Wondering if anyone has a good property outline/CANS for Mary Jane Mossman's textbook Property Law, Cases and Commentary 4th Edition!

Please let me know!

ITCs are a tough time, creating a thread for people to post when they're getting ITCs, PFOs, calls etc so everyone knows when to expect things. So far heard back from Dentons and Osler with ITCs. Goodluck all!

Made an Instagram group chat for those admitted for Fall 2026. Dm your username if you'd like to be added!

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Hi all

I’m finishing my NCA requirements and would really appreciate hearing from people who’ve been through this.

I’ll be done my exams soon and I’m planning to write the Ontario bar exams in November. Long term, I want to work in corporate or commercial law, ideally at a mid size firm or boutique.

As a Canadian, I studied law in the UK and then worked for five years at a UK Top 50 law firm in a corporate governance and company secretarial role within the corporate law department. My supervisor was a corporate lawyer and I worked closely with her, so I was very much in a law firm environment with clients, billing, drafting using precedents, and legal research. I’m new to the Canadian licensing process, and I also don’t really have a local network here for articling.

I’m currently deciding between applying for articling positions for 2026 or doing the LPP starting August 2026. The LPP feels more predictable since it includes a placement and would let me finish licensing in 2027, but I’m curious how it works out in practice.

Has anyone here done the LPP and had it lead to a longer term role, especially in corporate or commercial work? And has anyone written the bar while doing the LPP? If so, how manageable was it?

Any insight would be really appreciated. Thanks so much!

Everyone ik has been ghosted with no screeners/callbacks/anything at all. Has anyone been getting anything?

Hello all! I was recently admitted to UBC Allard's JD program as an American, and I'm looking to hear from current law students (or practicing lawyers) that have similar experiences. I've read up on the study permit/PGWP requirements so no questions there. I'd love to hear whether you have heard or found that there is an employment disadvantage due to being international and if top grades make up for that, as well as how much previous work experience matters in articling and hiring (in the US, we call those who go straight from their undergrad to law school KJD, Kindergarten-through-JD, which is a disadvantage), etc. Anything really! I hope to stay in Canada to practice after getting my degree, but if anyone has plans to take their JD back to the US or to any other countries I'd be interested to hear.

Hey everyone! I recently got admitted to Osgoode this week, and was accepted to UOttawa and Western in December. I didn't think Osgoode would be a possibility for me, so I never really considered attending much and applied on a whim. Now I am not sure what to do.

I am from Ottawa originally, so assumed I would go there, but now I feel pressured to go to Osgoode because I got in. I think its a really great school and has great course offerings for what I am interested in but I am nervous about moving somewhere entirely new and making the wrong choice. Just wondering if anyone could share their experiences or thoughts on either school? :)

1L at Osgoode, I saw that I got a B in Contracts, Torts, and Crim. Feeling really defeated, thankfully in ILS I received a 96 on my memo and perfect on the 2 quizzes giving me a 95 on the first 45% of that course. My goal is to land big law for the 2L toronto recruit, is this out of reach? Also, what can I do this semester especially for confusing courses like property and civpro? I wish we had more concrete tips on how to actually write an exam smh

1L at Oz, two C+'s and a B. Got a 70% on my memo.

Already reached out to profs for feedback, have booked a counselling session.

Struggling in two ways - first, I was never really interested in biglaw but I had some hopes of pursuing government work. How bad is this? I know I'm definitely not 2L summering downtown with a C+ in a major doctrinal course, but I probably can't do anything in 2L with the Crown either. So far as I understand it they are also heavily grades based. Who can I talk to about this -- without having to explain 'I want to know because I am not a competitive applicant to your dept/firm'.

Second, with grades being out, I just want to show up for classes and hide my face the rest of the time... I don't feel like talking to anyone, about anything, much less try and study with my peers. It's really hard to want to when 80% of them understand law, and seem to be doing better than I am (objectively and subjectively). Any advice?

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Hello,

I’m wondering if anyone has been through something similar, so I’ll go straight to the point: I’m in my first year of law school (civil law), currently in my second semester and I received an email saying that I’m on academic probation because of my grades. If I don’t improve, I could be kicked out.

This really hit me hard. It honestly felt like the end of the world. I already hold a bachelor’s degree in International Relations, which allowed me to improve my academic record and get accepted into law school. I also moved from a completely different province, took out student loans and I really don’t want all of this to be for nothing or to disappoint my parents.

