EGEL Plus Derecho study plan
EGEL Plus Derecho · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Derecho civil
Map the civil law syllabus into a one-page index of subareas (personas, bienes, obligaciones, contratos, sucesiones, familia, registro) and mark each as strong, weak, or unknown.
Resolve 40 mixed civil-law multiple-choice items under timed conditions (60 seconds per item) and log the exact rule or article that justified each correct answer.
Rewrite in your own words the 15 rules you missed most often, stating the triggering facts and the exception for each.
Build a spaced-repetition deck of at least 60 civil-law rule cards, each with one fact pattern on the front and the governing rule plus exception on the back.
Your checkpoint
Civil-law diagnostic report: subarea index with strength ratings, error log from 40 timed items, and a 60-card deck exported and dated.
Derecho civil
Explain aloud, without notes, the difference between nullity and voidability of juridical acts, listing the effects of each on third parties and on ratification.
Solve 10 contract-interpretation and breach scenarios and justify the remedy chosen (rescision, nulidad, cumplimiento forzoso, danos y perjuicios) by citing the applicable rule.
Compare the rules of intestate succession across the order of heirs and compute the share of at least 5 hypothetical heirs in worked examples.
Identify the 10 civil-law articles you confuse most and write a one-sentence distinguishing test for each.
Your checkpoint
A worked-problems sheet of 10 contract scenarios and 5 succession computations, each with the rule cited and the reasoning chain written out.
Derecho penal
Diagram the general theory of crime (conducta, tipicidad, antijuridicidad, culpabilidad) and annotate where each exclusionary ground (legitima defensa, estado de necesidad, error, inimputabilidad) operates.
Classify 30 offenses by protected legal interest and locate each in the penal code structure without consulting notes.
Distinguish dolus eventualis from negligence (culpa) using 8 borderline fact patterns and state the outcome for each.
Compute penalty ranges for 6 scenarios applying the rules on concurso de delitos and concurso de normas.
Your checkpoint
A one-page crime-theory flowchart plus an 8-pattern dolus/negligence worksheet and 6 penalty computations with the arithmetic shown.
Derecho penal
Resolve 50 timed criminal-law items and tag every error to a specific element (tipicidad, culpabilidad, autoría, pena) rather than to a topic label.
Differentiate autoría from participación (instigación, complicidad) across 6 scenarios and state the penalty consequence for each participant.
Outline the procedural stages from investigation through appeal, noting at each stage which rights and guarantees attach.
Draft a 1-page error-pattern summary listing your top 5 recurring mistakes and the corrective checklist for each.
Your checkpoint
A timed 50-item criminal-law set scored, with an error-pattern summary and a corrective checklist covering the top 5 recurring mistakes.
Derecho público (constitucional, administrativo y fiscal)
Map the constitutional framework: structure of the constitution, hierarchy of norms, and the mechanisms of constitutional control, into a single comparative table.
Explain the amparo process end to end, including standing, deadlines, and effects of a favorable ruling, in a 300-word written summary.
Distinguish the grounds and procedure of the administrative acts of revocation, nullity, and expiration, and apply them to 5 short scenarios.
Solve 8 tax-law problems on the elements of the tax obligation (sujeto, objeto, base, tasa, epoca de pago) using a fictional statute.
Your checkpoint
A comparative table of constitutional-control mechanisms plus a 5-scenario administrative-act worksheet and 8 tax computations.
Derecho público (constitucional, administrativo y fiscal)
Resolve 50 timed public-law items and separate errors by subarea (constitucional, administrativo, fiscal) to see which one drains your score.
Write a 400-word reasoned answer to a hypothetical amparo problem that identifies the challenged act, the standing analysis, and the remedy sought.
List the taxpayer's rights and the limits on the taxing authority's verification powers, citing the governing principles.
Re-derive from memory the hierarchy of norms and the requirements of a valid administrative act, checking against your week-5 table.
Your checkpoint
A 400-word amparo answer scored against a self-built rubric, plus a 50-item timed public-law set with errors split by subarea.
Derecho social y del trabajo
Outline the individual employment relationship: hiring, subordination, working time, wages, modification, and termination, into a sequence diagram.
Classify 10 termination scenarios as justified, unjustified, or constructive and state the resulting severance or reinstatement entitlement for each.
Summarize the core protections of social security and the procedural route for a labor claim from conciliation to enforcement.
Compare collective rights (freedom of association, bargaining, strike) with individual rights and identify where they interact in a dispute.
Your checkpoint
A 10-scenario termination worksheet with severance/reinstatement outcomes, plus a one-page flowchart of the labor-claim procedural route.
Derecho civil & Derecho penal
Run two full-length simulated exams (all four domains, timed) and record the score per domain to confirm that civil and criminal are no longer your weakest areas.
Re-drill every item missed in weeks 1-7 using only your error log and spaced-repetition deck, without rereading notes.
Write a one-page exam-day strategy covering item order, time per item, when to skip, and how to handle multi-domain items.
Verify that each domain's score is at or above your target and list the 3 remaining weak rules to review in the final 48 hours.
Your checkpoint
Two scored full-length simulations with a per-domain score chart, a one-page exam-day strategy, and a final 3-rule review list.
Milestones
Week 2: Civil-law practice score reaches at least 60% on a timed 40-item set, and the nullity/voidability and succession rules are explainable aloud without notes.
Week 4: Criminal-law practice score reaches at least 60%, and every logged error is tagged to a specific crime-theory element rather than a topic label.
Week 6: Public-law practice score reaches at least 60% across all three subareas, with no single subarea below 50%.
Week 7: Labor-law termination worksheet completed with at least 8 of 10 outcomes correctly justified by rule.
Week 8: Both full-length simulations show all four domains at or above 60%, with civil and criminal at or above 65%.