Inspiration from an immigrant

Yesterday I met with a client, an experienced lawyer from South America, for a private tutoring class. He is a proud new father who had been out of a job for several months because of Covid. He described how grateful he was to now be working multiple jobs so he can afford his rent and support his family despite working in positions that were beneath his stature. At the end of our class, I told him there would be no charge for our session. He lit up and got emotional.

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NCA Changes October Exam Dates

On September 23rd, the NCA announced a revised October 2020 exam timetable, moving some of the NCA exams roughly 12 days before they were originally scheduled. These changes have a significant impact on many candidates writing their exams. It affects NCA Tutor™ students registered in three of our exam workshops: Professional Responsibility, Foundations of Canadian Law, and Property Law. Those students will find that they are now writing their exams before the exam workshops were scheduled to take place.

We have written a petition to the NCA to request they reconsider the decision to move the exams to earlier dates and have suggested that moving them forward to November would have a lesser impact on many candidates.

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Motivation Moment: Remember Why You Started

I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that the last few months have been hard for law students, NCA students, and licensing candidates. Even now, as we and the world around us start to pick-up the pieces, the future remains uncertain for many. Whether you are just starting the NCA process, continuing to plug along, or moving on to articling and the bar exams, there are likely many question marks ahead floating around topics like online classes/exams, articling placements, and job security.

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Motivation Moment: Make Your Goals Bite-Sized

Given the pandemic upheaval that has occurred over the last few months, you may find yourself struggling to stay motivated in the face of uncertainties or the sheer amount of work ahead of you. Perhaps you feel like your career goals and timelines have been derailed; maybe you feel like some of your goals are no longer achievable; or maybe you are daunted by how long the road to licensing appears. You aren’t alone.

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Survival Guide by an NCA Alumni

Hey! My name is Spencer. I’m a former NCA candidate and a current candidate at the Law Society of Ontario. I’ve written 10 of these NCA exams over the course of two years, and even did a single course enrolment at Osgoode Hall. I’ve been through almost all of it. I’ve written up this survival guide to help you get through this. It’s a collection of my experiences. Hope it helps.

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