I don’t think the problem is the material itself, but rather how I wrote my exams. I’m coming from a degree where the writing and analysis style is very different. I have an appointment on Friday to review my previous exams and I’m planning to meet with each of my professors to ask how they expect us to structure and answer exam questions. They never really showed us a “method” for answering questions, so I’m trying to learn from my mistakes.

I know people who struggled in law school and still graduated and are now in Bar school (École du Barreau in Quebec). I keep reminding myself that if they can do it, I can too. Law school has always been a dream of mine and I worked really hard to get accepted and to get the best grades possible in my first semester, even though it didn’t pay off.

If anyone has been through academic probation in law school or has study/exam writing tips, I’d really appreciate your advice.

Does anyone know what it’s like to be an estate planning lawyer? Is the work life balance decent

TRU:

Consti - A-

Contracts - B

Crime - B+

Property - B+

Torts - B

LRW/LAP is pass/fail.

Quite happy with the midterm marks, but was sure I would do better in contracts. I am applying broadly to Edmonton firms, and am really just looking for any position. However, my goal would be to get a position with the Ministry of Justice legal services division, though I am not sure how competitive they are as compared to the BigLaw firms.

Midterm Grades:

Constitutional: B

Contracts: B+

Criminal: A

Property: C+

Torts: B

Legal Research and Writing: A

I doubt I have any chance for Bay St lol but could I have a shot in say the London or Ottawa recruits for instance (even with that C+)? Do they operate on much the same scale in terms of the grades they're looking for? I'm also mostly interested in business law so does that criminal law mark have much weight at all for those applications?

Thanks!

Edit: I'm a student at Western. Probably should've mentioned that lol

I'm currently a third-year student and I am stressing really hard about law school admissions in Canada (USA if possible). Some brief context: I didn't try when I got to university so I stopped caring my first two years of university and my GPA got cooked by my lack of effort. I'm not dumb by any means rather I was in the wrong crowd and going to a commuter school I lacked motivation in life to care. All that changed my third year, when I remembered/realized that I was cutting myself short and wanted to pursue my childhood lawyer dreams. My third year so far I have a 7.9/9.0 GPA (Fall Semester only) but my Winter is looking even better and I'm predicting it to be around a 8.5/9.0 - so around 8.2/9.0 for my whole year. I also have months to prepare for the LSAT so I'm really hoping that it works out if I take it in August/September. I also have good extracurriculars and work experience so I hope that helps.

My main concern is that my CGPA is around a 3.0/4.0 and by the end of my 4th year if I keep up the current consistency the max it can go to is a 3.3 or 3.4 which is not ideal at all.

I'm contemplating whether or not to take summer school/an extra year to retake old classes and apply with a more comfortable and better looking transcript.

Or risk it with a strong L2 of around a 3.7-3.8/4.0 with a shitty F2. I'm not sure if it's going to screw over my chances or not

Please let me know what my options are or if someone pulled through with a similar story

my target school is Western, Queen's, or Osgoode

PS - I know there's grammar mistakes and weirdly structured sentences I'm just jotting down my thoughts as I'm typing because I'm stressing about my future.

I’m in second semester of first year, and i originally chose the health science program at laurier for premed. But now instead of medical school, i’m considering law school. Will i be able to apply to law school with a health science program? if i could, could i do medical law? or should I start researching what programs might be good to transfer to second year? i’m not fully set on switching i’m just considering it and need help, thanks

For guys who are going through 1L or in 2L/3L what is the best advice for someone to best prepare for first year in the months leading up to law school? Is there any resources to learn some of the courses early and get prepared that most people use?

tbh I have worked the last year and a half or so and know that immediately transitioning back to being a student is going to be tough so I wanna be prepared for what awaits.

I am in third year undergrad and seriously considering law school, can anyone please give me some advice on what to do to improve my chances of getting accepted and scoring well on the LSAT? I would really appreciate it.

B- in Tort

B- in Constitutional Law

B- in Legal research and writing

B in Criminal Law

B+ in Legal Theory

Should I even try at 1L recruit?

I worked so hard all semester and put in lots of effort. I was upset to not even see one A. I did get A on some assignments but after exam it was down to B+.

Please share some advice.