Czech Bar Exam study plan
Czech Bar Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Civil law (including family law and obligations)
Map the Civil Code (zákon č. 89/2012 Sb.) into a one-page outline covering persons, family, absolute property rights, relative rights and inheritance so that every later session has a hook
Draft a comparison table of the core institutes of family law (marriage, registered partnership, community of property, maintenance, parentage, adoption) with their statutory sections and leading-case keywords
Solve 15 obligation-law scenarios on formation, invalidity, change of parties and termination of contract, writing the applicable section next to each answer
Produce a checklist of limitation and prescription periods (promlčení and prekluze) with the correct starting points and lengths
Your checkpoint
A 4-page civil-law skeleton outline plus a 20-row limitation-period table, self-graded against the Civil Code text
Civil law (including family law and obligations) & Civil procedure and enforcement of judgments
Work through the law of tort and unjust enrichment (náhrada škody, bezdůvodné obohacení) by solving 10 fact patterns and stating the elements required for each claim
Outline inheritance law stages (dědické tituly, řízení o pozůstalosti, ochrana dědice) and connect them to the civil-procedure rules that govern the notary's role
Summarise the course of first-instance civil proceedings under the Civil Procedure Code (zákon č. 99/1963 Sb.), from filing through judgment
Identify the main remedies (odvolání, dovolání, žaloba na obnovu řízení) and note the deadlines and grounds for each in a one-page cheat sheet
Your checkpoint
A one-page procedural-flow diagram from filing to final decision, annotated with deadlines and remedies
Criminal law and criminal procedure
Build a table of the elements of the main offences of the Criminal Code (zákon č. 40/2009 Sb.) against the protected interests, covering offences against life and health, property, and against the state
Distinguish the stages of a criminal offence (příprava, pokus, dokonání) and the grounds excluding unlawfulness, with one example per institute
Draft a structured analysis of criminal liability of legal persons and of juveniles under the Juvenile Justice Act
Outline the pre-trial stage of criminal procedure: the role of police, state prosecutor, and the rights of the accused and the victim
Your checkpoint
A 2-page offence-elements matrix covering at least 20 offences with their statutory sections
Criminal law and criminal procedure & Legal ethics and the status of the legal profession
Trace the trial stage of criminal procedure (hlavní líčení, dokazování, rozhodnutí) and the ordinary and extraordinary remedies, noting who may file and by when
Explain the rules on detention, search, and wiretapping and the judicial review that applies to each
Summarise the status of the legal profession under the Advocacy Act (zákon č. 85/1996 Sb.), including attorney-client privilege and conflicts of interest
Draft answers to three ethics scenarios covering confidentiality, fees, and advertising, citing the relevant statutory or bar-rule provisions
Your checkpoint
A one-page criminal-procedure timeline plus three short written ethics-scenario answers
Administrative law and administrative procedure & Constitutional law and human rights
Map the structure of the Code of Administrative Procedure (zákon č. 500/2004 Sb.), listing the phases of administrative proceedings and the competent authorities at each stage
Distinguish ordinary and extraordinary remedies in administrative proceedings and the scope of judicial review by administrative courts
Outline the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Listina) structure and match each main right to the constitutional provision and the test applied by the Constitutional Court
Explain the role of the Constitutional Court in constitutional review and the requirements for a constitutional complaint
Your checkpoint
A two-page comparison of administrative remedies and constitutional remedies, with deadlines and standing rules for each
Commercial law (including business corporations) & Labour law and social security law
Outline the Business Corporations Act (zákon č. 90/2012 Sb.) structure, distinguishing the general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, and joint-stock company by formation, capital, and governance
Explain the duties of company officers (péče řádného hospodáře) and the consequences of breach, with a worked example
Summarise the Labour Code (zákon č. 262/2006 Sb.) rules on formation, change, and termination of employment, including notice periods and severance
Identify the core social-security and health-insurance contribution rules and the main benefits, in a short reference table
Your checkpoint
A one-page comparison table of the four main corporate forms plus a one-page employment-termination cheat sheet
European Union law & Tax law and financial law
Outline the sources and hierarchy of EU law, the direct effect and supremacy doctrines, and the role of the preliminary-reference procedure
Summarise the four freedoms and the main rules on competition and state aid, with one example per area
Explain the structure of Czech tax law: income tax, VAT, and the procedural rules in the Tax Code (zákon č. 280/2009 Sb.)
Outline the main financial-law topics: banking supervision, securities regulation, and anti-money-laundering duties
Your checkpoint
A one-page EU-law concept map plus a one-page tax-and-financial-law reference sheet
Civil law (including family law and obligations) & Criminal law and criminal procedure & Civil procedure and enforcement of judgments
Rework every earlier self-graded answer that scored below full marks and record the corrected rule and section
Sit two timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them using the same rubric
Revisit the civil, criminal, and procedural outlines and redraw any section you cannot reproduce from memory
Compile a final one-page-per-domain summary sheet to use in the last days before the exam
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams plus a corrected error log and a 10-page final summary set
Milestones
Week 2: Can reproduce the civil-law outline and limitation-period table from memory and correctly answer 12 of 15 obligation scenarios with the right section
Week 4: Can list the stages of criminal procedure and the remedies with deadlines, and score at least 70% on a self-made 30-question criminal-law quiz
Week 6: Can compare the four corporate forms and the employment-termination rules without notes, and pass a self-made 20-question commercial-and-labour quiz
Week 8: Both timed mock exams score at least 65%, and every earlier error has a written corrected rule and section