The Prime Minister has announced the appointment of Mr. Justice Russell Brown to the Supreme Court of Canada effective August 31, 2015. Justice Russell Brown will be filling in the seat for Justice Marshall Rothstein.
Practice Exams for Foundations of Canadian Law
This is a follow-up post to our posting on July 21st. Are there any sample exams out there for Foundations of Canadian Law? Is the NCA sample exam enough?
Read morePractice or not to practice with these exams?
So you've completed the NCA sample exam but you would like more practice. Where do you find more practice exams and should you even attempt to do practice exams outside of the one's offered by the NCA?
Read moreNCA Results for the May 2015 Exams are now available in the NCA Portal
The NCA just posted the results for the May 2015 NCA exams. Log on to your online portal to view your results. If you were a student of mine, please remember to e-mail me and let me know how your exams went.
Congratulations to all test takers!!
Liran
1 Month Anniversary - Website Launch
One month ago today, we launched NCA-Tutor.com
Since then we've had over 860 unique visitors to the site in over 53 countries with over 3700 page views.
Read moreWhere to begin....?
I often get e-mails from students who feel so overwhelmed with information that they don't know where to begin the process.
The first thing everyone should do is spend at least an hour or so reading through the National Committee on Accreditions ’s website [here][1]. The rules and policies change often and so its best to get your up-to-date information directly from them.
Read moreHeadings to tell the examiner where you're heading!
Use the IRAC formula for writing out your exam answers. The NCA favours this method of writing (see my previous blog post on how to use the IRAC method).
Read moreBoilerplate answers on Administrative Law
I have worked with dozens of students who were writing administrative law for at least the second time. I found that the number one pitfall students fall for is relying on their notes blindly without understanding the material.
Read moreFake it till you become it!
I came across an excellent Ted Talk by Amy Cuddy who researched how our body language affects the way other people perceive us and more imporantly how it affects our own perception of ourselves.
The video is about 20 minutes long, but I recommend this for anyone writing exams or going into a job interview.
Make a note about those notes...
This is a tip regarding the use of notes. There are many different versions of notes floating around, particularly for administrative law. I would like to give you a few words of advice about using other peoples' notes (including my own).
Read moreLearning the foundations last!
This tip may sound counterintuitive, but you should write Foundations of Canadian Law last. Foundations is by far the trickiest exam to prepare for because the exam questions are unpredictable. Make sure you know each of the topics inside out, but more importantly is to make sure that you have read all of the required articles.
Read moreDecoding the Criminal Code
Many students have asked me to recommend a criminal code they should purchase. There are many codes out there but the best one from experience would be any code that is NOT annotated.
The reason I suggest a non-annotated code for the exam is because for many students that have failed criminal law, one of their challenges was completing the exam within the allotted time.
Read moreWhich exams should I take together? In which order should I write them?
I get this question often enough that I should write a post on it.
1) You need to keep in mind that not all of the exams are offered during each exam session. So make sure that you plan well so that you don't have to wait long to complete all your exams. All of the core subjects should be offered in every exam sitting.
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