Law students balk at major fee hike for articling program

By Dave Waddell. Graduating law students in Ontario were hit with a massive fee hike this month that will nearly double the cost of completing the articling and written exam process required to be called to the bar to approximately $5,000.
The big change is a new articling/legal practice program fee that will see nearly $3,200 including HST added to the bill.
The Law Society of Upper Canada, which regulates the legal profession in the province, has added the fee to cover the costs of the legal practice program being launched in September to address the shortage of articling positions in law firms. More...