Burkina Faso Huissier Concours study plan
Burkina Faso Huissier Concours · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Droit civil et procédure civile (civil law and civil procedure)
Build a one-page map of the civil-law syllabus (persons, property, obligations, contract, liability, family regimes) and mark the weight you will give each branch
Draft in your own words a 400-word summary of the rules on formation, proof and effects of contracts, citing the articles you rely on
Solve 15 short hypotheticals on contractual liability and classify each answer as certain, doubtful or unknown
List the ten civil-law notions you cannot yet explain aloud and rank them by exam frequency
Your checkpoint
A 4-page personal civil-law summary sheet plus a 15-question self-test with your own model answers
Droit civil et procédure civile (civil law and civil procedure)
Trace the full course of a civil action from the introductory writ to judgment, writing each step as a numbered procedural reflex
Explain orally, without notes, the rules on jurisdiction, standing, time limits and service of process
Draft a complete assignation (introductory writ) for a debt-recovery scenario, respecting mandatory mentions and nullity risks
Distinguish the regimes of appeal, opposition and cassation in a comparative table of grounds, time limits and effects
Your checkpoint
One original assignation drafted under exam conditions in 45 minutes, self-corrected against a checklist of mandatory mentions
Droit commercial et procédures collectives (commercial law and insolvency) & Rédaction d'actes et pratique professionnelle (drafting of acts and professional practice)
Summarise the status of the trader, the commercial register and commercial obligations in a 500-word note
Map the insolvency sequence (declaration, opening judgment, organs, verification of claims, liquidation) into a one-page flowchart
Practise drafting two enforcement acts: a commandement and a procès-verbal de saisie, each with correct mandatory mentions
Identify five frequent nullity traps in enforcement drafting and write the corrective reflex for each
Your checkpoint
A two-act drafting portfolio (commandement plus procès-verbal) and a one-page insolvency flowchart
Droit pénal et procédure pénale (criminal law and procedure) & Culture générale, droit constitutionnel et institutions burkinabè (general knowledge, constitutional law and Burkinabè institutions)
Build a table of the elements of the main offences you must know, with the applicable penalty range and limitation period
Recite the phases of criminal procedure from complaint to final judgment, naming the authority competent at each stage
Explain the hierarchy of norms and the role of the constitutional court in Burkina Faso in a 300-word note
Answer 20 multiple-choice items on institutions and criminal law under timed conditions and log every error
Your checkpoint
A timed 30-question mock test on domains 3 and 10 with an error log and corrected answers
Droit administratif et contentieux administratif (administrative law and litigation) & Organisation judiciaire et statut du huissier de justice (judicial organisation and status of the huissier)
Distinguish the main administrative acts and the recourses available against each, with time limits and competent court
Draft a short administrative claim and a recours contentieux outline for a single fact pattern
Diagram the court structure and the place of the huissier de justice within it
State the conditions of access to the profession, the monopoly of enforcement and the rules on replacement and delegation
Your checkpoint
One annotated organisational chart of the judiciary plus a drafted administrative claim
Droit du travail et procédure prud'homale (labour law and labour court procedure) & Droit foncier et droit immobilier (land law and real property)
Summarise the rules on contract termination, dismissal grounds and procedure in a 400-word note
Trace a labour dispute from conciliation before the labour inspector to the labour court, listing each deadline
Explain the main land-law regimes, the role of customary authorities and the rules on registration of land titles
Draft a summons to the labour court for an unfair-dismissal claim with a clear statement of facts and claims
Your checkpoint
One labour-court summons plus a one-page comparison of land-law regimes
Déontologie et responsabilité professionnelle (professional ethics and liability) & Rédaction d'actes et pratique professionnelle (drafting of acts and professional practice)
Write a code of conduct checklist covering conflicts of interest, fees, confidentiality, custody of funds and relations with clients
Identify the disciplinary and civil liability consequences of five typical professional failures
Redraft your week-3 enforcement acts after a strict self-review and correct every defect found
Practise a 20-minute oral explanation of the duties of the huissier to a mock examiner
Your checkpoint
A one-page ethics checklist plus a corrected, final version of both enforcement acts
Droit civil et procédure civile (civil law and civil procedure) & Droit commercial et procédures collectives (commercial law and insolvency) & Droit pénal et procédure pénale (criminal law and procedure) & Droit administratif et contentieux administratif (administrative law and litigation) & Droit du travail et procédure prud'homale (labour law and labour court procedure) & Droit foncier et droit immobilier (land law and real property) & Organisation judiciaire et statut du huissier de justice (judicial organisation and status of the huissier) & Déontologie et responsabilité professionnelle (professional ethics and liability) & Rédaction d'actes et pratique professionnelle (drafting of acts and professional practice) & Culture générale, droit constitutionnel et institutions burkinabè (general knowledge, constitutional law and Burkinabè institutions)
Sit two full-length timed mock exams under real conditions and score them against the official weighting
Re-study only the errors recorded in your logs, rewriting each corrected rule in one sentence
Recite from memory the ten procedural reflexes and the five drafting checklists you built
Simulate a 15-minute oral defence of a drafted act before a peer or mentor
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams, a consolidated one-page error sheet and a signed self-assessment of readiness
Milestones
Week 2: You can draft an introductory writ from a blank page in 45 minutes without consulting notes, and you score at least 12 out of 15 on your own civil-procedure self-test.
Week 4: You score at least 60 percent on the timed domain 3 and 10 mock test and can explain the court hierarchy aloud in under five minutes.
Week 6: You have produced a labour-court summons and a land-law comparison sheet, and you can state the deadlines for each stage of a labour dispute without notes.
Week 8: Both full mock exams are scored above 60 percent overall with no domain below 50 percent, and every logged error has a written correction.