The Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education (CPLED) Program is the bar admission course in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. In Alberta, the Legal Education Society of Alberta (LESA) delivers the CPLED program on behalf of the Law Society of Alberta. In order to deliver a highly-valued educational experience and defensible, high-stakes competency evaluations, LESA recruits approximately 40 experienced members of the Alberta legal profession as online Learning Group Facilitators and Evaluators each year.
The facilitators and evaluators who work with learning groups in the online environment are known as “learning group facilitators” or “LGFs” and “learning group evaluators” or “LGEs.”
LGFs make a weekly time commitment of 10 to 20 hours per week for each three-week module to help students understand the materials, assignments, and competency evaluations well enough to be able to successfully demonstrate entry-level competence. Their goal is to engage, guide, and motivate a learning group of approximately 18 to 20 students as well as provide a safe and conducive environment for learning and communication exchange.
Selected LGFs, known as LGEs, also grade the final submissions (competency evaluations) for each online module. The Legal Education Society of Alberta selects qualified LGFs to grade approximately 30-40 competency evaluations at the end of each module. Training is provided.
Arman Chak is an experienced LGF who not only enjoys mentoring CPLED students, but he also loves the engagement that occurs.
“Students sometimes come at legal issues from very different perspectives, and I love that. I want that to happen. I want students to email me; I want students to, in their assignments, write down what they’re thinking. This is the best atmosphere for students to learn in.”
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If you are interested in becoming an LGF/LGE, contact Bronwyn Connolly at [email protected].
