Your legal training ends with the second state examination. If you successfully pass the examination, you will be qualified to hold the office of judge and are entitled to use the title "Assessor".
The examination consists of 8 supervisory papers lasting 5 hours and an oral examination. Upon successful completion of the examination, a certificate is issued by the State Judicial Examination Office.
The legal preparatory service ends with the Second State Examination in Law. After successfully passing the examination, the State Judicial Examination Office will issue you with a certificate stating the overall grade and total number of points achieved. You will then be qualified to hold the office of judge and may use the title "Assessor".
The second state examination in law is held twice a year in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The examination consists of a written and an oral part. In the written part, there are eight written assignments, each of which takes five hours to complete. Four of these papers are from civil law, two from criminal law and two from public law. The oral part of the examination consists of a presentation and one examination section each from civil law, criminal law, public law and your chosen area of specialization.
The legal preparatory service ends with the Second State Examination in Law. After successfully passing the examination, the State Judicial Examination Office will issue you with a certificate stating the overall grade and total number of points achieved. You will then be qualified to hold the office of judge and may use the title "Assessor".
The second state examination in law is held twice a year in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The examination consists of a written and an oral part. In the written part, there are eight written assignments, each of which takes five hours to complete. Four of these papers are from civil law, two from criminal law and two from public law. The oral part of the examination consists of a presentation and one examination section each from civil law, criminal law, public law and your chosen area of specialization.
