As last year, we managed to photograph exactly the subject of the task, i.e. the contract under the CCC. Therefore, due to the sequence of subsequent topics and recurring problems at regular intervals, it is highly likely that in 2021 (1) contract (2) of the Civil Code should be taken into account, because every year the Ministry of Justice is passionate about code agreements. A task with a recurring service contract (rental, leasing, leasing) could be likely. Second, a right to payment should be indicated, but in a similar situation, namely a contract based on recurring services. From the perspective of candidates who have just passed the professional examination, the possibility of taking the exam for the second time after six months, and not after one year, as is currently the case, would be an opportunity to enter the legal services market more quickly and to set up their own law firm. The problem of the impossibility of appearing before the court between January (one year after the completion of the application) and the inclusion on the list of lawyers or legal advisers, after another professional examination, but this time passed, would also be resolved. On 3 July 2021, the provisions on electronic service will enter into force, which will de facto (but not directly) require professional representatives to have email addresses and an account on the information portal of the ordinary courts. What does this mean for young lawyers, […] Therefore, due to the last contract (2020), you should not have another one, but you can expect another (1) plea (2) rather in relation to “contractual” matters. It should be noted here that there is less chance of appeal in the part of the review that has already taken place to counsel. The year 2022 brings us a lot of turbulence, related to both the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical situation in Europe. There is therefore no doubt that people who take the bar exam and the legal counsel exam are forced to adapt to the extraordinary […] In our opinion, but also from other former test participants, the law exam after the second day seems to be more of a test of nervous and physical endurance than a test of our knowledge and experience. This year`s epidemiological and political crisis […] For the same reasons, however, I would rule out dropping “Covid” questions, m.in to the possibility of imposing administrative sanctions by Sanepid for non-compliance.
Second, these rules change too often for issues prepared in March to have a chance to be up to date in May, and there are also a number of lawyers` publications questioning the legality of recently introduced regulations. Therefore, I think that regardless of the pandemic, the task will address important issues, for example because the above question is about obligations or benefits other than taxes. The description of the relevant issues is not meaningful and does not create new evaluation criteria if the criteria contained in lawyers` law are laid down in lawyers` law. This description is only a template for the correct solution of the task, including the standard expectations of a professional professional. Examiners and examination panels describe the relevant issues, i.e. the schema of the correct and uniform solution of the audit task is therefore an auxiliary instrument. In 2020, the regulation on criminal law examinations for future lawyers was again confirmed. The defence lawyer`s appeal reappeared. So no surprises for test participants.
The pandemic reality of the spread of COVID-19 has been going on for a year. Therefore, those who pass the bar exam and the legal counsel exam must be prepared for extraordinary circumstances. The Ministry of Justice, concerned about the safety and health of candidates, […] The Minister of Justice publishes the tasks and descriptions of relevant issues in the field of criminal, civil, economic, administrative, professional or ethical rules for the bar examination to be held from 18 to 21 May 2021. Additional challenges persist in 2021 due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of the health regime. As in 2020, this will impact procedures during the exam, further increasing stress for test participants. Professional ethics, i.e. the last and “youngest” part of the exam. A smaller amount of data offers fewer opportunities for analysis (so far, professional reviews have only taken place 6 times, with ethics serving as Part 5). Nevertheless, the committees that have so far developed audit questions in this area have taken a fairly consistent approach and there is an opinion in the area of ethical breaches from the outset. In our view, when working on the possible introduction of changes in professional examinations, an important issue that should be addressed is the form of the last day of the bar examination and legal advice. Currently, candidates take the exam on the fourth day of two blocks for eight hours. Such an examination procedure is unpleasant for the Commission itself, not to mention the people who take the examination.
Opponents of the changes believe that such a solution would result in candidates preparing only for individual blocks for the first exam, while the remaining blocks would be deliberately postponed for the second exam. However, this could lead to a reduction in the quality of legal services provided, which lawyers, lawyers and notaries should not provide as lawyers of public trust. However, regularity suggests that in 2021, the bar exam will include (1) an appeal – here more than one certainty, (2) more than one deputy prosecutor, although it is also possible to call the defense lawyer, due to the recent rule change and 2-3 years of subject change (in numbers – 30:70 in favor of the deputy prosecutor`s appeal). Therefore, in 2021, we should instead (1) expect (2) an appeal from defense counsel again. On the other hand, an alternative, though less likely, version of the task cannot be ruled out, in which the examiner must prepare an appeal from the deputy prosecutor`s representative. The consultants are already taking care of this in 2018. It is true that lawyers will one day be entrusted with such a task. Also, the likelihood of there being an expert opinion this year is higher year after year, although I would still qualify it as quite low at 30:70 in favor of the defense counsel`s appeal. During the Commission meeting, Iwona Kujawa, Director of the Department of Legal Professions and Access to Legal Aid at the Ministry of Justice, made a statement. She spoke negatively about the idea of holding professional exams twice a year.