CACD Diplomata study plan

Map the full International Law syllabus into a one-page topic tree covering sources, subjects, state responsibility, diplomatic and consular law, law of the sea, treaty law, human rights, and international organizations

Draft a 40-item spaced-repetition deck on treaty law (Vienna Convention rules on formation, reservation, interpretation, invalidity, termination) and clear it once daily

Solve 15 multiple-choice items on state jurisdiction and immunity, writing a two-line justification for every wrong alternative

Build a formula sheet for national-accounts identities, GDP deflator, and nominal versus real interest rates, and apply it to 5 numeric problems

Work through 20 microeconomics items on consumer choice, elasticity, market structures, and welfare loss, tagging each error by cause

Compute and interpret 10 macro indicators (inflation via price indices, unemployment rates, fiscal and primary balances, public debt ratios) from provided raw numbers

Summarize in 300 words how exchange-rate regimes constrain fiscal and monetary policy, citing at least two historical Brazilian episodes

Outline the institutional architecture of Brazilian trade policy, naming the competent bodies and their competences

Reconstruct the timeline of Brazilian foreign policy from the early twentieth century to the present, marking at least 12 inflection points with dates and doctrinal labels

Explain in writing the concepts of autonomy through distance, autonomy through participation, and autonomy through diversification, attributing each to its period

Analyze the diplomatic record of at least three multilateral negotiations (trade, climate, or disarmament) and state Brazil's position in each

Draft 10 essay-style thesis statements on Brazilian foreign policy and stress-test each against a counterargument

Sequence the main periods of Brazilian history from the colonial economy to the military regime, listing for each period two economic features and two political institutions

Compare the constitutional texts of 1824, 1891, 1934, 1946, and 1988 on at least four axes (federalism, suffrage, social rights, separation of powers)

Connect five world-history events (industrial revolutions, decolonization, Cold War, world wars, globalization) to specific Brazilian domestic changes

Answer 30 mixed history items under timed conditions and record accuracy by period

Interpret physical, climatic, and agricultural maps of Brazil, writing 10 short explanations linking relief, climate, vegetation, and land use

Analyze Brazilian urbanization, demographic transition, and regional inequality using current indicator tables, producing 8 data-based statements

Identify and correct the 10 most common grammar and register errors in formal Portuguese (agreement, regency, pronoun placement, parallelism)

Read four canonical Brazilian literary works or representative excerpts and write a 150-word analytical note on each, naming author, movement, and central theme

Apply the law of the sea and diplomatic immunity rules to 12 hypothetical fact patterns, stating the governing rule and the outcome

Draft a model answer to a state-responsibility problem in under 30 minutes using a fixed issue-rule-application-conclusion structure

Solve 15 economics items combining micro and macro content under timed conditions and review every error

Review the spaced-repetition deck and retire or rewrite at least 20 cards

Complete two full English reading-comprehension and cloze sets under time, then paraphrase every incorrect option to expose the trap

Write two 200-word English summaries of Portuguese-language source texts without losing argumentative structure

Drill 30 items in the chosen second language (Spanish or French) on verb tenses, connectors, and false friends, and log recurring errors

Record and review a three-minute oral summary in the second language, noting pronunciation and fluency fixes

Write two full timed essays (Portuguese, discursive-expository) of 30 lines each and self-score them on argument, cohesion, and norm mastery

Rehearse the oral examination twice with a mock panel, answering questions on foreign policy and international law in structured form

Consolidate the error logs from all domains into a one-page pre-exam review sheet of the 25 most frequent mistakes

Run one full simulated exam day and compare per-domain accuracy against the week-4 baseline