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Armenia Advocate Qualification study plan

Armenia Advocate Qualification · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law and Civil Procedure

  • Map the Civil Code into a one-page outline covering persons, property, obligations, and inheritance

  • Distinguish the core types of civil contracts and state the consequences of each breach remedy

  • Draft a short memo identifying the limitation periods that apply to three hypothetical claims

  • Solve 15 civil-law multiple-choice questions and log every wrong answer with the rule it tested

Your checkpoint

A one-page Civil Code map plus a 30-item error log of missed questions with corrected rules

Week 2

Civil Law and Civil Procedure

  • Trace a civil case from filing through appeal and cassation, naming each procedural step and deadline

  • Identify the grounds for rejecting or returning a statement of claim and the judge's options

  • Write a model statement of claim for a simple contract dispute with all required elements

  • Explain the burden of proof and the rules on admissibility of evidence in civil proceedings

Your checkpoint

A model statement of claim plus a procedural timeline chart with every statutory deadline labeled

Week 3

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

  • Classify offences by object and severity and state the sentencing consequences of each category

  • Outline the elements of the most tested offences against person, property, and public order

  • Distinguish the stages of criminal proceedings and the procedural status of each participant

  • Draft a reasoned pre-trial detention motion applying the statutory criteria

Your checkpoint

An offence-elements table covering at least 15 offences plus one complete pre-trial detention motion

Week 4

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

  • Apply the rules on evidence gathering, admissibility, and exclusion in criminal cases

  • State the grounds and procedure for appeal and cassation review in criminal matters

  • Write a defense position paper challenging one procedural violation

  • Answer 20 mixed criminal law and procedure questions under timed conditions

Your checkpoint

A defense position paper plus a timed 20-question quiz scored and reviewed

Week 5

Constitutional Law & Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure

  • Outline the constitutional hierarchy of norms and the grounds for constitutional review

  • Explain the constitutional guarantees of fundamental rights and the permissible limits on them

  • Map the administrative procedure from an administrative act through administrative court review

  • Draft an administrative complaint and a statement of claim challenging an unlawful administrative act

Your checkpoint

A constitutional-rights summary sheet plus a paired administrative complaint and court claim on the same facts

Week 6

Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure & Advocacy Law and Professional Ethics

  • List the grounds for annulment of administrative acts and the standards of judicial review

  • Summarize the advocate's duties of loyalty, confidentiality, and avoidance of conflicts of interest

  • Identify disciplinary offences and the sanctions that may follow

  • Analyze three ethics scenarios and reach a defensible conclusion for each

Your checkpoint

A written ethics opinion on three conflict-of-interest scenarios with cited rules

Week 7

Advocacy Law and Professional Ethics & Legal Writing and Practical Legal Skills

  • Draft a persuasive cassation complaint with a clear statement of legal grounds

  • Structure a legal opinion using issue, rule, application, and conclusion

  • Edit a sample document for clarity, precision, and correct citation form

  • Practice a 20-minute oral argument outline on an assigned legal issue

Your checkpoint

One polished cassation complaint and one legal opinion, both self-edited against a checklist

Week 8

Other Branches of Law (Labor, Tax, Family, Commercial, International) & Constitutional Law & Civil Law and Civil Procedure & Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure & Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure & Advocacy Law and Professional Ethics & Legal Writing and Practical Legal Skills

  • Summarize key rules in labor, tax, family, commercial, and international law in a condensed reference sheet

  • Complete two full-length timed mock exams and score them against the answer key

  • Re-review the weakest domains identified by mock-exam results

  • Consolidate all error logs into a final one-page rule sheet for exam-day recall

Your checkpoint

Two scored mock exams with a final one-page rule sheet drawn from all error logs

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the Civil Code map and model claim, and score at least 70% on a 20-question civil-law self-test

Week 4: Complete the offence table and defense paper, and score at least 70% on a timed 20-question criminal self-test

Week 6: Produce the administrative claim and ethics opinion, and score at least 75% on a mixed constitutional and administrative self-test

Week 8: Score at least 75% on both full-length mock exams and submit the final one-page rule sheet