Advokatski ispit study plan
Advokatski ispit · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Civil law & Criminal law
Map the civil law syllabus into a one-page outline covering obligations, contracts, property, family, and inheritance, and mark every sub-topic as known, shaky, or unknown
Draft a 40-item self-test on general criminal law principles (nullum crimen, guilt, causation, attempt) and score yourself without notes
Write short rule statements for the five most frequently examined civil law doctrines and check each against a statute or textbook
Build a spaced-repetition deck of 60 cards drawn from the unknown items flagged in the civil and criminal outlines
Your checkpoint
Two annotated domain outlines (civil, criminal) plus a scored 40-item baseline self-test with a written error log
Civil law & Criminal law
Solve 30 civil law problem scenarios under timed conditions and classify every mistake by cause (missed issue, wrong rule, weak application)
Solve 30 criminal law problem scenarios under timed conditions and rewrite the three weakest answers using a strict issue-rule-application-conclusion structure
Compare the elements of at least six criminal offences side by side in a single table to isolate distinguishing facts
Recite from memory the limitation periods and form requirements that recur across civil law questions
Your checkpoint
A mistake-pattern report listing the top five recurring errors across civil and criminal practice sets, each with a corrective action
Constitutional and administrative law
Outline constitutional law by institution (legislature, executive, judiciary, constitutional court) and note the competences and procedures attached to each
Summarize the hierarchy of legal norms and the review mechanisms in your own words in under 800 words
Draft answers to ten administrative law questions on administrative acts, silence of the administration, and judicial review, then verify each against statute
List fifteen leading constitutional court decisions by holding only, without commentary, and self-quiz on them twice
Your checkpoint
A constitutional and administrative law summary of no more than 1,500 words covering institutions, norm hierarchy, and review, verified against primary sources
Civil law & Criminal law & Constitutional and administrative law
Complete a full mixed mock exam across civil, criminal, and constitutional-administrative law under exam time limits without reference materials
Score the mock against a marking scheme and compute a percentage per domain to expose the weakest area
Re-teach the three lowest-scoring sub-topics aloud or in writing as if instructing a colleague
Update the spaced-repetition deck with every item missed in the mock
Your checkpoint
A scored full mock exam with a per-domain percentage breakdown and a prioritized remediation list
Commercial and labour law
Outline commercial law by entity type and transaction (company formation, governance, insolvency, securities) with the governing statute cited for each node
Distinguish the termination routes in labour law (dismissal, resignation, redundancy, fixed-term expiry) in a comparison table with notice and remedy columns
Draft answers to twelve commercial and labour problem questions and check each conclusion against statute or case law
Memorize the procedural deadlines that appear most often in labour disputes and test recall three times over the week
Your checkpoint
A commercial and labour law comparison matrix covering entity types, termination routes, notice periods, and remedies, cross-checked against statutes
Commercial and labour law & Legal ethics and professional practice
Codify the professional conduct rules into a checklist covering conflicts of interest, confidentiality, fees, advertising, and handling client funds
Apply the checklist to fifteen ethics scenarios and justify each outcome by citing the specific duty engaged
Draft a one-page disciplinary-risk memo identifying the five conduct breaches most likely to be tested and the sanction attached to each
Solve twenty mixed commercial and labour questions under time pressure and log errors by cause
Your checkpoint
An ethics decision checklist with fifteen worked scenarios, each resolved and tied to a named professional duty
Legal ethics and professional practice & Civil law & Criminal law
Complete a second full mock exam weighted toward ethics plus civil and criminal law, under strict timing
Rewrite the two weakest answers from the mock in polished exam format and self-assess against model structure
Drill the ethics checklist against ten fresh scenarios to confirm retention after a one-week gap
Consolidate all remaining unknown items from every domain into a single final-review sheet of no more than four pages
Your checkpoint
A four-page consolidated final-review sheet plus a scored second mock exam with a written comparison against the week 4 result
Civil law & Criminal law & Constitutional and administrative law & Commercial and labour law & Legal ethics and professional practice
Take two timed half-mocks spanning all five domains and score both to confirm stable performance
Review only the final-review sheet and spaced-repetition misses, avoiding new material
Rehearse oral-style explanations of ten likely questions aloud to build fluency under pressure
Write a personal exam-day protocol covering time allocation per domain, question order, and triage rules for unfamiliar facts
Your checkpoint
A written exam-day protocol plus two scored all-domain half-mocks showing results at or above the target pass threshold
Milestones
Week 2: Baseline self-test scores in civil and criminal law have improved by at least 15 percentage points, and the mistake-pattern report names no more than five recurring errors
Week 4: The full mixed mock is completed within time limits and every domain scores at or above 50 percent, with a written remediation list for anything below 60 percent
Week 6: The ethics checklist is complete and has been applied to at least fifteen scenarios with each outcome tied to a named duty; commercial and labour matrix cross-checked against statutes
Week 8: Both all-domain half-mocks are completed under timing and score at or above the target pass threshold, and the exam-day protocol is finalized in writing