Georgian Bar Qualification Exam study guide
Georgian Bar Qualification Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Georgian Bar Qualification Examination is the gateway assessment that a law graduate in Georgia must pass before being admitted to the Georgian Bar Association and gaining the right to practise as an advocate. It is aimed at candidates who have completed the required legal education and want to represent clients before the courts, advise on transactions, and appear in administrative and constitutional proceedings. The Georgian Bar Qualification Exam study guide has 8 sections and about 3,249 words.
01Civil Law and Civil Procedure
The civil-law section tests the 1997 Civil Code and the Civil Procedure Code as one working system. The Civil Code follows the German-Swiss pandectist model and is arranged in five books: general part, obligations, property, family and inheritance.
442 words, about 2 min02Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
The criminal section tests the 1999 Criminal Code and the 2009 Criminal Procedure Code. It examines general doctrines of crime and the adversarial criminal process: investigation, prosecution, judicial control of coercive measures, trial, jury trial for certain grave offences, plea agreements and appeals.
387 words, about 2 min03Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure
The administrative section tests the General Administrative Code of 1999 and the Administrative Procedure Code of 1999. It focuses on the individual administrative act, administrative discretion, the duty to give reasons, access to public information, administrative complaints and judicial review in the administrative courts.
426 words, about 2 min04Constitutional Law
The constitutional section tests the 1995 Constitution, its supremacy, the separation of powers, fundamental rights and the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court. Candidates must be able to test a statute against constitutional rights and explain admissibility before the Constitutional Court.
406 words, about 2 min05Law of Obligations and Contract Law
The obligations section tests Book Two of the Civil Code: formation, validity, performance, breach, damages, penalty and termination of contracts, plus agency and pre-contractual liability. The exam favours fact patterns where several remedies compete.
412 words, about 2 min06Advocate Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This section tests the Law on Advocates, the Georgian Bar Association's disciplinary system and the Ethics Code. It examines independence, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, competence, fees, advertising and the advocate's duties to clients, courts and the profession.
389 words, about 2 min07Legal Writing and Advocacy Skills
This section tests whether you can write a legal document and argue it orally in a Georgian court. It covers claim drafting, legal memoranda, cassation complaints, issue statements, citation and courtroom presentation.
372 words, about 2 min08European and International Law (including ECHR)
This section tests the European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, together with core international-law rules on treaties, state responsibility and the relationship between international and domestic law. Georgia ratified the ECHR in 1999 and accepts individual applications.
415 words, about 2 min