Have foreign professional qualifications for legal professions recognized in order to work in the Lower Saxony judiciary

How to have your foreign professional qualification for legal professions recognized in order to be allowed to work in the judiciary in Lower Saxony.

Have you acquired a professional qualification abroad? Would you like to work in the judiciary in Lower Saxony? With this application you can have the equivalence of a professional qualification acquired abroad with a profession in the Lower Saxony judiciary determined. This does not apply to the recognition of fully legal professions. For this purpose, an application for an equivalence test for admission to the legal preparatory service with European qualifications must be submitted.

This application is aimed at people who wish to work in the Lower Saxony judiciary in the following professions:

• Judicial constable
• Judicial clerk in the constable service / judicial clerk in the constable service
• Judicial specialist clerk
• Judicial specialist
• Correctional specialist
• Court bailiff
• Public prosecutor
• Diplom-Verwaltungswirtin / Diplom-Verwaltungswirtin (in the prison service)
• Other profession

This is based on the Lower Saxony Act on the Assessment of the Equivalence of Professional Qualifications Acquired Abroad (NBQFG).

As a precautionary measure, please note that most professions in the justice system require extensive knowledge of German law, which often cannot be acquired as part of vocational training completed abroad.

The Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony,Am Waterlooplatz 1
30169 Hanover

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice is responsible,Am Waterlooplatz 1
30169 Hanover

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: Yes

There are two basic requirements for submitting an application:

• You have completed training abroad. You can provide documentary evidence of this training.
• You want to work in the judicial sector in Lower Saxony.

Possibility of legal action within one month of notification of the decision

You can submit your application in writing or online.

Your application will be reviewed by the responsible office and you will receive notification of the outcome of the review. If documents or information are still missing, you will be asked to submit them.

Fee free of charge

If you would like to find out more about training opportunities in the judiciary in Lower Saxony, you can find further information here:

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