Job requirements Commercial Lawyer in the Toronto Region

Find out what you typically need to work as a commercial lawyer in the Toronto Region. These requirements are applicable to all Lawyers and Quebec notaries (NOC 41101).

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

  • Lawyers
  • Two to three years of undergraduate studies or, in Quebec, completion of a college program, a bachelor's degree from a recognized law school, successful completion of the bar examination and completion of a period of articling are required.
  • Licensing by the provincial or territorial law society is required.
  • Be an active member of a law society in the province or territory of legal practice.
  • Notaries (Quebec)
  • A bachelor's degree in civil law from a recognized law school and a master's degree in notarial law, which includes a 16-week internship, from a recognized law school are required.
  • A 15-day training program at the Chambre des notaires du Québec is required.
  • Licensing by the Chambre des notaires du Québec is required.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

Ontario

If this occupation is regulated, you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation.

  • If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
  • If the licence is voluntary, you don’t need to be certified to practise this occupation.

Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.

Job title Lawyer
Regulated
Regulatory body: Law Society of Upper Canada

Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

Find out where this occupation is regulated in Canada

List of Associations

Associations are organizations that may provide news to its members about networking events, professional development and other common issues for people working in the same industry.

Job title Lawyer
Regulated
Regulatory body: Law Society of Upper Canada
List of Associations
Associations Contact information
Regional level
Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)

2 Carlton Street, Suite 701, Toronto ON, M5B 1J3

Phone number 416 - 5982656

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