of study.

“My training at the University of Toronto opened up a lot of doors,” says Sowmya Vishwanatha, a lawyer originally from India who recently passed the Bar in Canada. After passing her National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) exams, Sowmya joined a working group of NCA-certified international lawyers to help build the proposal for the new bridge programme at the University of Toronto. She was elated to hear that the Government of Ontario agreed to contribute a $4 million dollar investment, putting the programme on its feet.

A Statistics Canada report from 2006 indicates that over half of recent immigrants holding university degrees are underemployed at some point during their first six years in Canada – almost double the proportion of underemployed Canadian-born citizens. Internationally trained lawyers face several hurdles if they want to become eligible to practice law in Canada. First, they must apply to the NCA to have their credentials assessed and to obtain direction on the steps they must take to obtain a Certificate of Qualification – essentially the equivalent of a Canadian law degree. These steps could include taking courses, attending Canadian law schools and/or write NCA challenge exams.

Once internationally trained lawyers obtain their Certificate of Qualification from the NCA they are then entitled to enter the licensing process in their province of residence. The licensing processes vary from province to province but all involve writing and passing exams and articling for several months. The articling job search can be challenging for Canadian educated students and is often even more challenging for internationally trained lawyers. Between 1997 and 2007, less than 40 per cent of the 3,206 internationally trained lawyers assessed by the NCA obtained equivalency certificates, and even fewer were called to the Bar.

The University of Toronto’s bridge programme will not fast-track the process of employment for foreign-trained lawyers in Canada, but it aims to significantly increase their odds of success. The programme will provide ongoing services, from the time students begin the NCA certification process to their successful employment as a lawyer in Canada. These services will include academic training to assist in preparing for the NCA challenge exam, language referrals, cultural fluency training, job search skills training, workplace experience, career counseling and services, and membership in a centre association.

The Internationally Trained Lawyers programme starts recruitment this fall for winter 2010 classes and expects to accept up to 90 applicants. Ten law firms in Toronto have already demonstrated their support for the programme by creating work placement positions for programme participants.

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Whilst I would commend the initiatives so far, I feel that what is needed is a ‘fast-track process’.I say this because some of us may be very matured and very experienced Barristers. E.g. I am 66 yers old…from the UK…practised criminal law for over 24 years in that country until 2006.I would very much like to continue practice in the criminal field here…..there is not very much I need to learn….that research cannot address.Many of our English cases are citied over here….yet I find that the hurdles are so high that a man of my age will will find daunting…age is not on my side to spend years attending university again!!

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