ON Solicitor Exam study plan

Map the Civil Litigation domain into its tested sub-areas - commencement and pleadings, motions and interlocutory steps, discovery, pre-trial procedure, trial, costs - and assign each a study slot in a written tracker.

Draft a one-page flowchart of a civil action from notice of action through judgment and costs, marking every limitation and procedural deadline you can verify against primary sources.

Solve 30 practice questions on pleadings, service, and default/Summary Judgment and log every wrong answer with the rule you missed and its source.

Build a personal rule index (rule number, plain-language rule, trigger fact pattern) covering at least 20 Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure provisions you have already encountered.

Work through discovery and pre-trial procedure: documentary and oral discovery, refusals and motions to compel, undertakings, and mandatory mediation where applicable.

Analyze 10 fact patterns on motions, interlocutory appeals, and costs awards, writing a short issue-spotting outline for each before checking the answer.

Practice drafting two litigation documents under time pressure (a statement of claim and a notice of motion) and self-mark against a checklist of required elements.

Re-test every question missed in week 1 and confirm you can state the governing rule without notes.

Outline the Real Estate Transactions domain: agreement of purchase and sale, conditions and waivers, title and requisitions, closing adjustments, and registration.

Trace the money flow in a residential resale closing by building a sample statement of adjustments with deposit, adjustments, and net proceeds.

Explain, in writing, how requisition dates, title searches, and title insurance interact, and identify which defects a purchaser must raise before the deadline.

Complete 25 practice questions on APS conditions, title, and closing mechanics, logging missed rules with citations.

Cover commercial real estate and lender-side issues: commercial leases, mortgages, and the solicitor's role in a secured transaction.

Summarize the Ontario Land Transfer Tax calculation and the reporting/registration steps at closing in your own words.

Begin the Business Law domain by mapping corporate law: incorporation, articles, by-laws, share structure, and the roles of directors, officers, and shareholders.

Complete a cumulative mixed set of 40 questions drawn from Civil Litigation, Real Estate, and Corporate fundamentals.

Work through corporate governance and shareholder remedies: unanimous shareholder agreements, oppression, derivative actions, and dissent rights.

Outline commercial transactions: asset versus share purchases, representations and warranties, and closing mechanics.

Draft a short memo advising a hypothetical client on whether to buy assets or shares, giving at least three legal reasons.

Solve 30 questions on corporate and commercial topics and rewrite each missed rule as a one-sentence flashcard.

Map Estates and Trusts: testamentary capacity and formal validity, intestacy, dependant support, and probate procedure.

Draft a checklist for taking instructions on a will and identifying capacity, undue influence, and conflict-of-interest issues.

Outline trusts: creation requirements, resulting and constructive trusts, trustee duties, and fiduciary accounting.

Complete 30 practice questions on estates and trusts and reconcile every answer to a primary authority.

Cover Family Law essentials: marriage and cohabitation, separation agreements, equalization of net family property, support, and parenting decisions.

Compute a simplified equalization calculation from a supplied set of asset and debt figures and show your steps.

Cover Bankruptcy and Insolvency: assignments, proposals, proofs of claim, priorities, and the impact of bankruptcy on family and employment claims.

Complete 25 mixed family and insolvency questions and record the interaction points between the two domains.

Cover Employment Law: wrongful dismissal, just cause, constructive dismissal, ESA minimums, and human rights in hiring and termination.

Cover Administrative Law: procedural fairness, standard of review, statutory appeals versus judicial review, and tribunal jurisdiction.

Run two full timed mixed mock exams under exam conditions and score them by domain.

Consolidate all error logs into a single revision sheet and schedule spaced reviews of the weakest 20 items.