Admission to the Bar - Applying for admission as a lawyer (In-house lawyer) with existing admission to the Bar

• Successful completion of the second state law examination The qualification to hold judicial office (certificate of the second state law examination or of passing the qualifying examination) must be available pursuant to § 46a in conjunction with § 4 BRAO. • Absence of a reason for refusal of admission www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brao/__7.html There must be no grounds for refusal of admission pursuant to § 7 BRAO. • Job requirements www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brao/__46.html The activity must comply with the requirements pursuant to § 46 ( 2) - (5) BRAO.

• Application for admission to the bar (In-house lawyer) with existing admission to the bar in Berlin (with questionnaire and master form) Submit the application with all attachments and a photograph. The attachments must be also comleted and signed. • Proof of employment contract An original of the employment contract signed by both parties or a publicly certified copy in accordance with § 46a BRAO, § 129 BGB must be submitted. • Proof of contractual independence www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brao/__46.html A contractual agreement on the professional independence of the exercise of the profession pursuant to section 46 BRAO must be submitted, which is either included in the employment contract or concluded as a separate supplementary agreement to the employment contract. On the employer's side, this must be signed by the employer's legal or legally authorised representative. • Proof of the job description (master sheet) (under "Forms") A job description must be submitted, signed by the employer's legal or legally authorised representative. • Proof of the employer's name and the object of the employer's company Proof of the employer's name and the object of the employer's business (e.g. copy of excerpt from the commercial, association or cooperative register) must be submitted.

• Application for admission to the bar (In-house lawyer) with existing admission to the bar in Berlin (with questionnaire and master form) www.rak-berlin.de/download/mitglieder_pdfs_formulare/syndiku • Application for admission to the bar (In-house lawyer) with existing admission to the bar in Berlin (with questionnaire and master form) www.rak-berlin.de/download/mitglieder_pdfs_formulare/syndiku

EUR 370.00

• Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brao/BJNR005650959.html • Fee schedule of the Berlin Bar Association <https://www.rak-berlin.de/download/rak_berlin_pdfs/2022_03_02_GebOrdnung_RAK.pdf?m=1647858302&>

approx. 3 months

• Leaflet for the application for admission to the bar (In-house lawyer) with existing admission to the bar in Berlin www.rak-berlin.de/download/mitglieder_pdfs_formulare/syndiku

Für den Antrag auf Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt/wältin (Syndikusrechtsanwalt/anwältin) bei bestehender Rechtsanwaltszulassung ist die Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin zuständig. The Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin (Bar Association) is responsible for applications for admission as a Rechtsanwalt/Rechtsanwältin (lawyer) (Syndikusrechtsanwalt/Syndikusrechtsanwältin [in-house lawyer]) where an existing admission to the bar is already in place.