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Albania Bar Exam (Provimi i Avokatisë) study plan

Albania Bar Exam (Provimi i Avokatisë) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law (E drejta civile)

  • Outline the Civil Law syllabus into a one-page mind map covering obligations, contracts, property, and torts

  • Reproduce from memory the rules on formation, validity, and nullity of contracts, then check against the Civil Code

  • Solve 25 contract-validity scenarios and write a one-line justification for each answer

  • List the differences between absolute nullity and relative nullity with one example each

Your checkpoint

A completed Civil Law mind map plus a 25-question self-test log with scores and error notes

Week 2

Civil Law (E drejta civile) & Civil Procedure (Procedura civile)

  • Explain the rules on ownership, possession, and acquisition of property, citing the relevant Code provisions from memory

  • Draft a short claim (padì) for a contractual dispute that satisfies all formal requirements of the Civil Procedure Code

  • Map the stages of a civil lawsuit from filing to final judgment on a single timeline

  • Compare the rules on competence (jurisdiction) and identify three common traps in exam scenarios

Your checkpoint

A one-page procedural flowchart from filing to appeal plus one model civil claim drafted under exam conditions

Week 3

Criminal Law (E drejta penale) & Criminal Procedure (Procedura penale)

  • Build a table of the elements of the main offences (theft, fraud, bodily harm, corruption) and their penalties

  • Distinguish the grounds that exclude criminal responsibility and give one fact pattern for each

  • Trace a criminal case from investigation through trial and appeal, noting the rights of the accused at each stage

  • Apply the rules on detention and pre-trial measures to three short hypotheticals

Your checkpoint

A two-page offence-elements table plus a timeline of criminal proceedings annotated with defence rights

Week 4

Criminal Law (E drejta penale) & Criminal Procedure (Procedura penale) & Commercial and Company Law (E drejta tregtare dhe e shoqërive)

  • Solve 20 mixed criminal law and criminal procedure multiple-choice questions and record the reasoning for each

  • Summarise the types of commercial companies and their formation requirements in a comparison chart

  • Identify the duties of company organs and the grounds for liability of directors

  • Draft a short answer on the interaction between criminal liability and commercial-law obligations

Your checkpoint

A scored 20-question mixed test with a written error analysis for every wrong answer

Week 5

Commercial and Company Law (E drejta tregtare dhe e shoqërive) & Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure (E drejta administrative dhe procedura administrative)

  • Outline the rules on commercial contracts and insolvency in a one-page summary

  • Describe the stages of administrative procedure and the grounds for challenging an administrative act

  • Compare administrative appeal with judicial review before the administrative court

  • Draft a model administrative appeal identifying the act, the grounds, and the requested remedy

Your checkpoint

A model administrative appeal plus a one-page comparison of administrative versus judicial remedies

Week 6

Constitutional Law and Organization of Justice (E drejta kushtetuese dhe organizimi i drejtësisë) & Labor Law (E drejta e punës)

  • Summarise the constitutional principles of the organisation of justice and the status of judges and prosecutors

  • Explain the hierarchy of legal norms and the role of constitutional review

  • Outline the core rules on employment contracts, working time, and termination

  • Apply labour-law termination rules to three short scenarios and state the remedy for each

Your checkpoint

A one-page constitutional-norms summary plus three solved labour-termination scenarios

Week 7

Family Law and Inheritance (E drejta e familjes dhe trashëgimia) & Professional Ethics and Deontology (Etika dhe deontologjia profesionale) & European Union Law and International Private Law (E drejta e Bashkimit Europian dhe e drejta ndërkombëtare private)

  • Outline the rules on marriage, divorce, and the legal regime of marital property

  • Summarise the rules on intestate and testamentary succession in a one-page chart

  • Reproduce the core duties of the lawyer under the code of ethics and identify three common disciplinary breaches

  • Identify the basic principles of EU law and the rules for resolving conflicts of laws in private international cases

Your checkpoint

A combined one-page chart on family and inheritance rules plus a written ethics case analysis

Week 8

Civil Law (E drejta civile) & Criminal Law (E drejta penale) & Criminal Procedure (Procedura penale)

  • Take two full-length mock exams under timed conditions and score them

  • Revisit every wrong answer from weeks 1-7 and rewrite the correct rule in your own words

  • Rehearse oral answers on the heaviest domains in five-minute timed responses

  • Finalise a one-page summary sheet per domain for last-minute review

Your checkpoint

Two scored mock exams with a consolidated error log and eleven one-page domain summary sheets

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the 25-question civil-law self-test with at least 80% correct and a written note for every error

Week 4: Score at least 70% on the 20-question mixed criminal and commercial test and finish the company comparison chart

Week 6: Produce the constitutional and labour summaries and correctly resolve all three termination scenarios

Week 8: Score at least 75% on both timed mock exams and complete all eleven domain summary sheets