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Notes for Ontario licensing candidates
Study strategy, indexing advice, and plain explanations of how the Barrister and Solicitor examinations are built and graded, from the tutors at OntarioBarExam.com.
27 Oct 2026 · The OntarioBarExam.com tutors
Guessing well is a skill. Practise it
No penalty for wrong answers means every blank is a donated mark. But the real gap is between random guessing and reasoned guessing, and the reasoned kind can be trained.
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Section 3 of 4
Criminal Law
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Planning your study
Your scores will plateau. Here is what that means
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A free way to find out where you stand
13 Oct 2026
Rereading feels like studying. It mostly isn't
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Six weeks out: a plan that survives contact with your life
3 Oct 2026
NCA candidates and the Ontario licensing exams
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How to choose a bar exam prep provider
18 Sept 2026
Writing for the second time
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Should you sit one exam or both in the same sitting?
11 Sept 2026
A realistic study schedule for the Ontario bar exams
14 Aug 2026
How long should you study for the Ontario bar exams?
12 Aug 2026
Introducing OntarioBarExam.com
31 Jul 2026
On exam day
The last week before the exam
26 Oct 2026
Declare index freeze
24 Oct 2026
Answer the question that was asked
17 Oct 2026
Exam day should be the fifth time, not the first
15 Oct 2026
Some questions don't count. Stop trying to guess which
10 Oct 2026
Case-based questions: one fact pattern, several ways to lose a mark
8 Oct 2026
Testing accommodations: preparing when your conditions are different
26 Aug 2026
How many minutes per question, and what to do when you fall behind
24 Aug 2026
How to actually use your index on exam day
21 Aug 2026
Open book doesn't mean easy
17 Aug 2026
Can you train yourself to concentrate for 4.5 hours?
10 Aug 2026
Nobody runs a marathon without training for it
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Pace across the paper
Seconds a question, 20 questions at a time, on your latest sitting.
Demo account, fictional results.
Using your report
What a second mock knows that your first one doesn't
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What the peer average can tell you, and what it can't
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Did changing your answers help you or cost you?
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The review screen is the product. Here is how to use it
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What your first mock exam report is actually telling you
22 Sept 2026
The questions you got wrong quickly are the ones to study first
19 Aug 2026
Area of law categories
How you did in each area of law against the peer average. The widest gap comes first.
Your scorePeer averageExplanations unlock at 55% overall
Criminal Law
60%−7
Civil Litigation
64%−3
Family Law
71%+2
Public Law
76%+5
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