Advisories

The NCA is pleased to share with you details about upcoming online presentations offered by the Ontario Bar Association’s Navigating the Transition for Internationally Trained Lawyers series. The series offers two sessions for internationally trained lawyers that might be of interest to NCA applicants. They present helpful information to anyone planning to enter practice in […]

New syllabi have been or will soon be posted to the website for the NCA subjects listed below.  If you are preparing to write these exams in 2022, please ensure you study from the new syllabus. Canadian Constitutional Law Canadian Professional Responsibility Civil Procedure Commercial Law Family Law (AB/BC/ON) Remedies Tax Law  

We know how important it is to NCA applicants to receive timely exam results.  We are working hard to make sure you receive them as soon as possible. Results from the September 2021 exam session are now available for the following exams: Canadian Administrative Law (November 2, 2021) Torts (November 2, 2021) To access your […]

We know how important it is to NCA applicants to receive timely exam results.  We are working hard to make sure you receive them as soon as possible. Results from the August 2021 exam session are now available for the following exams: Business Organizations (October 7, 2021) Canadian Professional Responsibility (October 4, 2021) Commercial Law […]

A new syllabus for ​Evidence is now posted to the website and will take effect for the November exams. The  new syllabus was created because with the release of the new edition of the textbook, Evidence: Principles and Problems (13th ed.; Carswell, 2021) applicants may not be able to secure the previous 12th edition (2018).  […]

The NCA will be phasing in a return to 3-hour exams beginning in January 2022. All NCA exams are designed to be completed in 3 hours. When the NCA moved to online exams in August 2020, the time for completion was extended to 4 hours. This was an exceptional and temporary measure introduced solely to […]

NCA’s 2022 Exam Schedule is now available. Similar to last year, the new schedule will provide NCA applicants an opportunity to write each of the five required Canadian subjects four times a year. During each session in which they are scheduled, the Canadian subject exams will be offered on four days. Again in 2022, Contracts, […]

A new syllabus for ​Family Law (ON/AB/BC) is now posted to the website and will take effect for the November exams.  Please ensure you study from the new syllabus.    

We know how important it is to NCA applicants to receive timely exam results.  We are working hard to make sure you receive them as soon as possible. Results from the July 2021 exam session are now available for the following exams: Canadian Constitutional Law (Posted August 24, 2021) Canadian Criminal Law (Posted August 30, […]

The NCA is pleased to announce that it is extending the exam registration deadlines for all future exam sessions beginning with those scheduled for October 2021.  NCA applicants will now have several extra weeks during which to register for exams and will be able to register much closer to the exam date. To review the […]

The NCA updated its Canadian Administrative Law exam outline (syllabus) for its September exam session.  If you are currently preparing for this exam, please to be sure to study with this new syllabus posted on the Exam outlines and samples website page.

We know how important it is to NCA applicants to receive timely exam results.  We are working hard to make sure you receive them as soon as possible. Results from the May 2021 exam session are now available for the following exams: Canadian Professional Responsibility (Posted July 7, 2021) Foundations of Canadian Law (Posted July […]