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IBR Bekwaamheidsexamen study plan

IBR Bekwaamheidsexamen · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Privaatrecht

  • Map the Privaatrecht syllabus into a one-page outline covering verbintenissenrecht, goederenrecht, and contractenrecht sub-topics

  • Define and correctly apply the core concepts of aanbod, aanvaarding, and wilsovereenstemming to three short hypotheticals

  • Distinguish inspanningsverbintenis from resultaatsverbintenis and label five example clauses accordingly

  • Build a personal glossary of 30 Dutch private-law terms with one-line definitions

Your checkpoint

A one-page domain outline plus a 30-term glossary with three worked hypotheticals

Week 2

Privaatrecht

  • Analyse the remedies for non-performance (nakoming, ontbinding, schadevergoeding) and select the correct remedy in four scenarios

  • Explain the requirements for a valid ontbinding and apply them to a written case

  • Compare the rules on toerekenbaarheid and overmacht and justify an outcome in two cases

  • Draft short reasoned answers (80-120 words each) to five practice questions

Your checkpoint

Five written practice answers scored against a self-made checklist of required elements

Week 3

Privaatrecht & Publiekrecht

  • Consolidate Privaatrecht by completing a timed 25-question mixed set and logging every error with its cause

  • Map the Publiekrecht syllabus into an outline covering bestuursrecht, staatsrecht, and grondrechten

  • Distinguish the instruments of the bestuursorgaan (beschikking, beleidsregel, algemeen verbindend voorschrift) and classify ten examples

  • Identify the phases of the Awb decision procedure and order them correctly

Your checkpoint

An error log from the timed Privaatrecht set plus a one-page Publiekrecht outline

Week 4

Publiekrecht

  • Apply the requirements for a lawful beschikking (bevoegdheid, zorgvuldigheid, motivering) to four scenarios

  • Explain the grounds for bezwaar and beroep and match each to a fact pattern

  • Trace the role of the bestuursrechter and describe the possible uitspraken

  • Answer 20 practice questions on Publiekrecht with at least 75% accuracy

Your checkpoint

A 20-question Publiekrecht practice test with a scored results sheet and error analysis

Week 5

Aanbestedingsrecht

  • Map the Aanbestedingsrecht syllabus covering the Aanbestedingswet 2012, thresholds, and procedures

  • Distinguish the openbare, niet-openbare, and onderhandelingsprocedure and select the right one in five scenarios

  • Explain the beginselen of equal treatment, transparency, and proportionality and apply them to two cases

  • Identify the grounds for exclusion and the criteria for suitability and selection

Your checkpoint

A decision tree that routes a procurement scenario to the correct procedure and legal basis

Week 6

Aanbestedingsrecht & Diversen

  • Analyse gunningscriteria and the rules on abnormaal lage inschrijvingen in three written cases

  • Explain the possibilities for a klacht and for a kort geding in aanbestedingszaken and choose the route in two scenarios

  • Map the Diversen syllabus and list the topics and their relative weight

  • Draft a one-page summary of the Diversen topics with the three most testable rules per topic

Your checkpoint

Three written Aanbestedingsrecht case answers plus a one-page Diversen summary

Week 7

Diversen & Privaatrecht & Publiekrecht & Aanbestedingsrecht

  • Consolidate Diversen by answering 15 practice questions and correcting every error

  • Run a timed mixed set across all four domains and record per-domain accuracy

  • Revisit the weakest two domains and redo their error-log items until correct

  • Condense each domain into a one-page final review sheet

Your checkpoint

Four one-page domain review sheets plus a per-domain accuracy table from the mixed set

Week 8

Privaatrecht & Publiekrecht & Aanbestedingsrecht & Diversen

  • Complete two full timed mock exams under exam conditions

  • Review every incorrect answer and write the correct rule in one sentence

  • Rehearse the four review sheets from memory and fill gaps

  • Simulate exam-day timing and confirm the pacing plan per question

Your checkpoint

Two completed mock exams with a final error list and a written pacing plan

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a self-made 15-question Privaatrecht set and show a glossary of 30 terms

Week 4: Score at least 75% on the 20-question Publiekrecht practice test

Week 6: Correctly route five procurement scenarios using the decision tree and score at least 70% on a 15-question Aanbestedingsrecht set

Week 7: Achieve at least 70% per domain on the timed mixed set across all four domains

Week 8: Score at least 75% on both full mock exams with no domain below 65%