Reading Requirements

Under the Territorial Mobility Agreement, applicants eligible for full membership in the Law Society of Yukon under the Territorial Mobility Agreement will be required to declare that they have met the reading requirements established by the Law Society of Yukon. The following Reading Requirements may be updated from time to time to include any other materials as required by the Executive.

1. Review the Yukon Territory's Legal Profession Act, Rules and Code of Conduct on our website:

   /act.asp
   /rules.asp
   /code.asp

2. Review the Rules of Court and Practice Directions found at:
   http://www.yukoncourts.ca/

   Please note that the Yukon Court of Appeal has its own Rules, however, when the Yukon Court of Appeal rules are silent on a specific issue, the British Columbia Court of Appeal Rules are followed. In addition, the Yukon Court of Appeal follows the British Columbia Court of Appeal Practice Directives.

3. Review all Yukon Territory Statutes relating to the areas of law in which you intend to practice which will include, but is not limited to, the following list. These can be accessed through CanLII at http://www.canlii.org/.

   Civil Procedure Age of Majority Arbitration Act Consumers Protection Act Contributory Negligence Act Defamation Act Dependents Relief Act Employment Standards Act Evidence Act Executions Act Exemptions Act Corporate Commercial Builders Lien Act Business Corporations Act Co-operative Associations Act Partnership and Business Names Act Societies Act Trustee Act Criminal and Regulatory Coroners Act Corrections Act Environment Act Evidence Act Jury Act Mental Health Act Motor Vehicles Act Wildlife Act Debtor Creditor Collection Act Creditors Relief Act Fraudulent Preferences and      Conveyances Act Garnishee Act

   Fatal Accidents Act Garage Keepers Lien Act Health Care Insurance Plan Act Insurance Act Judicature Act Limitation of Actions Act Miners Lien Act Municipal Act Personal Property Security Act Survival of Actions Act Workers' Compensation Act Family Law Children's Act Decision Making Support      and Protection to Adults Act Family Property & Support Act Yukon Divorce Rules Federal Statutes Yukon Act Yukon Environmental and    Socio-Economic Assessment Act Yukon First Nations Self Government Act Yukon First Nations Land    Claims Settlement Act Yukon Surface Rights Board Act First Nation Law Umbrella Final Agreement First Nations (Yukon)     Self-Government Act Real Estate Home Owners Grant Act Landlord and Tenant Act Land Title's Act Real Estate Agents Act Wills & Estates Estate Administration Act Wills Act