The NCA announces the re-opening of its offices.
Read moreIs Your Law School Issuing an e-Transcript? The NCA has Given Us Guidelines
If your Law school uses one of the approved e-transcript systems to administer your documents, the NCA will happily accept electronic copies of your formal transcript and diploma in place of official paper copies mailed from your school.
Read moreCongrats to Thabang: His Story on Becoming a Canadian Citizen & Lawyer
Today, we congratulate one of the NCA Tutor Mentors and Tutors on his recently Canadian citizenship! In celebration fo this accomplishment, I sat down with Thabang Pebane to hear his amazing story about becoming a Canadian Lawyer and citizen. Click to read his full story about coming from South Africa to Canada and qualifying as a lawyer by way of a UK GDL and LPC program.
Read moreSee the latest NCA advisory on "Assessment of Future Graduates from England and Wales"
The NCA Assessment Policy requires all applicants to have a Qualifying Law Degree (“QLD”) (a degree that has been completed at an institution or through a law program that is “approved, recognized, accredited or otherwise accepted” by the local legal regulator or its delegate), typically designated as LLB, JD, BCL or LLL. The NCA policy also requires applicants to satisfy certain other educational requirements. For most jurisdictions, the NCA relies on public lists of approved programs or schools when evaluating legal credentials.
Read moreBusiness Organizations Classes - discounts still avaialble
Are you writing your business organizations exam with the NCA on February 16th? If so, you'll want to take advantage of our course offering with Liran Kandin. We have a couple of early bird discounted seats remaining. Reach out to info@nca-tutor.com for registration and course details.
Read moreNew Team Member: A Warm Welcome to Tiffany
Tiffany Sillanpää joins the NCA Tutor team as the newly minted Director of Community Outreach. She’s excited to continue working with NCA Tutor and deepen her involvement with the team after enjoying nearly two years of blogging for the company. We sat down with Tiffany to discuss her journey thus far and plans for the future.
Read moreUpdates Notes for Foundations of Canadian Law - 2021
Yesterday we released updated notes for the November 2020 Foundations syllabus. You can purchase the [PDF Instant digital download here][1] and the [MS Word editable version here][2].
Highlights of the Updated Syllabus Include:
Read moreNCA 2021 Exam Schedule Released
Finally, the long awaited schedule for the 2021 NCA exams has been released. This is the first time in over a decade that the NCA has release their schedule so late in the game. We expected major changes coming from the regulator and we were right.
Read more2021 Foundations Syllabus is now available!
The NCA released a new syllabus for Foundations of Canadian Law as well as a new syllabus for the Remedies subject. The focus on this post is the changes made to the Foundations syllabus
The changes to this syllabus are substantial and below is a summary of our findings
Read moreNCA released exam results for the July exams
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.
Read moreNCA Revises October Exam Schedule a Second Time - September 29th
After receiving complaints from concerned students, the NCA updated their exam schedule for the October 2020 exams. In the latest advisory, the NCA wrote:
Read moreLast week we announced a revised schedule for the October exams. Many of you expressed legitimate concerns about the fact that the dates for some exams were earl
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.