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Rechtsanwaltsprüfung (RAP) study plan

Rechtsanwaltsprüfung (RAP) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Zivilrecht

  • Map the entire Zivilrecht syllabus into a one-page structure covering ABGB general part, obligations, property, family, and inheritance law, and mark every sub-area with a confidence rating from 1 to 5.

  • Draft a personal case-solving template for civil law claims (Anspruchsgrundlage, Voraussetzungen, Einwendungen, Ergebnis) and apply it to three short hypotheticals on contract formation and consumer protection.

  • Compile a statute-navigation sheet listing the key ABGB, KSchG, and Verbrauchergewährleistungsgesetz provisions you must locate within 30 seconds.

  • Solve four timed multiple-choice sets on civil law fundamentals and log every wrong answer with the underlying rule.

Your checkpoint

A one-page Zivilrecht syllabus map with confidence ratings plus a written case-solving template tested on three hypotheticals.

Week 2

Zivilrecht

  • Work through ten short obligation-law fact patterns (Leistungsstörungen, Gewährleistung, Schadenersatz) in writing using the template from week 1.

  • Draft two complete legal opinions (Rechtsgutachten) of about 600 words each on warranty and damages questions, with correct citation of statutes and leading case law.

  • Summarize the doctrinal differences between Gewährleistung and Schadenersatz in a comparison table you can reproduce from memory.

  • Review and correct all week 1 error logs and re-solve the missed items without notes.

Your checkpoint

Two full-length written Rechtsgutachten on obligations law plus a comparison table of warranty and damages remedies.

Week 3

Zivilrecht

  • Outline the property-law rules on ownership transfer, possession, servitudes, and mortgage in a structured schema and test it against five short scenarios.

  • Explain the family-law and inheritance-law basics orally in a ten-minute self-recording, then identify gaps by re-listening.

  • Solve two full past-style civil law case studies under a 90-minute time limit.

  • Cross-check your outlines against the official statutes and correct every outdated or imprecise citation.

Your checkpoint

A 90-minute timed civil law case study written under exam conditions and self-graded against a checklist of expected issues.

Week 4

Strafrecht

  • Map the Strafrecht syllabus (StGB general part, key offences, StPO procedure) into a one-page structure with confidence ratings.

  • Build a schema for criminal offence analysis (Tatbestand, Rechtswidrigkeit, Schuld, Strafzumessung) and apply it to six short fact patterns.

  • Draft a written legal opinion on a property or bodily-injury offence including participation rules (Täterschaft, Beitragstäterschaft, Versuch).

  • Memorize the structure of the StPO main proceedings and pre-trial investigation and reproduce it from memory in a flow chart.

Your checkpoint

A criminal-law analysis schema plus one written offence opinion and a hand-drawn StPO procedure flow chart.

Week 5

Strafrecht

  • Solve three timed criminal-law case studies covering offences against property, persons, and sexual integrity, each within 75 minutes.

  • Draft two written appeal or objection submissions (Beschwerde, Einspruch) based on given procedural scenarios.

  • Create an error log of every rule you misapplied and re-solve those items after a 48-hour interval.

  • Recite the elements of the ten most frequently tested StGB offences from memory and verify against the statute.

Your checkpoint

Three timed criminal-law case studies plus an error log with re-solved items and a verified offence-elements list.

Week 6

Öffentliches Recht (Verwaltungsrecht, Verfassungsrecht)

  • Map the public-law syllabus (allgemeines und besonderes Verwaltungsrecht, Verfassungsrecht, Grundrechte, Verwaltungsverfahren) into a one-page structure with confidence ratings.

  • Draft a schema for administrative decision review (Beschwerde an das Verwaltungsgericht, Revision an den VwGH) and apply it to three scenarios.

  • Write one full legal opinion on a fundamental-rights question using the standard proportionality and interference analysis.

  • Reproduce the hierarchy of legal norms and the main constitutional principles from memory in a diagram.

Your checkpoint

A public-law syllabus map, a review-procedure schema, and one written fundamental-rights opinion.

Week 7

Öffentliches Recht (Verwaltungsrecht, Verfassungsrecht) & Anwaltliches Berufsrecht und Verfahrensrecht

  • Solve two timed public-law case studies (one administrative, one constitutional) within 90 minutes each.

  • Summarize the core duties of the Rechtsanwalt (RAO, Berufsordnung, Interessenkollision, Verschwiegenheit) in a checklist you can recite.

  • Map the procedural rules on civil and criminal representation (ZPO, StPO) and test them against four short scenarios.

  • Write a short opinion on a disciplinary or conflict-of-interest question and verify every cited provision.

Your checkpoint

Two timed public-law case studies plus a one-page professional-conduct checklist with verified citations.

Week 8

Zivilrecht & Strafrecht & Öffentliches Recht (Verwaltungsrecht, Verfassungsrecht) & Anwaltliches Berufsrecht und Verfahrensrecht

  • Complete two full mock exams under real time conditions, each covering all four domains.

  • Review every error from the mock exams and write a one-paragraph correction for each mistake.

  • Re-recite the highest-confidence-gap outlines from weeks 1, 4, and 6 and close at least half of the remaining gaps.

  • Assemble a final one-page quick-reference sheet per domain for last-minute review.

Your checkpoint

Two graded full mock exams with a written correction log and four one-page domain quick-reference sheets.

Milestones

Week 2: You can write a complete civil-law Rechtsgutachten on obligations law within 60 minutes with correct statute citations and no structural omissions.

Week 4: You can reproduce the criminal offence analysis schema and the StPO procedure flow chart from memory and apply both to a new fact pattern without notes.

Week 6: You can outline a public-law case, identify the correct review procedure, and draft a fundamental-rights analysis within 45 minutes.

Week 8: You score at least 60 percent on both full mock exams and have closed the majority of errors logged in weeks 1 through 7.