Ontario Paralegal Licensing study plan

Map the LSO conduct rules on competence, confidentiality, and conflicts into a personal indexed checklist.

Apply the conflict-of-interest rules to five hypothetical retainers and state accept-or-decline with written reasons.

Sequence a summary criminal proceeding from first appearance to trial, noting the paralegal's duty at each stage.

Explain in plain client-facing language the rights engaged on arrest and detention.

Draft a sample retainer clause set covering scope, fees, disbursements, and withdrawal.

Build a table of the most frequently charged offences with their essential elements and the burden on the Crown for each.

Apply the disclosure rules to a fact pattern and draft the disclosure request letter a paralegal would send.

Outline judicial interim release procedure, including who bears the burden of showing cause and typical conditions.

Distinguish summary, indictable, and hybrid offences and state the limitation and procedural consequences of each.

Self-test on 40 ethics-and-criminal items and log every error against the rule it violated.

Chart the Small Claims Court stream from plaintiff's claim through settlement conference, trial, and enforcement.

Calculate limitation periods and identify discoverability issues in three dated fact patterns.

Draft a Plaintiff's Claim and a Defence that satisfy the pleading requirements.

State the monetary and equitable jurisdiction limits of the court and give a worked example of each.

Prepare a ten-minute evidence plan for a small claims trial applying relevance, hearsay exceptions, and document authentication.

Outline enforcement remedies including garnishment and examination in aid of execution.

Describe the content of procedural fairness and identify what it requires in three tribunal scenarios.

Compare tribunal powers under the statutory procedure legislation with the powers of a court.

Apply the fairness factors to three fact patterns and write a short submission for each.

Draft a request for reconsideration and an outline of a judicial review application.

Distinguish the standards of review and state which applies to a tribunal's decision on a question of law.

Map the jurisdiction and process of two Ontario tribunals that a paralegal commonly appears before.

Outline the divorce and separation process and state the grounds and defences available.

Calculate child support under the applicable table approach and the special-expenses framework for two scenarios.

Draft a case brief for a parenting-time and decision-making scenario applying the best-interests factors.

Explain property division and the equalization calculation step by step.

Compare statutory minimum entitlements with common law reasonable notice for three dismissal scenarios.

Identify the forum and deadline for a wrongful dismissal, a human rights complaint, and a workers' compensation claim arising from the same facts.

Outline grievance arbitration and the duty to bargain in good faith.

Re-test the two weakest family law areas identified in week 6 and correct each missed rule.

Sit two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions.

Convert every missed question into a standalone rule statement for a final review sheet.

Rehearse the highest-yield rules for each of the six domains in a 90-minute active-recall session.

Confirm exam-day logistics including permitted materials, identification, and a timing plan per question.