LSO Cancellation of ON March Bar Exams

[PalomaBlanca]

Just curious - any information on what happened?

[Pendragon]

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/licensing-examinations-cancelled-to-protect-public-interest-and-integrity-of-examination-process-836485037.html 

[epeeist]

A news story (discussing a little more than above but not a huge amount):

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/03/05/law-society-of-ontario-cancels-upcoming-bar-exams-after-content-allegedly-leaked-to-some-candidates.html

[WUDALA]

Does anyone have a guess on when they would reschedule? hopefully, not till summer....

[penguin]

2 hours ago, WUDALA said:

Does anyone have a guess on when they would reschedule? hopefully, not till summer....

It wouldn't make sense to reschedule to summer considering there's already a June test date 

[epeeist]

Toronto Star additional story though based on what one anonymous candidate said...

"...

“I can help you ... if interested,” read the post from someone claiming to work for the National Committee on Accreditation, a Canadian legal advisory group involved in law school admissions.

For roughly $1,000, the person wrote late last year, any “interested candidates” could get “leaked questions and answers” to the bar admission exam, the final hurdle to becoming an Ontario lawyer. The law student, who the Star agreed not to name due to his fear that it will impact his job search, concluded the message was a scam — and he wasn’t interested in cheating anyway.

Months later, he’s left wondering if the offer was connected to the Law Society of Ontario’s bombshell announcement this month that it received information that “strongly indicates” portions of the exam had, in fact, been leaked to prospective Ontario lawyers, including some who may have got a license after cheating..."

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/03/14/why-an-investigation-into-cheating-on-ontario-bar-exams-may-point-to-a-15-billion-online-industry.html

[cherrytree]

On 3/7/2022 at 12:40 PM, WUDALA said:

Does anyone have a guess on when they would reschedule? hopefully, not till summer....

From what I heard, Barristers is rescheduled for the first week of April, Solicitors will be the last week of April. The candidates will be writing the exams in person, I assume in a big convention centre like the pre-pandemic years.