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KS DH Juris study plan

KS DH Juris · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Civil law (obligations, property, family, succession) & Legal method and sources of law

  • Map the Civil Code's structure chapter by chapter and mark where obligations, property, family and succession sit relative to each other

  • Build a one-page hierarchy of legal sources that places statute, regulation, case law and custom in order of authority

  • Draft a comparison table of the main contract types and the rules that govern their formation, performance and extinction

  • Solve 15 short obligation scenarios and record the article cited for each answer

Your checkpoint

A 12-page personal outline of civil law (obligations and property) with article citations for every rule listed, plus a source-hierarchy chart

Week 2

Civil law (obligations, property, family, succession) & Criminal law and criminal procedure

  • Trace the rules of family law and succession from intestate order to testamentary form and forced heirship

  • Distinguish the elements of each major offence category and the corresponding penalty ranges

  • Separate substantive criminal law from criminal procedure by listing which rules belong to each

  • Answer 20 mixed civil and criminal multiple-choice questions and log every error with the reason for it

Your checkpoint

An error log of at least 20 answered questions, each with the correct rule, the article, and a one-sentence explanation of the mistake made

Week 3

Criminal law and criminal procedure & Civil procedure and enforcement

  • Sequence a criminal case from investigation through charge, trial, appeal and cassation, naming the authority competent at each stage

  • Outline the rules on evidence, detention and defence rights and identify the points where procedure can be challenged

  • Map civil procedure from the writ of summons to judgment, distinguishing the roles of the parties and the judge

  • Draft a procedural timeline that shows which enforcement measures follow which type of judgment

Your checkpoint

Two annotated flowcharts (criminal procedure, civil procedure and enforcement) with the competent authority and the legal basis named at each step

Week 4

Constitutional and administrative law & Commercial, corporate and insolvency law

  • Explain the separation of powers and the hierarchy of constitutional norms, citing the provisions that establish each

  • Summarise the grounds for judicial review of administrative acts and the remedies available

  • Compare the legal forms of company and the liability of directors and shareholders in each

  • Identify the acts that trigger insolvency proceedings and the order in which creditors are paid

Your checkpoint

A comparative table of company forms (formation, capital, liability, governance) plus a creditors' ranking ladder for insolvency

Week 5

Commercial, corporate and insolvency law & Labour and social security law

  • Trace the life of a commercial contract from negotiation through breach and termination, noting the remedies at each point

  • Distinguish employment contracts from service contracts and list the grounds for lawful dismissal

  • Outline the social security schemes covered and the conditions for entitlement to each

  • Solve 15 commercial and labour scenarios and justify each answer with a statutory provision

Your checkpoint

A 10-scenario problem set answered in writing, each answer citing the governing provision and identifying the losing party's best counter-argument

Week 6

Tax law & European and international law

  • Classify the main taxes and identify the taxable event, the taxpayer and the assessment procedure for each

  • Explain the taxpayer's rights and the stages of a tax dispute from assessment to appeal

  • Summarise the effect of international treaties and EU law on domestic law, including the principle of primacy

  • Compare the jurisdiction of national courts with that of international courts and tribunals

Your checkpoint

A two-column synthesis sheet on tax law and international/EU law, each entry naming the rule, its source and one practical consequence

Week 7

Legal ethics and professional conduct & Legal method and sources of law & Constitutional and administrative law

  • Apply the rules of professional conduct to at least 10 realistic dilemmas and state the duty that governs each

  • Identify conflicts of interest, confidentiality duties and the limits of the lawyer's mandate

  • Revisit the source hierarchy and test it against questions where statute and case law appear to conflict

  • Complete a timed 40-question mock covering domains 1, 2 and 10 and score it strictly

Your checkpoint

A scored timed mock (40 questions) with a written review of every wrong answer and a list of the three weakest rules to revisit

Week 8

Civil law (obligations, property, family, succession) & Criminal law and criminal procedure & Civil procedure and enforcement & Commercial, corporate and insolvency law

  • Run two full timed mock exams under exam conditions and record the score per domain

  • Re-drill every rule flagged as weak in weeks 1 to 7 until each is answered correctly twice in a row

  • Condense the whole outline into a single revision sheet of no more than 10 pages

  • Rehearse the exam-day routine: time allocation per question and a rule for abandoning a question

Your checkpoint

Two completed timed mocks with per-domain scores, a corrected error list, and a final 10-page revision sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Civil law outline complete and at least 80% correct on a 20-question civil and criminal set, with every error logged

Week 4: Both procedural flowcharts complete and a 30-question mixed mock scored at 60% or above

Week 6: All ten domains covered at least once, with the tax and international synthesis sheet finished

Week 8: Final two mocks averaged at 70% or above, with no single domain below 55%