Applying for admission to the second legal examination outside the public law training relationship

Are you a trainee lawyer or law student and would like to find out about the procedure for the second state law examination? In this case you can find information here.

Your legal traineeship ends when you take the second state law examination. Successful completion of the examination qualifies you to hold judicial office and entitles you to use the title of "Assessor" or "Assessorin".

The examination consists of 8 papers with a duration of 5 hours and an oral examination. After successful completion of the examination, a certificate is issued by the Landesjustizprüfungsamt.

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Note: Required documents must be submitted at the time of recruitment to the preparatory service or acquired during the preparatory service.

• You have successfully completed the first state law examination and the legal traineeship.

Admission to the examination is automatic after successful completion of the training stations, so that a separate application for admission is not necessary.

Each candidate will be invited by the examination office to prepare the examination papers. The examination papers are written in the 20th month of training within a period of 2 weeks. After the work has been completed, the candidate completes the elective station of the preparatory service, while the supervisory work is assessed by 2 examiners. This is followed by a summons to the examination, which takes place at the beginning of the 25th month of training. This consists of a file lecture, and 5 examination discussions (civil law, criminal law, public law, lawyer and emphasis). Passing the exam completes the legal preparatory service.

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You must apply to the Examination Office for a grade improvement at least 2 weeks before the desired examination date. You must also pay the examination fee within this period. If there is a shorter period of time between the first oral examination and the next examination date, you can still take the retake for grade improvement in the third examination date following the oral examination.

The examination process takes just under 6 months.

There is no fee for taking the exam for the first time.