Advisories

Please note that the offices of the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) remain closed. Although Ontario, where the NCA office is located, has begun to reopen some businesses, offices such as ours are required to remain closed for now. NCA employees are continuing to work remotely and to respond to emails, but some tasks, including […]

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 for the April 2021 exam session are now available for the following exams: Canadian Constitutional Law (posted June 11, 2021) Canadian Criminal Law (posted June 8, […]

Please be advised that the NCA exam registration fee is changing effective June 7, 2021.  The fee for registration for each NCA exam (starting with exams being held in August 2021) will be $400 CDN plus applicable taxes. The NCA operates on a cost recovery basis.  It therefore adjusts its fees from time to time when […]

As part of Osgoode Professional Development’s 7th Internationally Trained Lawyers Day (OITLD), to be held online on May 27, Deborah Wolfe, P.Eng., Executive Director, National Committee on Accreditation (NCA), will be offering a presentation on the NCA and its process for internationally trained lawyers and law students. The presentation, to be held at 9:30 am […]

Amended NCA Assessment and Appeal Policies will come into effect on June 1, 2021. The changes to the Assessment Policy, approved following a comprehensive review by the NCA,  include the addition of an assessment tool for the evaluation of the competency in legal research and writing and amendments to the Mode of Study section to […]

Results for exams from the March 2021 session are now available in the NCA portal. To access your exam results, login to your NCA portal and select the Exam History tab. If you wrote exams in March and do not see your results in the portal, please contact exam@flsc.ca. Requesting your Certificate of Qualification If, […]

The NCA has updated its exam schedule to offer applicants an additional opportunity to write the Torts exam during 2021. The exam is now also scheduled for September 9.  If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity, please register for the exam through the NCA Portal by the July 23 deadline.  The regular exam […]

The start times for NCA exams scheduled in  May 2021 are now posted in your NCA Portal, under the exam history tab.  You may find that you have not been assigned a start time within the timeframe requested when you registered for the exam.  The NCA is constantly seeking ways to make the exam experience for all […]

As a result of the provincewide shutdown that went into effect on Saturday, April 3, 2021, the offices of the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) have again been closed. The Federation of Law Societies of Canada continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation and to comply with all government and health authority orders. NCA employees are […]

The start times for NCA exams scheduled in April 2021 are now posted in your NCA Portal, under the exam history tab.  You may find that you have not been assigned a start time within the timeframe requested when you registered for the exam.  The NCA is constantly seeking ways to make the exam experience […]

Please be advised that personal income tax receipts for the 2020 calendar year are now posted in your NCA portal. As per CRA guidelines, you may claim NCA exam fees as an expense.  Please note that the amounts do not reflect when the payment was made, but rather when the NCA exam was written. If […]

The Law Society of Ontario will hold a live webinar on the licensing process open to all law students, candidates and law schools on Thursday, March 11, 2021 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. The session will cover key components of the process and will include a question and answer period. The session will be […]