Editing Call to the bar (section)

===Canada===
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In common law Canadian provinces, despite the unified legal profession (lawyers are qualified as both [[barristers]] and [[solicitors]]), the certificate issued by the provincial [[Law Society]] to the newly qualified lawyer generally indicates his or her having been called to the bar and admitted as a solicitor. 

In Ontario and Manitoba, there are two certificates, one issued by the respective provincial Law Society for call to the bar and the other by the Superior Court (Ontario) or Court of King's Bench (Manitoba) for admission as a solicitor. 

In [[Ontario]], being called to the bar requires students to article (apprentice) with a law firm for ten months, but due to a shortage of articling positions available each year and an influx of articling candidates, a pilot alternative program available through the [[University of Ottawa]] and [[Toronto Metropolitan University]] was established. The '''Law Practice Program''' requires the articling students to spend four months in a virtual law office and to spend another four months in a work placement. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/call-to-end-articling-alternative-for-ontario-law-grads-sparks-controversy/article32121475/ |title=Call to end articling alternative for Ontario law grads sparks controversy|author=Simona Chiose |date= September 28, 2016 |access-date=2017-08-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324003214/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/call-to-end-articling-alternative-for-ontario-law-grads-sparks-controversy/article32121475/ |archive-date=2017-03-24 }}</ref>  

[[Alberta]] and [[Prince Edward Island]] are the only common law jurisdictions with individual, rather than group, calls.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PEI Law Society Admission - Become A PEI Law Society Member - Prince Edward Island |url=http://lawsocietypei.ca/admission-to-the-law-society#:~:text=Court%20ceremony |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=lawsocietypei.ca}}</ref> The student's supervisor, referred to as his or her principal, makes an oral application to the Provincial Court of Alberta or [[Alberta Court of King's Bench|Court of King's Bench]], or the [[Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island]], respectively, to have the student called to the bar. Gowns are worn and the ceremony is public, with the presiding judge (or judges) welcoming the new member with a speech written specifically for that call. 

In [[Quebec]], a [[civil law notary]] is very similar to a solicitor.