去加拿大读法律？不知道Bar怎么行！

很多学生想通过在加拿大读法律项目，进而通过加拿大律师从业资格考试，我们就一起来了解一下—如何规划自己的学业及律师考试吧！

加拿大法学院在研究生阶段开设两种学位：法律硕士LLM和法律博士JD。

LLM学制1-2年，要求学生本科必须是法律专业，GPA80-85分，雅思7-7.5分。适合国内本科学法律的学生选择，可以快速拿到北美的法律硕士学位回国工作。

JD学制3年，虽然名字叫做法学博士，实际上等同于LLB，即Bachelor of Law。想要在北美从事律师的工作，一般都要通过JD的3年学习，在此学习阶段，学校会强制性安排法律实习以满足加拿大律师从业执照的考试要求。JD的申请要求：本科不限专业，GPA 至少在3.7以上，需要参加法学院入学考试LSAT，申请难度较大，对国际学生比较保守，基本上都是加拿大本地人在读JD。

在加拿大，负责律师从业资格考试common law Bar的是加拿大联邦法律协会NCA 

（National Committee on Accreditation ）。

1. 想要参加加拿大的common law Bar考试，申请者的教育背景和课程必须要先通过NCA的评估。申请者必须在之前的学习中涵盖以下课程才可：

NCA assessments focus on the core common law subjects in which applicants must demonstrate competence, including five Canadian subjects which are mandatory for all applicants. They are:

· Canadian Administrative Law

  (mandatory)

· Canadian Constitutional Law  

 (mandatory)

· Canadian Criminal Law 

 (mandatory)

· Foundations of Canadian Law 

 (mandatory)

·Canadian Professional Responsibility 

 (mandatory)

· Contracts

· Torts

· Property

A document explaining the mandatory nature of the indicated course is available where indicated.

请注意：以上课程中有5门(mandatory)强制性提交的课程，必须是在受加拿大认可的法学院完成的。申请者可以通过以下几种教育途径来修完这些课程：

-One year of an LL.M., plus a Legal Practise Course (LPC) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) in the UK. 英国一年制的LLM硕士，带法律实习课程。

-Two one-year LL.M. programs (If you choose this option, you could complete an LL.M. at any approved law school in any common law jurisdiction, however, you would need to take the five mandatory Canadian subject areas at an approved Canadian law school, or successfully complete the five corresponding NCA challenge exams after completing two full years of in-class study). 两个一年制的LLM硕士项目

-One two-year LL.M. program 一个2年制的LLM硕士项目

2. 除了具备以上课程之外，申请者还需要完成NCA官网制定的法律实习articles with a law firm；实习时间一般要求在10个月左右；

3. 然后再参加职业法律培训课程take the professional legal training course；

4. 之后才能去参加真正的律师从业资格考试pass the professional exams to be called to the bar in a province。

5. 此外如果申请者的法律学位不是在英语国家完成的，那么还需要提交雅思成绩，要求达到四个单项7.

最后我们来总结一下吧：

Foreign trained lawyers who wish to practice in Canada will first need to have their education and experience assessed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada’s National Committee on   

Accreditation.

Upon having received a certificate of accreditation from the National Committee on Accreditation, foreign law graduates would then have to obtain articles with a law firm, take the professional legal training course, and pass the professional exams to be called to the bar in a province.

外国律师想要在加拿大成为执业律师，必须要通过当地的律师资格考试即Bar.

在加拿大考Bar的前提是：拿到加拿大本地认可的学历并且完成制定的前提课程，然后找到加拿大本地的法律实习（有专门的申请网站，一般在10个月左右）；然后参加职业法律培训课程之后就可以去考当地的律师资格考试了.