ID DH Juris study plan
ID DH Juris · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Civil Law
Map the full Civil Law syllabus into a one-page outline covering obligations, contracts, property, family, and successions, weighting each subtopic by its likely exam share.
Draft a comparison table distinguishing the main contract-formation requirements (consent, capacity, object, cause) and note the practical consequence of each defect.
Solve 20 contract-formation questions under timed conditions and log every error with the rule that was missed.
Write a 300-word plain-language summary of how nullity, rescission, and unenforceability differ in Civil Law.
Your checkpoint
A one-page Civil Law syllabus map plus an error log of 20 timed contract questions with the governing rule cited for each mistake.
Civil Law
Build a decision tree for the classification of obligations (conditional, alternative, joint and several, divisible and indivisible) and test it against 15 hypotheticals.
Compare the rules on performance, tender, and mora, and draft a checklist a practitioner could use to prove default.
Analyze the main extinction-of-obligations modes, especially payment, set-off, and novation, and note how each affects third parties.
Draft full answers to two fact patterns on breach and damages, keeping each under exam time limits.
Your checkpoint
A one-page obligations decision tree plus two timed fact-pattern answers on breach and damages, self-graded against a written rubric.
Civil Law
Outline the core rules of property law: ownership, possession, usufruct, servitudes, and the modes of acquiring ownership.
Summarize family law essentials, including marital property regimes, separation, and filiation, in a two-page schematic.
Trace the intestate succession order and the rules on legitime and compulsory heirs using one worked example with numbers.
Complete 25 mixed Civil Law questions and score at least 70 percent before moving on.
Your checkpoint
A two-page family and succession schematic with one fully worked legitime computation, plus a timed 25-question mixed set scored and reviewed.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Map Criminal Law into general principles (legality, culpability, stages of execution, participation) and specific offenses by category.
Build a table of the key elements of the most heavily tested offenses, with one distinguishing element per row.
Draft answers to three hypotheticals requiring classification of the offense and identification of aggravating or mitigating circumstances.
Write a one-page explanation of how conspiracy, proposal, and the stages of execution change liability.
Your checkpoint
An elements table covering at least 20 offenses plus three timed hypothetical answers graded against a self-written rubric.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Outline Criminal Procedure from arrest through trial, noting the constitutional and statutory basis of each step.
Summarize the rules on warrantless arrest, search and seizure, bail, and arraignment in a one-page flow chart.
Compare the remedies available for procedural violations (suppression, exclusion, habeas corpus) and note when each applies.
Complete 20 mixed Criminal Law and Procedure questions under timed conditions.
Your checkpoint
A one-page criminal procedure flow chart with the legal basis cited at each step, plus a timed 20-question set scored and corrected.
Constitutional and Administrative Law & Commercial and Corporate Law
Outline Constitutional Law structure: separation of powers, the bill of rights, judicial review, and the hierarchy of norms.
Summarize Administrative Law essentials, including administrative agencies, rule-making, adjudication, and judicial review of administrative acts.
Map Commercial Law topics (corporation code, negotiable instruments, secured transactions) into a one-page outline with the most tested rules flagged.
Draft one short answer each for a constitutional and a corporate-law fact pattern.
Your checkpoint
Two one-page outlines (Constitutional/Administrative and Commercial/Corporate) plus two timed short answers, one per domain.
Civil Procedure and Evidence & Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Outline Civil Procedure from jurisdiction and venue through pleadings, pre-trial, trial, judgment, and appeal.
Summarize the rules of evidence, focusing on admissibility, burden of proof, and the main exclusionary rules.
Draft a one-page professional responsibility checklist covering conflicts of interest, confidentiality, fees, and candor to the court.
Complete 15 mixed Procedure and Ethics questions and review every explanation.
Your checkpoint
A procedure-and-evidence one-pager plus an ethics checklist, and a timed 15-question set with all errors corrected in writing.
Legal Research, Writing and Analytical Reasoning & Civil Law & Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Practice issue-spotting on four unseen fact patterns, writing only the outline of issues and rules within 15 minutes each.
Take two full-length mixed mock exams under real time limits and score them against the official weighting.
Re-review the error logs from weeks 1 to 7 and rewrite the three weakest rules in your own words.
Build a final one-page 'last look' sheet covering the highest-yield rules across all seven domains.
Your checkpoint
Two scored full-length mock exams with a written error analysis, plus a one-page high-yield 'last look' review sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 65 percent on a 25-question Civil Law set drawn from obligations and contracts, with every missed rule logged.
Week 4: Score at least 70 percent on a 30-question set mixing Civil Law and Criminal Law, and confirm the elements table covers at least 20 offenses.
Week 6: Score at least 70 percent on a 30-question set spanning Constitutional, Administrative, Commercial, and Corporate Law.
Week 8: Score at least 75 percent on each of two full-length mixed mocks, with no domain below 60 percent, and submit the completed 'last look' sheet.