Spark your potential

You’ll learn by doing through hands-on programs that enable you to apply classroom knowledge in real-world settings.

Professor Kellinde Wrightson’s award-winning Law 430 Professional Development course is the only one of its kind in Canada. You’ll gain deep insight into Canadian legal research, writing and conventions from Kellinde’s book Decoding Canadian Legal Research, Writing, and Conventions (Emond, 2024), which was nominated for the Hugh Lawford Prize for Excellence in Legal Publishing. 

You’ll gain clinical practice skills specifically designed for internationally trained lawyers and relevant to advocacy and appearances in Canadian courts. You’ll give your first court submissions with us before you do the real thing. You’ll learn to think on your feet in a critically constructive and supportive environment.

You’ll learn how to draft pleadings and research and write memoranda of law, briefs, facta, and opinion letters in the style expected of articling students and lawyers.

We’ll train you in reasoning by analogy and problem-based thinking required for law exams and legal research and writing. We’ll help you with cultural adjustments and give you the technical skills you need for general writing in a law office.

And we’ll walk you through the use of AI in a legal context, especially during your articles and early years of practice.

Our legal research and writing component is NCA-approved for its legal research and writing requirement.

You’ll find out with our holistic approach to your career development. 

Big change doesn’t happen all at once. It begins with a new way forward. We’ll get you all set to launch your legal career in Canada. 

We’re the first law school in the country to have a Certified Executive Coach working exclusively with our internationally trained lawyer students.

You’ll get 1:1 career coaching and job search accelerator group coaching. You’ll learn how to put together the right type of cover letter and resume for lawyer jobs. We’ll give you mock job interviews so that you know what to expect. You’ll join a large network of fellow internationally trained lawyers and legal professionals through our networking events. You’ll have access to exclusive UCalgary Law job postings in Elevate.

We’re the first law school in Canada to offer an internationally trained lawyer job shadow program with a variety of firms and organizations, such as DLA Piper, LNG Canada, and the Alberta Human Rights Commission.

Impact you can see

The vast majority of our students land articling jobs.