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2026 Statistics

Key Facts: Dominican Judicial Competition Exam

80 / 100

Overall Minimum

2026 Competition Bases

40 Points

Written Legal Examination

2026 Competition Bases

5 Areas

Unweighted Legal Temario

Official 2026 Temario

2 Weeks

Mandatory Preparatory Course

2026 Competition Bases

24 Months

Post-Competition ENJ Training

2026 Competition Bases

This is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of the competition's five official legal subject areas. Official materials and legal terms are in Spanish, but the reviewed bases do not publish an assessment-language field. The bank is not an official translation or format simulation and cannot substitute for PAA, psychometric, interview, oral-presentation, or suitability preparation.

Sample Dominican Judicial Competition Practice Questions

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1Under Article 6 of the Dominican Constitution, what is the status of a law, decree, resolution, regulation, or act that conflicts with the Constitution?

A.It is null and void by operation of law

B.It remains effective until Congress repeals it

C.It is merely suspended for one year

D.It binds public bodies but not private persons

Explanation: Article 6 establishes constitutional supremacy and declares contrary laws, decrees, resolutions, regulations, and acts null and void by operation of law (nulos de pleno derecho). A decision-maker therefore cannot preserve a conflicting act merely because it has not yet been repealed.

2A trial judge concludes that a statutory rule applicable to the pending dispute violates the Constitution. What does Article 188 authorize the judge to do?

A.Annul the statute for everyone with erga omnes effect

B.Disapply the rule in that case through diffuse constitutional review

C.Refer the issue to Congress for a binding interpretation

D.Wait for the Suprema Corte de Justicia to repeal the rule

Explanation: Article 188 requires courts to hear a constitutional objection in matters submitted to them. Disapplying the contrary rule in the pending case is diffuse review with case-specific effect, not erga omnes annulment.

3Which body hears a direct action of unconstitutionality against laws, decrees, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances under Article 185.1?

A.The Tribunal Superior Administrativo

B.The Pleno of the Suprema Corte de Justicia

C.The Tribunal Constitucional

D.The court that issued the challenged administrative act

Explanation: Article 185.1 assigns direct actions of unconstitutionality to the Tribunal Constitucional, which exercises concentrated constitutional review. That direct jurisdiction differs from an ordinary court's diffuse review within a pending dispute.

4Which claimant satisfies the Constitution's individual-standing language for a direct action of unconstitutionality?

A.Any person who expresses a general policy disagreement

B.Only a public prosecutor acting for the Executive

C.Only a person who was a party to a completed ordinary lawsuit

D.A natural or legal person with a legitimate and legally protected interest

Explanation: Article 185.1 permits a natural or legal person with a legitimate and legally protected interest (interés legítimo y jurídicamente protegido) to bring the direct action, alongside the specified public authorities and legislative minorities. A generalized policy disagreement alone does not meet that individual-standing formulation.

5Which constitutional guarantee lets a person learn what personal data a public or private registry holds and seek its correction or updating?

A.Habeas data

B.Habeas corpus

C.Direct action of unconstitutionality

D.Constitutional review of a treaty

Explanation: Article 70 protects access to personal data and the ability to demand correction, updating, confidentiality, or lawful treatment through habeas data. The remedy concerns control of personal information rather than physical liberty.

6Which constitutional action specifically protects a person from an illegal, arbitrary, or unreasonable deprivation or threat of deprivation of physical liberty?

A.Amparo de cumplimiento

B.Habeas corpus

C.Habeas data

D.Revisión constitucional de decisión jurisdiccional

Explanation: Article 71 designates habeas corpus as the guarantee against an illegal, arbitrary, or unreasonable deprivation or threat to physical liberty. It is the Constitution's specific action for protecting freedom from unlawful restraint.

7What status does Article 74.3 give to human-rights treaties ratified by the Dominican State?

A.They are persuasive authority below ordinary statutes

B.They bind only the foreign-relations organs

C.They have constitutional hierarchy and are directly and immediately applicable

D.They apply only after a separate implementing law repeats each provision

Explanation: Ratified human-rights pacts, conventions, and treaties have constitutional hierarchy and direct, immediate application by courts and other state organs under Article 74.3. Their application does not depend on a later statute restating each protected right.

8Which proposition best reflects Article 150's route into the Dominican Judicial Career?

A.Lower-court judges enter solely by seniority in private legal practice

B.The President appoints all lower-court judges after a noncompetitive interview

C.Any lawyer with an exequatur enters automatically after taking the SCJ oath

D.An aspirant must pass the public merit-and-opposition route associated with entry to ENJ training

Explanation: Article 150 constitutionalizes competitive, merit-based entry linked to the Escuela Nacional de la Judicatura. The 2026 CPJ competition selects entrants for that training program rather than directly appointing every successful candidate as a judge.

9Which set states the four conditions Article 1108 of the Dominican Civil Code identifies as essential to the validity of an agreement?

