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Originally Posted by Bardp1999
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Canadian lawyer has the same schooling as American fast food cook. kekeke
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I studied two years at a US law school and two years at a canadian law school. I have law degrees in both countries now. Canada was more difficult.
US was focused on memorization and understanding material - exams were 'closed book' for the most part and the professors practiced the Socratic 'cold call' method:
"Mr. Sinseeker, stand up. tell us the facts of the case, what was the rule, and what was the holding?"
Everyone did their readings/homework for fear of getting cold called and not knowing the answer in front of your peers. You were graded on participation (upwards of 20% of your grade) People were competitive but more to show-off than anything.
Canada was more focused on accessing information and applying material - exams were almost exclusive 'open book' and posed hypothetical scenarios to apply the rules to. There was less accountability (no cold calling) so almost no one participated in the lectures. no hand raising, no reading of facts. Lots of lecturing and not much conversation. I found it very boring. Maybe thats why I thought it was more difficult. The exams were pretty hard.
Canadian students are cutthroat. The year before I started, students had gone around tearing key pages out of the law books in the library so other students couldn't study properly. That kind of stuff. I preferred studying in the US though I wouldn't want to live/practice there.