Belgian Advocate Aptitude Test study plan

Map the full civil law syllabus into a one-page outline covering obligations, contracts, property, family and succession, and civil procedure tracks

Draft rule statements for the twenty most frequently tested civil law concepts and verify each against a primary source

Solve three civil law hypotheticals using a written IRAC structure and time each attempt

Build a personal case-analysis template that separates facts, legal question, rule, application and conclusion

Work through procedural timelines for civil claims, from writ of summons to judgment and appeal, and record each deadline

Compare the rules on burden of proof and evidence in civil matters and summarise the differences

Answer twenty civil procedure multiple-choice questions and log every error with its correcting rule

Explain aloud, without notes, the distinction between substantive civil rights and their procedural enforcement

Outline the elements of the main offences against persons and property and state the mens rea required for each

Trace the phases of a criminal investigation, including detention, arrest and pre-trial measures, and note the judicial oversight at each stage

Draft a one-page defence strategy for a hypothetical criminal file using the outline built this week

Distinguish the grounds of justification and excuse and give one example of each

Resolve five criminal procedure scenarios involving time limits and nullity of procedural acts

Summarise the core duties of the lawyer toward the client, the court and the bar, and identify three conflict-of-interest situations

Prepare written answers to two ethics vignettes and self-assess them against the applicable deontological rules

Review the error logs from weeks 2 and 3 and re-test every missed item

Outline company forms and their incorporation, governance and liability rules, and compare at least three forms side by side

Summarise insolvency and commercial contract principles, including the main termination and security mechanisms

Map the structure of the main direct and indirect taxes and the procedural steps of a tax assessment and objection

Solve three mixed commercial and tax scenarios and identify which rules interact in each

Outline the hierarchy of norms and the principles of constitutional review, and apply them to two hypothetical statutes

Trace the grounds of administrative legality and the available remedies before the administrative courts

Summarise the framework of individual and collective labour relations and the main social security branches

Explain the interaction between a labour dispute and an administrative decision in one written paragraph

Outline the sources and effect of EU law and the core principles of free movement and judicial protection

State the rules on jurisdiction, applicable law and recognition of judgments in cross-border civil disputes

Solve two cross-border scenarios that require both EU law and private international law reasoning

Write a short case note on a European Court of Justice judgment and extract the operative principle

Complete two timed full-length mock exams under exam conditions and score them against the answer key

Re-audit all earlier error logs and confirm that each missed rule can now be stated from memory

Drill the highest-weight domains with rapid recall sessions on rule statements and time limits

Finalise a one-page exam-day checklist covering timing, structure and ethics pitfalls