Afghanistan Defense Attorney Entrance Exam study plan

Map the Criminal Law (15%) syllabus into a checklist of every offense category and general principle you must master

Outline the constitutional structure of the Afghan legal system, including sources of law and hierarchy of norms

Define each element of the major offense categories in your own words and flag any you cannot state confidently

Draft a one-page hierarchy-of-law diagram from memory and correct it against your notes

Apply general principles (mens rea, causation, attempt, complicity, defenses) to five short hypotheticals

Sequence the pretrial process from arrest through indictment and identify the statutory basis for each step

Compare substantive offense elements against the procedural steps that prove them

List the rights triggered at each pretrial stage

Draft a suppression-style motion challenging a pretrial violation, citing the governing procedure

Build a defense theory template that ties facts, elements, and procedural defects together

Practice a 10-minute client intake that surfaces procedural and substantive defenses

Identify the three most common pretrial errors and the remedy for each

Write an opening statement and a direct-examination outline for a mock case

Classify evidence by type and state the admissibility rule and objection ground for each

Draft five objections with the legal basis stated in one sentence each

Deliver a recorded 5-minute opening statement and self-critique it against a checklist

Apply exclusionary and privilege rules to three evidence scenarios and predict outcomes

Summarize the attorney discipline framework, including duties of candor, confidentiality, and conflicts

Resolve two conflicts-of-interest scenarios using the disciplinary rules

Cross-reference evidentiary privileges with the confidentiality duty

Draft a disciplinary-complaint response that applies the rule, facts, and sanction range

Outline the core doctrines of contract, property, and tort law relevant to criminal-adjacent civil claims

Distinguish civil liability standards from criminal standards in two short comparisons

Identify the civil remedies available to a criminal defendant harmed by procedural abuse

Map fair-trial guarantees to the specific pretrial and trial stages where each applies

Draft a human-rights-based argument section citing the applicable guarantee and remedy

Apply civil foundations to a restitution or damages question arising from a criminal case

List the fair-trial guarantees most often invoked in defense motions

Draft a full practice exam answer under timed conditions across all nine domains

Revise your weakest three domains using your flagged checklist items from weeks 1-7

Edit two prior deliverables for citation accuracy, structure, and clarity

Self-score the timed exam and record the rationale for every missed item