Service work groups
The Alberta Crown Prosecution Service is made up of these groups:
Crown Prosecution Offices
Through offices across Alberta, Crown prosecutors are responsible for:
- prosecuting the Criminal Code, Youth Criminal Justice Act and provincial statute offences
- working with justice system stakeholders and the community at large to:
- promote safe communities
- implement alternative approaches to the administration of justice
Appeals and Specialized Prosecutions
The branch’s responsibilities include:
- conducting criminal appeals in the:
- Court of Appeal
- Supreme Court of Canada
- prosecutions dealing with:
- commercial crime
- occupational health and safety
- environmental law
- organized crime
- technology and internet crime
- cases requiring mutual international legal assistance
- addressing complaints of:
- wrongful convictions
- miscarriages of justice
Advanced Projects and Traffic Office
This branch is responsible for plea negotiations through the Traffic Ticket Digital Service. This online service is available 24 hours a day to:
- pay a ticket
- ask for time to pay
- plead not guilty
- ask for a trial date
- ask for a review by a prosecutor
Operations and Strategic Support Office
The branch’s responsibilities include:
- Crown bail prosecutors speaking at all first-appearance bail hearings
- 8 am to midnight, 365 days a year
- prosecution staff security
- emergency planning
- project management
- workforce planning
- research, evaluation, and business planning
- criminal law and prosecution policy advice within the service
- education and training within the service
Employment
Be part of a team that’s dedicated to justice. Positions at the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service include:
- lawyer — Crown prosecutor
- legal assistant
- paralegal
- provincial prosecutor
To see our latest career opportunities, visit the Government of Alberta jobs website.
Articling program
We help run a 12-month articling program that gives successful applicants experience in a variety of core practice areas.
Summer program
We run a 4-month program in criminal law that gives successful applicants exposure to various aspects of this form of law.
Guidelines for prosecutors
Attorney General guidelines for the Crown Prosecution Service