Quebec Ethics Exam: Precious Tips

Quebec Ethics Exam: Precious Tips

​The ethics exam is quickly approaching and you are wondering what to expect and some tricks to prepare accordingly. With a very high degrees of accuracy, I am comfortable stating that your ethics exam will likely comprise of the following: 12 points for ethical...

You Say You Want a Revolution: Quebec Bar School Reform

You Say You Want a Revolution: Quebec Bar School Reform

After talking about our Quebec Bar School reform for many years, it appears like it is finally going to happen. Starting with a pilot project in the 2022–2023 academic year, a full transformation is scheduled to occur as of the 2023 – 2024 academic year. In a...

What Topics will be on my Bar Exam?: Statistics Since 2011

What Topics will be on my Bar Exam?: Statistics Since 2011

Roughly one month before the Quebec Bar Exam and the retake exam, the topics (subjects) for that examination are released. Although at first glance, this means that you need to wait until the topics are released to really start studying as you don't know yet what will...

Quebec Bar: What not to Study

Quebec Bar: What not to Study

Time is precious and the Bar Exam is quickly approaching, so what can you avoid studying to focus on the essentials? If you’re looking for a long list of subjects which are never on the exam, unfortunately you’re out of luck. The Barreau du Québec chooses new...

Quebec Bar Rewrite: Recalibrate and Take Notes on Exam Questions

Quebec Bar Rewrite: Recalibrate and Take Notes on Exam Questions

Maybe the Quebec Bar Exam didn’t go exactly as you would have liked or you just want to prepare better for this first round of the exam, this post will look at some strategies to improve your score on the Bar exam. The rewrite or “la reprise” is a mulligan, a quick...

Recent Quebec Bar Exam Questions

Recent Quebec Bar Exam Questions

The Quebec Bar Exam is quickly approaching and you're wondering how to do your final prep. I can't emphasize enough the importance of doing past exams early during your study process as this will help you better understand how the Barreau du Quebec asks questions and...

Codes: Which Ones to Choose and How to Annotate

Codes: Which Ones to Choose and How to Annotate

Just some answers to the common questions of which codes to choose, how to annotate, and whether you should read the Collection de droit. So, you’re writing the Quebec Bar and one of the first questions which you will be confronted with is which codes to buy (by codes...

Quebec Bar Past Ethics Exams

Quebec Bar Past Ethics Exams

After starting Quebec Bar School, before you know it, you have to write the ethics exam. This exam is your first exposure to bar-style questions and students often do quite poorly on it. I would say that roughly half of all students writing the exam fail it and those...

Quebec Bar Past Equivalency Exams

Quebec Bar Past Equivalency Exams

Short on time, equivalency exams are the answer for you. These exams pack more subjects into one exam than do the Quebec Bar Past Exams. This page contains all of the past Quebec Bar equivalency exams with solution sheets (and without annotations) that I was able to...

Past Quebec Bar Exams vs. Current Bar Exams

Past Quebec Bar Exams vs. Current Bar Exams

The Quebec Bar Exam is now around the corner and you’ve been preparing for months, but you only have past bar exams up to 2004, so is it worthwhile to do these old exams and are they even similar to current examinations? This is the topic of today’s post. (Past exams...

Quebec Bar Past Exams

Quebec Bar Past Exams

Here are all of the past Quebec Bar exams (without annotations) with solution sheets I was able to find divided by topic. None are more recent than 2004, but here they are so that everyone has access to them to level the playing field. Although the exams are not fully...

Bar Exam Drafting Questions: What to Expect?

Bar Exam Drafting Questions: What to Expect?

Drafting Questions: Analyzed through a past exam question on Obligations During the first day of the Quebec Bar Exams (it used to be the second), you’ll be faced with a drafting question (redaction). Generally, this question asks you to write the conclusions for some...

Quebec Bar Short Answer Cardinal Rules

Quebec Bar Short Answer Cardinal Rules

Short answer questions: analyzed through a business law bar question Let’s start with the Golden Rule. It isn’t “do unto others as you would have then do unto you”, rather it’s about how many articles to cite along with your answer. When answering a question, cite one...

Bar Exam Questions: What to Expect?

Bar Exam Questions: What to Expect?

A typical labour law multiple-choice question So, the Quebec Bar exam is coming up and you want to know what you’re getting into. If you think that the exam is going to resemble the preparatory annexes, you’re in for a bad surprise. The exam is totally different. For...