Moldova Bar Traineeship Admission Exam study plan
Moldova Bar Traineeship Admission Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Civil law (substantive)
Map the Civil Code into a one-page structure (persons, property, obligations, contracts, torts, prescription) and mark the articles you must cite from memory
Draft a 40-item flashcard set on legal capacity, representation, and the classification of things and rights, writing each rule in your own words
Solve 25 short hypotheticals on contract formation (offer, acceptance, cause, form) and record which article supports each answer
Build a personal error log template and enter every mistake with the rule you misapplied
Your checkpoint
A one-page Civil Code map plus a 40-card flashcard deck and completed error log covering at least 25 hypotheticals
Civil law (substantive)
Work through obligations: performance, non-performance, damages, and termination, and write a two-paragraph summary of each remedy without looking at the code
Compare ownership, possession, and the limited real rights (usufruct, servitude, pledge, mortgage) in a comparison table with the key articles
Explain prescription periods and their suspension and interruption in writing, then self-test against the code and correct every gap
Draft full answers to 5 longer civil-law problems under a 25-minute time limit each
Your checkpoint
A comparison table of real rights and 5 timed written problem answers scored against the code
Civil procedure
Chart civil procedure from filing to enforcement, listing the competent court, time limits, and available remedies at each stage
Memorise the deadlines for appeal, cassation, and procedural objections by writing them into a single reference sheet
Draft a statement of claim and a procedural objection (competence or timeliness) using correct formal structure
Solve 20 procedural scenarios asking which court, which remedy, and within what deadline
Your checkpoint
A civil procedure timeline sheet with all deadlines plus one drafted statement of claim and one procedural objection
Criminal law (substantive)
Structure the Criminal Code around the offence elements, guilt forms, and the stages of the offence, and note the articles for each
Distinguish justification and excuse grounds (self-defence, necessity, detention, duress) with a worked example for each
Analyse participation (co-perpetrator, instigator, aider) and attempt versus completed offence in 15 short scenarios
Compare penalties, cumulation of sentences, and limitation of criminal liability in a written summary
Your checkpoint
A one-page offence-elements framework and 15 solved participation and attempt scenarios
Criminal procedure & Contraventional law and contraventional procedure
Trace criminal procedure from the report of an offence through prosecution, trial, and appeal, and list the rights of the suspect, accused, and victim at each stage
State the rules on evidence, preventive measures, and procedural time limits in a condensed reference sheet
Identify the elements of the most common contraventions and the sanctions applicable to each
Draft a contraventional report and a decision outline, checking the procedural guarantees that must appear
Solve 15 mixed scenarios distinguishing a crime from a contravention and naming the correct procedure
Your checkpoint
A criminal procedure rights-and-stages sheet plus a drafted contraventional report and 15 solved crime-versus-contravention scenarios
Constitutional law and human rights & Administrative law and administrative procedure
Outline constitutional review, fundamental rights and their limitation, and the hierarchy of normative acts, citing the relevant constitutional provisions
Summarise the main human-rights standards on fair trial, liberty, and private life and match each to a domestic provision
Map administrative procedure: the administrative act, silence, administrative appeal, and judicial review, with time limits
Draft one administrative complaint and one application for judicial review of an administrative act
Solve 15 scenarios on the legality of administrative acts and on rights limitation
Your checkpoint
A rights-and-limitation table plus a drafted administrative complaint and one judicial review application
Labour law and social security & Family law and succession & Commercial law and business entities
Summarise the employment contract lifecycle (conclusion, modification, termination) and the main social security entitlements in a single sheet
Outline marriage, divorce, parental rights, and maintenance obligations, and separate them from succession rules (intestate and testamentary)
Compare the forms of business entity (sole trader, LLC, joint-stock company) by formation, liability, and governance
Solve 20 short scenarios across labour, family, and commercial law and log every wrong answer
Your checkpoint
Three condensed domain sheets (labour, family and succession, commercial) and 20 solved scenarios in the error log
Professional ethics, organisation of the legal profession and advocate's status
State the advocate's duties (confidentiality, conflict of interest, independence) and the rules on professional discipline in your own words
Outline the organisation of the legal profession and the conditions for trainee admission
Complete two full timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them by domain
Rework every item in the error log and rewrite the underlying rule for each until you can state it without notes
Consolidate the eight domain sheets into a final one-page-per-domain revision pack
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams (target 70% overall and no domain below 50%) plus a finalised revision pack
Milestones
Week 2: You can state, without notes, the elements of contract formation, the main real rights, and the prescription rules, and you scored at least 60% on the 5 timed civil-law problems
Week 3: You can reproduce the civil procedure timeline with all appeal and cassation deadlines from memory and your drafted statement of claim contains every required element
Week 5: You correctly classify at least 12 of 15 scenarios as crime or contravention with the right procedure named, and you can list the suspect's and victim's rights at each stage
Week 6: You can name the constitutional basis for limiting a right and the time limits for administrative appeal and judicial review without consulting notes
Week 8: Both mock exams are completed within time and scored, with an overall result of at least 70% and every domain at or above 50%