Afghanistan Legal Stage Entrance Exam study plan

Diagram the stages of an ordinary civil lawsuit from filing to final judgment, labeling each deadline

Distinguish the jurisdictional thresholds and competence of primary courts, appeals courts, and the Supreme Court in civil matters

Outline the sequence of criminal investigation, indictment, trial, and appeal, noting the rights triggered at each stage

Compare the roles of the prosecutor and defense counsel in pre-trial criminal procedure

Apply the rules on burden of proof and admissibility to short fact patterns in civil and criminal cases

Draft a civil claim petition and a criminal complaint from provided facts

Identify nullity grounds and procedural defects that can be raised on appeal

Explain the limits on pre-trial detention and the remedies available for unlawful detention

Map the constitutional structure: separation of powers, fundamental rights, and the hierarchy of norms

Analyze how constitutional review operates and which body exercises it

Draft a short legal memorandum applying a constitutional right to a hypothetical statute

Practice IRAC structuring on one constitutional and one drafting prompt under timed conditions

Draft a statement of claim and a statement of defense with proper headings, parties, prayers, and verification

Construct direct and cross-examination question sets for a witness in a mock trial scenario

Apply the rules of professional conduct to conflict-of-interest and confidentiality scenarios

Identify the rules governing privileged communications and their exceptions

Trace the life cycle of a company from registration through dissolution, naming the filings at each step

Distinguish the main business forms and the liability of owners and managers in each

Classify real rights and explain how ownership, servitudes, and mortgages are created and transferred

Explain land registration, title documentation, and the priority rules among competing claims

Apply the rules on marriage formation, dowry, maintenance, and divorce to short personal-status scenarios

Explain custody and guardianship standards and how the child's best interests are weighed

Outline the grounds and procedure for challenging an administrative decision

Distinguish administrative acts from judicial and contractual acts in classification exercises

Summarize the core employment protections: contracts, wages, termination, and dispute resolution

Explain social insurance coverage and the worker's remedies for unlawful dismissal

Apply the rules on relevance, hearsay-type limits, and documentary evidence to evidence problems

Resolve ethics scenarios involving fees, advertising, and duties to the court and to opposing counsel

Take two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and log every wrong answer by domain

Re-drill the three weakest domains until error rates fall below 20%

Rehearse a timed drafting task and a timed oral advocacy segment

Finalize a one-page rule sheet per domain for last-week review