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Iran Bar Exam (SCODA) study plan

Iran Bar Exam (SCODA) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law (حقوق مدنی)

  • Map the full Civil Law syllabus into a one-page outline covering property, ownership, contracts, and civil liability, and mark the weighting of each sub-area

  • Read and tabulate the statutory articles on formation of contracts (offer, acceptance, consideration) and note the conditions of validity in a structured table

  • Solve 20 multiple-choice Civil Law questions under timed conditions and log every wrong answer with the rule that was missed

Your checkpoint

A Civil Law master outline plus a 20-question error log with rule citations for each mistake

Week 2

Civil Law (حقوق مدنی)

  • Draft a comparison table of the rules on void, voidable, and unenforceable transactions, with one worked example for each category

  • Explain in writing the doctrines of unjust enrichment and agency, then test each against three hypothetical facts

  • Complete 25 mixed Civil Law questions and classify errors by sub-area to identify the two weakest topics

Your checkpoint

A comparison table of transaction validity categories and an error-classification report identifying the two weakest Civil Law sub-areas

Week 3

Civil Law (حقوق مدنی) & Criminal Law (حقوق کیفری)

  • Review the Civil Law sub-areas flagged as weakest in week 2 and rewrite their rules into short answer templates

  • Map the Criminal Law syllabus into offences against persons, offences against property, and offences against public order, and note the statutory penalties

  • Draft a one-page matrix of the general elements of criminal liability: actus reus, mens rea, causation, and defences

  • Solve 15 Criminal Law questions on the elements of liability and record the reasoning for each answer

Your checkpoint

Answer templates for the two weakest Civil Law sub-areas and a criminal liability elements matrix

Week 4

Criminal Law (حقوق کیفری)

  • Tabulate the specific offences against persons and property with their statutory elements and maximum penalties

  • Compare the rules on attempt, conspiracy, and complicity and write one worked fact pattern for each

  • Complete 25 Criminal Law questions under exam timing and achieve at least 70 percent accuracy

  • Draft a checklist of the most common traps in criminal questions, such as transferred intent and mistake of fact

Your checkpoint

A timed 25-question Criminal Law set scored at 70 percent or above, plus a traps checklist

Week 5

Commercial Law (حقوق تجارت) & Civil Procedure (آیین دادرسی مدنی)

  • Outline the Commercial Law syllabus covering merchants, commercial companies, negotiable instruments, and bankruptcy, and note the statutory references

  • Build a table comparing the types of commercial companies by formation, liability of partners, and management rules

  • Map the Civil Procedure syllabus into jurisdiction, pleadings, evidence, and appeals, and note the time limits for each stage

  • Solve 20 combined Commercial and Civil Procedure questions and log errors by topic

Your checkpoint

A company-type comparison table and a Civil Procedure stage-and-deadline chart, plus a 20-question error log

Week 6

Civil Procedure (آیین دادرسی مدنی) & Criminal Procedure (آیین دادرسی کیفری)

  • Draft a procedural timeline for a civil claim from filing to final appeal, marking the deadline attached to each step

  • Outline the Criminal Procedure syllabus covering investigation, prosecution, trial, and remedies, and note the rights of the accused at each stage

  • Compare civil and criminal evidentiary rules in a two-column table with at least eight points of contrast

  • Complete 20 mixed Civil and Criminal Procedure questions and score at least 70 percent

Your checkpoint

A civil claim timeline and a civil-versus-criminal evidence comparison table, with a scored 20-question set

Week 7

Constitutional Law (حقوق اساسی) & Islamic Jurisprudence (فقه)

  • Summarize the constitutional structure of the state, the separation of powers, and the hierarchy of norms into a one-page diagram

  • List the fundamental rights and the conditions under which each may be restricted, with the relevant constitutional article for each

  • Outline the Islamic Jurisprudence syllabus covering the sources of law and the main rules of transactions and inheritance, and note the terminology

  • Solve 20 combined Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence questions and record the rule missed for each error

Your checkpoint

A constitutional structure diagram and a fundamental rights restriction table, plus a 20-question error log

Week 8

Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (اخلاق حرفه‌ای) & Civil Law (حقوق مدنی)

  • Draft a code of professional conduct summary covering duties to clients, courts, and confidentiality, with the disciplinary consequences of breach

  • Revisit the Civil Law error logs from weeks 1 to 3 and re-solve every missed question until each is answered correctly

  • Sit two full-length mock exams under exam conditions and score each by domain

  • Build a final one-page revision sheet of the ten rules most frequently missed across all domains

Your checkpoint

Two scored full-length mock exams with a domain-by-domain score report and a one-page final revision sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Civil Law outline and validity comparison table are complete, and the error-classification report names the two weakest sub-areas

Week 4: A timed 25-question Criminal Law set is scored at 70 percent or above, and the elements matrix and traps checklist are complete

Week 6: The civil claim timeline and the evidence comparison table are complete, and a mixed 20-question procedure set is scored at 70 percent or above

Week 8: Two full-length mock exams are scored by domain, every logged error from weeks 1 to 7 has been re-solved correctly, and the final revision sheet is finished