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Bhutan Bar Examination study plan

Bhutan Bar Examination · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law and Civil Procedure

  • Map the Civil Law and Civil Procedure syllabus into a one-page topic checklist and mark every item as confident, shaky, or unknown

  • Outline the lifecycle of a civil suit from institution of the plaint through execution of decree, listing each procedural step and its governing provision

  • Draft a skeleton case-flow diagram covering pleadings, framing of issues, evidence, arguments, and judgment

  • Solve 20 civil procedure multiple-choice questions and log every error with the rule it tested

Your checkpoint

A completed civil procedure case-flow diagram plus a scored error log of 20 practice questions

Week 2

Civil Law and Civil Procedure

  • Summarise the rules on pleadings, amendment of pleadings, and rejection of plaints in your own words

  • Compare the standards for temporary injunction, attachment before judgment, and appointment of a receiver

  • Write one model civil plaint and one written statement on a supplied fact pattern

  • Explain in writing how limitation periods and jurisdiction (territorial and pecuniary) affect filing

Your checkpoint

A model plaint and written statement on one fact pattern, each under 600 words

Week 3

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

  • Build a table of the general exceptions and the mental element (mens rea) required for each major offence category

  • Chart criminal procedure from FIR or complaint through investigation, charge, trial, and appeal

  • Distinguish compoundable from non-compoundable offences and note the bail considerations for each

  • Answer 15 criminal law problem questions using a structured issue-rule-application-conclusion format

Your checkpoint

A 15-question criminal law answer set written in IRAC format with self-assessed grades

Week 4

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure & Evidence and Advocacy

  • Draft a charge sheet and a bail application on a supplied criminal fact pattern

  • Apply the rules of relevance, admissibility, and burden of proof to a set of evidence scenarios

  • Explain the evidentiary weight of confessions, dying declarations, and expert testimony in writing

  • Practise a 20-minute oral submission on a bail matter and record it for self-review

Your checkpoint

A bail application plus a recorded 20-minute oral submission with a written self-critique

Week 5

Contract Law & Property, Land and Family Law

  • Outline the elements of a valid contract, including offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity, and free consent

  • Distinguish void, voidable, and illegal agreements using worked examples

  • Summarise remedies for breach, including damages, specific performance, and injunction

  • Explain the rules on transfer of immovable property, registration, and land ownership in Bhutan

  • Draft a simple sale deed for immovable property

Your checkpoint

A drafted sale deed and a one-page comparison table of void, voidable, and illegal agreements

Week 6

Property, Land and Family Law & Constitutional Law and the Bhutanese Legal System

  • Summarise marriage, divorce, maintenance, and inheritance rules under Bhutanese family law

  • Map the structure of the Constitution, including fundamental rights, duties, and the role of constitutional bodies

  • Explain the hierarchy of courts and the doctrine of separation of powers in the Bhutanese system

  • Write a short constitutional analysis of a hypothetical rights-restriction scenario

Your checkpoint

A 900-word constitutional analysis memo on a hypothetical rights-restriction scenario

Week 7

Administrative Law & Commercial and Corporate Law

  • Outline grounds for judicial review of administrative action, including ultra vires, natural justice, and reasonableness

  • Draft a writ petition challenging an administrative decision

  • Summarise company formation, directors' duties, and shareholder rights under Bhutanese company law

  • Compare the legal treatment of sole proprietorships, partnerships, and companies

Your checkpoint

A drafted writ petition and a one-page comparison table of business structures

Week 8

Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct & Drafting, Conveyancing and Legal Writing

  • Summarise the core duties of advocates, including confidentiality, conflict of interest, and candour to the court

  • Resolve five ethics scenarios in writing, citing the applicable rule for each

  • Draft a legal opinion and a demand letter on supplied facts

  • Complete a full timed mock examination covering all ten domains and review every error

Your checkpoint

A completed timed mock examination with a scored error analysis and a revised final-week revision checklist

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a 30-question civil law and procedure set, with no repeated error type

Week 4: Produce a bail application and oral submission that a peer or mentor rates as structurally sound on all required elements

Week 6: Score at least 70% on a combined 40-question set covering contract, property, family, and constitutional law

Week 8: Score at least 65% overall on the full timed mock examination and complete the error analysis