Moldova Advocate Qualification Exam study plan
Moldova Advocate Qualification Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Civil law (persons, property, obligations, contracts, succession) & Constitutional law and the Moldovan legal order
Map the Civil Code structure (persons, property, obligations, contracts, succession) and build a one-page outline linking each book to the exam weight
Reconstruct the hierarchy of sources in the Moldovan legal order and explain how constitutional norms prevail over ordinary legislation
Solve 40 civil-law scenario questions on persons and property, logging every error with the governing article
Draft a comparison table of the three acquisition modes of property rights (contract, succession, usucapion) with their conditions
Your checkpoint
A personal civil-law outline plus an error log of at least 40 solved questions, each annotated with the applicable norm
Civil law (persons, property, obligations, contracts, succession) & Legal profession statute, ethics and professional discipline
Apply the rules on obligations and contract formation (offer, acceptance, cause, capacity) to 30 fact patterns
Distinguish nullity regimes and their consequences, and verify each conclusion against the Civil Code
Read the statute on the legal profession and extract the duties owed to clients, courts and colleagues
Identify the disciplinary offences and sanctions applicable to advocates and match each to its procedural stage
Your checkpoint
A two-column comparative sheet: contract nullity versus disciplinary liability, with 10 worked examples per column
Criminal law & Criminal procedure
Build a table of the elements of each offence category in the Criminal Code, separating objective from subjective elements
Analyse the general part: guilt forms, attempt, complicity, and the grounds excluding criminal liability
Trace the criminal procedure from notification of suspicion through prosecution and trial, noting each actor's competence
Solve 50 mixed criminal law and procedure questions and reclassify every mistake by cause
Your checkpoint
An offence-elements table covering at least 15 offence categories plus a 50-question error analysis
Criminal law & Criminal procedure & Legal profession statute, ethics and professional discipline
Apply evidentiary rules and procedural guarantees to hypothetical procedural defects and state the remedy for each
Resolve ethics scenarios involving conflicts of interest, confidentiality and fees using the statute and disciplinary practice
Explain the advocate's role in criminal proceedings and the limits of the defence mandate
Complete one timed 60-question mock covering criminal law, criminal procedure and ethics
Your checkpoint
A timed mock exam result with a written diagnosis identifying the three weakest sub-topics and a corrective plan
Civil procedure & Administrative law and administrative procedure
Map civil procedure by stage: jurisdiction, filing, evidence, judgment, appeal and enforcement
Draft a model statement of claim and a model appeal identifying every mandatory element
Distinguish administrative acts from administrative contracts and state the conditions for contesting each
Outline the administrative procedure stages and the grounds for annulment of an administrative act
Your checkpoint
Two drafted procedural documents (claim and appeal) plus an administrative-act annulment checklist
Commercial law and business regulation & Labour law and social security law
Classify business entities and compare their formation, governance and liability rules
Summarise insolvency proceedings and the ranking of creditors' claims
Apply the Labour Code to hiring, modification, suspension and termination of the employment contract
Link social security entitlements to the triggering contingencies and the contribution conditions
Your checkpoint
A comparative entity chart plus a labour-termination decision tree with at least 8 branches
Family law & Constitutional law and the Moldovan legal order & Civil procedure
Apply family law rules to marriage, matrimonial property regimes, divorce, filiation and parental authority
Revisit constitutional review mechanisms and the place of international treaties in the domestic order
Rehearse civil procedure questions on jurisdiction and remedies that were missed in week 5
Solve 40 mixed questions across family law, constitutional law and civil procedure
Your checkpoint
A consolidated revision sheet of family-law rules and a 40-question mixed set with corrected answers
Legal profession statute, ethics and professional discipline & Criminal law & Civil law (persons, property, obligations, contracts, succession)
Consolidate ethics and professional discipline rules into a one-page decision aid for scenario questions
Re-drill the highest-error items from every prior error log until each is answered correctly twice
Complete two full timed simulations under exam conditions and review every answer
Rank all ten domains by residual risk and allocate the final hours to the top three
Your checkpoint
Two completed full simulations with scores, a ranked residual-risk list and a final one-page synthesis per domain
Milestones
Week 2: Can state the conditions and effects of contract nullity and name the disciplinary sanctions for advocates without consulting notes
Week 4: Scores at least 60% on the timed criminal law, procedure and ethics mock, with errors classified by cause
Week 6: Produces a correct termination analysis for a labour scenario and a correct creditor-ranking for an insolvency scenario
Week 8: Scores at least 75% on both full simulations and has cleared every item in the cumulative error log