Paralegal Licensing Exam (P1) pacerParalegal Licensing Exam (P1) pacer
The P1 gives you 160 questions and four and a half hours, which is about a minute and forty seconds each. Nobody can keep that sum running in their head for a whole exam. Print this chart, glance at the clock, and you know at once whether you are ahead or behind.
Your pacer
Set the length of your P1Writing with an accommodation? Enter the time the Law Society actually gave you. The standard chart would push you to hurry through minutes that are yours to use.
Your P1 pacing chart
- Questions
- 160
- Session time
- 4:30:00
- Minutes per question
- 0:01:41
- Starts at
- 10:00 am
- Ends at
- 2:30 pm
Counting down
| Time remaining | Question you should be on |
|---|---|
| 4:30:00 | 0 |
| 4:21:34 | 5 |
| 4:13:08 | 10 |
| 4:04:41 | 15 |
| 3:56:15 | 20 |
| 3:47:49 | 25 |
| 3:39:23 | 30 |
| 3:30:56 | 35 |
| 3:22:30 | 40 |
| 3:14:04 | 45 |
| 3:05:38 | 50 |
| 2:57:11 | 55 |
| 2:48:45 | 60 |
| 2:40:19 | 65 |
| 2:31:52 | 70 |
| 2:23:26 | 75 |
| 2:15:00 | 80 |
| 2:06:34 | 85 |
| 1:58:07 | 90 |
| 1:49:41 | 95 |
| 1:41:15 | 100 |
| 1:32:49 | 105 |
| 1:24:22 | 110 |
| 1:15:56 | 115 |
| 1:07:30 | 120 |
| 0:59:04 | 125 |
| 0:50:37 | 130 |
| 0:42:11 | 135 |
| 0:33:45 | 140 |
| 0:25:19 | 145 |
| 0:16:52 | 150 |
| 0:08:26 | 155 |
| 0:00:00 | 160 |
Counting upTwo tables, because a printed sheet cannot know how the clock in your exam room runs. Most count down to zero. If yours counts up from zero, use the second table and carry on.
| Time elapsed | Question you should be on |
|---|---|
| 0:00:00 | 0 |
| 0:08:26 | 5 |
| 0:16:52 | 10 |
| 0:25:19 | 15 |
| 0:33:45 | 20 |
| 0:42:11 | 25 |
| 0:50:37 | 30 |
| 0:59:04 | 35 |
| 1:07:30 | 40 |
| 1:15:56 | 45 |
| 1:24:22 | 50 |
| 1:32:49 | 55 |
| 1:41:15 | 60 |
| 1:49:41 | 65 |
| 1:58:07 | 70 |
| 2:06:34 | 75 |
| 2:15:00 | 80 |
| 2:23:26 | 85 |
| 2:31:52 | 90 |
| 2:40:19 | 95 |
| 2:48:45 | 100 |
| 2:57:11 | 105 |
| 3:05:38 | 110 |
| 3:14:04 | 115 |
| 3:22:30 | 120 |
| 3:30:56 | 125 |
| 3:39:23 | 130 |
| 3:47:49 | 135 |
| 3:56:15 | 140 |
| 4:04:41 | 145 |
| 4:13:08 | 150 |
| 4:21:34 | 155 |
| 4:30:00 | 160 |
Time of dayA third table shows the actual time. Exam rooms now tend to display the wall clock instead of a timer, and with the P1 starting at 10:00 am you can glance at the screen and find your row straight away. A different start time goes in the box above.
| Clock reads | Question you should be on |
|---|---|
| 10:00:00 am | 0 |
| 10:08:26 am | 5 |
| 10:16:52 am | 10 |
| 10:25:19 am | 15 |
| 10:33:45 am | 20 |
| 10:42:11 am | 25 |
| 10:50:37 am | 30 |
| 10:59:04 am | 35 |
| 11:07:30 am | 40 |
| 11:15:56 am | 45 |
| 11:24:22 am | 50 |
| 11:32:49 am | 55 |
| 11:41:15 am | 60 |
| 11:49:41 am | 65 |
| 11:58:07 am | 70 |
| 12:06:34 pm | 75 |
| 12:15:00 pm | 80 |
| 12:23:26 pm | 85 |
| 12:31:52 pm | 90 |
| 12:40:19 pm | 95 |
| 12:48:45 pm | 100 |
| 12:57:11 pm | 105 |
| 1:05:38 pm | 110 |
| 1:14:04 pm | 115 |
| 1:22:30 pm | 120 |
| 1:30:56 pm | 125 |
| 1:39:23 pm | 130 |
| 1:47:49 pm | 135 |
| 1:56:15 pm | 140 |
| 2:04:41 pm | 145 |
| 2:13:08 pm | 150 |
| 2:21:34 pm | 155 |
| 2:30:00 pm | 160 |
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How to get the most from it
- Look at the chart at the end of a section, or once every fifteen questions or so. Checking after every question costs time and raises your pulse for nothing.
- Print it and keep it beside you for every mock exam. By exam day a glance should be a habit, and you should already know whether you tend to start slow or finish slow.
- Behind by five questions? Win them back a little at a time over the next forty. Sprinting through the next ten is how easy marks get thrown away.
- The quickest time saving is looking things up less. Read the question properly, answer from what you know where you can, and open the materials only when you have to.
- Pick an answer before you move on, every time, even if you flag the question to come back to. A blank earns nothing, and the clock may not let you return.
To see where your own time goes, our full-length mock exams time every answer and chart your pace across the paper. The study planner covers the weeks before.
Confirm your own examination length and any accommodations with the Law Society of Ontario. This chart is a study aid made by LexPD. It is not published or endorsed by the Law Society.