Young at Law
Tackling Your Bar Exams with Confidence and Choosing to Write them in French: A Strategic and Identity-Based Choice
Every year, many Francophone law students in Ontario face a critical choice: to write the Bar exam in English or French. Despite their fluency in French, many opt for English, often out of pragmatism or fear. Materials in French are perceived as taking longer to study, there is limited access to practical exams, and there is a lack of indexes or adapted tools. At first glance, these considerations may seem to justify the choice of English. But this perception deserves qualification.