Beirut Bar Admission Test study plan
Beirut Bar Admission Test · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Civil Law (including obligations, contracts, property)
Map the Civil Code's structure for obligations and contracts and build a one-page outline linking sources of obligation, formation, effects, and extinction.
Draft written answers to three hypotheticals on consent defects (error, fraud, duress) and distinguish nullity from rescission in each.
Solve four problems on the effect of contracts (binding force, good faith performance, privity) and state the governing article logic in your own words.
Build a flashcard set of 25 terms on civil law obligations with a worked example for each.
Your checkpoint
A 6-page typed obligations and contracts outline plus 3 corrected practice answers scored against a self-made rubric.
Civil Law (including obligations, contracts, property)
Distinguish the regimes of contract and tort liability and classify ten short fact patterns into the correct regime.
Analyze the rules on damages, causation, and foreseeability by answering two essay questions under time limits.
Compare the principal real rights (ownership, usufruct, servitude, mortgage) in a comparative table with their creation and extinction rules.
Answer five multiple-choice sets on property and security, logging each wrong answer with the corrected rule.
Your checkpoint
A comparative table of real rights plus a 10-item error log of missed property questions with corrective notes.
Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Outline the general theory of offence: legal element, actus reus, mens rea, and the grounds excluding criminal responsibility.
Classify ten offences against persons and property by their elements and applicable penalties.
Trace the stages of criminal procedure from complaint through investigation, indictment, trial, and appeal in a flowchart.
Draft a one-page argument on a procedural defect (nullity of an investigative act) with the legal basis cited.
Your checkpoint
A one-page procedural flowchart plus a timed 45-minute essay on criminal responsibility with grounds for exemption.
Civil Procedure and Evidence & Commercial Law (including company law and insolvency)
Draft a statement of claim and a statement of defence for a simple contract dispute, respecting jurisdiction, capacity, and formal requirements.
List the rules on evidence (burden of proof, admissible means, expert reports) and apply them to three evidentiary scenarios.
Diagram the lifecycle of a commercial company from incorporation to dissolution, noting shareholder and manager liability.
Summarize the insolvency framework: triggers, declaration, effects on creditors, and ranking of claims.
Your checkpoint
A complete pleading packet (claim plus defence) and a one-page insolvency ranking chart.
Commercial Law (including company law and insolvency) & Labor and Social Security Law
Solve three company-law problems on manager liability, shareholder disputes, and validity of corporate decisions.
Draft a termination-of-employment analysis identifying lawful grounds, notice, and indemnities.
Explain social security contributions, benefits, and dispute resolution in a one-page summary.
Answer a mixed 30-question set on commercial and labor law and record every error with its rule.
Your checkpoint
A 30-question error log with corrected rules plus a model employment-termination memo.
Constitutional and Administrative Law & Family and Personal Status Law
Outline constitutional review, separation of powers, and the hierarchy of norms, then apply them to two administrative-act scenarios.
Draft an administrative appeal argument challenging an unlawful decision on grounds of competence, form, and motive.
Summarize personal status rules on marriage, divorce, custody, and inheritance across the applicable confessional regimes.
Answer two family-law hypotheticals on custody and succession shares, showing the calculation.
Your checkpoint
A one-page administrative appeal argument plus two solved family-law hypotheticals with share calculations.
Real Property and Landlord-Tenant Law & Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct & Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy
Outline landlord-tenant rules on lease formation, rent revision, eviction, and renewal, then apply them to two disputes.
Draft a professional-conduct memo on conflicts of interest, confidentiality, and fees, citing the applicable ethics rules.
Write a persuasive closing argument of 500 words on a given fact pattern and record a 5-minute oral delivery.
Self-review the recording against a checklist for structure, clarity, and use of authority.
Your checkpoint
A 500-word closing argument, a recorded 5-minute oral delivery, and a completed self-assessment checklist.
Civil Law (including obligations, contracts, property) & Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure & Civil Procedure and Evidence
Take two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them against a marking guide.
Re-teach the ten weakest rules from the mock exams by writing a short explanation and a new example for each.
Consolidate all domain outlines into a single final revision sheet of no more than 12 pages.
Rehearse oral answers to five likely examiner questions on procedure and evidence.
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams, a 10-rule remediation log, and a 12-page consolidated revision sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Can state the elements of contract formation, the nullity/rescission distinction, and the main real rights without notes, and score at least 70% on a self-made 20-question civil law set.
Week 4: Can produce a complete statement of claim and defence in 60 minutes and explain insolvency claim ranking from memory.
Week 6: Can outline constitutional review and administrative appeal grounds in 10 minutes and solve a custody and succession hypothetical with correct shares.
Week 8: Score at least 65% on both full mock exams, with no domain below 50%, and deliver a 5-minute oral argument without reading from a script.