How is being a Fox Scholar different from being a pupil?
Being a Fox Scholar is more like being an articling student in Canada. As you are not actually an articling student in Canada, you will be unable to undertake any advocacy. However, you will attend court with the Canadian lawyers and have the opportunity to prepare legal documents, such as factums, statements of defence, and research memos. Ask to see precedents, or samples, of these before you start, as the style may be quite different to the skeleton arguments, particulars of claim and opinions you drafted at Bar School. Some firms will have large banks of memos that you can consult.   Get involved by showing interest early on and volunteering to work on tasks that need to be done. If you attend court, always take as full a note as you can—it might be helpful later.   Past scholars have found the significant benefits of their placement include seeing the fused system at work, being intimately exposed to many complex cases—often in areas different from those you will ultimately practise—and experiencing the working and advocacy styles of many different lawyers.