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I was required to take the five core NCAĮxams and I registered to take all five exams in October 2017.ĬAD ($340 per exam) plus travel costs (flight, hotel and food for one week) My assessment about six weeks after submitting my application. Receive FLSC assessment and register for NCA exams (July 2017).Luckily, for me, the timing was justĪpplying to many, many articling positions for the 2018-2019 cycle. Interviewed for during a very specific time period each year. Law Society of Ontario (LSO) and most positions can only be advertised and The articling requirement is heavily regulated by the
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and pass a state bar youĪre free to practice law. – once you graduate from law school in the U.S. This is not something that is required in the Research led me to learn about the articling requirement.
Apply for articling positions (July 2017). $450 CAD plus associated fees for requesting transcripts and other documents (including high school), which must be sent from the academic institution This a detailed application and requires submission of all academic transcripts Very first step was to apply to the Federation of Law Societies of Canada for Apply for FLSC assessment of legal credentials (June 2017). Mention the amount of time, effort and money it would cost to get licensed inĬontemplation, we committed to the idea and I got to work. We returned home starry-eyedĪnd wondering if we could really be those Americans who actually moved to With the city and met some amazing people who would soon become some of ourĬlosest friends. Happily working there for three years when my fiancé (now husband) and I took a NYC for two years, I moved to Washington, D.C. I graduated from law school in 2012 and took In an effort to make this as helpful as possible, I want to give a timeline and overview of what the process looked like for me, and perhaps follow up with additional posts about specific hurdles I faced.īut first, you might be wondering a bit about me and why on earth Iĭecided to leave my life and career in the U.S. I am forever grateful to those bloggers, and I want to pay it forward and hopefully help others by sharing my experience. It all started with a vague Google search to the effect of: “ American lawyer in Canada.” I found a couple of blog posts from others who had gone through the process, but not much else. I had to figure this out completely on my own. I knew very few people in Toronto at the time none of whom were lawyers. before embarking on this process in June 2017. I’m American and had a successful career in the U.S. My story is a bit different from many NCA students.