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Defensor Público Federal DPU study plan

Defensor Público Federal DPU · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Conhecimentos Gerais

  • Map the Conhecimentos Gerais syllabus into a checklist of every subject area and assign each a confidence rating from 1 to 3

  • Draft a one-page summary of the constitutional principles governing public administration and fundamental rights, writing from memory and then correcting gaps

  • Solve 30 mixed objective questions on constitutional and administrative law and log every error with its root cause

  • Build a spaced-repetition deck of at least 60 cards drawn only from the errors logged this week

Your checkpoint

A dated error log with at least 30 solved questions classified by cause, plus a 60-card review deck

Week 2

Conhecimentos Gerais

  • Explain in writing the structure and competences of the Brazilian judiciary and the essential functions of the Defensoria Pública under the Constitution

  • Compare the legal regimes of public servants and the rules on administrative improbity, producing a comparative table from memory

  • Complete 40 objective questions on administrative law and constitutional organization, timing yourself at 90 seconds per question

  • Rewrite every missed question as a short rule statement in your own words

Your checkpoint

A comparative table on administrative and constitutional organization plus 40 timed questions with rewritten rule statements for all misses

Week 3

Conhecimentos Gerais & Conhecimentos Específicos da Carreira de Defensor Público Federal

  • Summarize the core rules of civil law on obligations, contracts, and civil liability in a structured outline

  • Summarize the core rules of civil procedure on jurisdiction, parties, and the ordinary procedure in a parallel outline

  • Solve 25 questions mixing general knowledge and civil law to test switching between domains

  • Identify the three weakest subtopics across both domains and schedule targeted review for week 4

Your checkpoint

Two cross-referenced outlines (civil law and civil procedure) plus a ranked list of the three weakest subtopics

Week 4

Conhecimentos Específicos da Carreira de Defensor Público Federal

  • Draft a full structured answer to a simulated civil procedure problem question within 40 minutes

  • Outline the rules on evidence and on appeals, testing recall with closed-book self-quizzing

  • Complete 40 objective questions on civil law and civil procedure and score above 70 percent

  • Revisit the three weakest subtopics identified in week 3 and close each gap with a written one-page summary

Your checkpoint

One timed simulated problem answer plus a scored 40-question block with documented gap closure

Week 5

Conhecimentos Específicos da Carreira de Defensor Público Federal

  • Summarize the core rules of criminal law and criminal procedure, emphasizing the rights of the accused and the role of the defense

  • Explain in writing the constitutional and legal framework of the Defensoria Pública's institutional role and its instruments of action

  • Solve 40 mixed questions on criminal law, criminal procedure, and institutional law

  • Write a 300-word practice answer on a fundamental-rights issue in criminal procedure

Your checkpoint

A criminal law and procedure outline plus a 300-word practice answer with self-assessment notes

Week 6

Conhecimentos Específicos da Carreira de Defensor Público Federal

  • Outline the rules of consumer protection and of the special civil procedures most relevant to defense work

  • Draft a simulated problem answer on a consumer or special-procedure issue under a 45-minute limit

  • Complete 50 objective questions weighted toward Conhecimentos Específicos and score above 70 percent

  • Convert every new error into a rule statement and add it to the spaced-repetition deck

Your checkpoint

One timed simulated answer plus a scored 50-question block with all new errors converted into review cards

Week 7

Conhecimentos Gerais & Conhecimentos Específicos da Carreira de Defensor Público Federal

  • Take one full mock exam under real timing conditions and record the score per subject area

  • Analyze the mock results to rank the five lowest-performing areas across both domains

  • Produce a one-page condensed review sheet for each of those five areas

  • Re-solve every missed mock question without consulting notes, then check against the source

Your checkpoint

A full mock exam score report with a ranked weakness list and five condensed review sheets

Week 8

Conhecimentos Gerais & Conhecimentos Específicos da Carreira de Defensor Público Federal

  • Review all condensed sheets and error logs from weeks 1 through 7 in two structured passes

  • Take a second full mock exam and compare scores against week 7 to confirm improvement

  • Draft two timed problem answers, one per domain, to rehearse written production under pressure

  • Finalize a short pre-exam routine covering timing, question order, and how to handle uncertain items

Your checkpoint

A second mock exam score comparison plus two timed written answers and a one-page pre-exam routine

Milestones

Week 2: Complete the Conhecimentos Gerais syllabus map with confidence ratings and score at least 60 percent on a 40-question block in that domain

Week 4: Score at least 70 percent on a 40-question block covering civil law and civil procedure and submit one timed simulated answer

Week 6: Score at least 70 percent on a 50-question block weighted toward Conhecimentos Específicos and submit one timed simulated answer

Week 8: Improve the full mock exam score over the week 7 baseline and submit both timed written answers plus the pre-exam routine