A.Consent, capacity, a certain object, and a lawful cause

B.Offer, notarization, registration, and immediate performance

C.Capacity, possession, publicity, and judicial approval

D.Consent, consideration, delivery, and two witnesses

Explanation: Article 1108 lists consent of the obligated party, capacity to contract, a certain object forming the undertaking, and a lawful cause in the obligation. These are the Code's four essential validity conditions for an agreement.

10Two capable parties freely make a lawful contract. What consequence follows from Article 1134 of the Civil Code?

A.Either party may withdraw whenever performance becomes less profitable

B.The lawfully formed agreement has the force of law between them and must be performed in good faith

C.Only a notarized contract can bind the parties

D.The agreement binds only after a court approves its economic fairness

Explanation: Article 1134 provides that lawfully formed agreements have the force of law for those who made them and must be performed in good faith. Revocation requires mutual consent or a cause authorized by law, not a party's change in economic preference.

About the Dominican Judicial Competition Exam

The Consejo del Poder Judicial's multi-phase competitive route into the Dominican Judicial Career aspirant-training program evaluates psychometric, written legal, academic-aptitude, oral legal, behavioral, and moral-suitability dimensions.

Assessment

Document review; psychometric assessment worth 10 points (minimum 8); mandatory two-week virtual preparatory course with at least 80% attendance; written examination worth 40 (minimum 32); PAA worth 10 (minimum 8); oral legal and behavioral evaluations worth 30 and 10 (combined minimum 32); and moral-suitability investigation. The overall minimum is 80/100. Successful candidates enter 24 months of ENJ training.

Time Limit

Not published in the 2026 bases; sessions are scheduled separately by phase

Passing Score

At least 8/10 psychometric, 32/40 written, 8/10 PAA, 32/40 across both oral evaluations, and 80/100 overall

Exam Fee

Not published in the 2026 bases (Consejo del Poder Judicial through the Dirección General de Administración y Carrera Judicial; ENJ evaluates the written examination, and ENJ with College Board Puerto Rico administers the PAA)

Dominican Judicial Competition Exam Content Outline

Unweighted official area

Derecho Penal

Current substantive criminal law, including Ley 74-25 principles, participation, defenses, classifications, penalties, and offenses.

Unweighted official area

Derecho Procesal Penal

Current criminal procedure under Ley 97-25, including guarantees, evidence, coercion, investigation, trial, remedies, and special procedures.

Unweighted official area

Derecho Civil

Persons, family, obligations, contracts, civil liability, property, evidence, successions, and guarantees.

Unweighted official area

Derecho Procesal Civil

Competence, procedural defenses, proof, judgments, appeals, enforcement, urgent relief, and special civil proceedings.

Unweighted official area

Derecho Constitucional

Constitutional supremacy, rights and guarantees, constitutional procedures and review, state organization, and judicial power.

How to Pass the Dominican Judicial Competition Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: At least 8/10 psychometric, 32/40 written, 8/10 PAA, 32/40 across both oral evaluations, and 80/100 overall
Assessment: Document review; psychometric assessment worth 10 points (minimum 8); mandatory two-week virtual preparatory course with at least 80% attendance; written examination worth 40 (minimum 32); PAA worth 10 (minimum 8); oral legal and behavioral evaluations worth 30 and 10 (combined minimum 32); and moral-suitability investigation. The overall minimum is 80/100. Successful candidates enter 24 months of ENJ training.
Time limit: Not published in the 2026 bases; sessions are scheduled separately by phase
Exam fee: Not published in the 2026 bases

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Dominican Judicial Competition Study Tips from Top Performers

1Use the five official temario headings as the study plan; no percentage weights are published

2Study current law: Ley 74-25 replaced the 1884 Penal Code in August 2026, and Ley 97-25 replaced Ley 76-02 in December 2025

3Practice explaining legal rules aloud because the competition includes an oral legal-topics evaluation

4Prepare separately for PAA, psychometric, behavioral-interview, and suitability stages

5Connect statutory text to short factual applications instead of memorizing article numbers alone

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this an official translation or format simulation?

No. It is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation. The bases do not publish an assessment-language field, and this bank does not reproduce the written examination, PAA, oral evaluations, psychometric assessment, or suitability investigation.

What are the scored stages and minimums?

Psychometric assessment is 10 points with a minimum of 8; the written examination is 40 with a minimum of 32; PAA is 10 with a minimum of 8; and the two oral evaluations are 40 combined with a minimum of 32. Candidates also need 80 overall and must pass moral suitability.

Which legal subjects are official?

Derecho Penal, Derecho Procesal Penal, Derecho Civil, Derecho Procesal Civil, and Derecho Constitucional. The temario publishes no percentage weights.

What follows a successful competition?

The candidate enters the ENJ aspirant-training program, which the 2026 bases describe as 24 months. Success is entry into training, not immediate judicial appointment.

Who may apply?

The bases require qualifying Dominican nationality, a recognized law degree, an exequatur at least two years old at the deadline, full civil and political rights, and no afflictive or infamous criminal sentence.