Apply for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications as a solicitor

• Foreign professional qualification as a European lawyer You have completed professional training which entitles you to direct access to the profession of European lawyer. • Aptitude test www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/juristenausbildung/anerkennung-ausl If their professional training related to subjects which differ substantially from those required for practising the profession of lawyer in Germany and these differences have not been compensated for in other ways, in particular through professional practice or further training measures • Language skills You have the necessary German language skills to work as a lawyer in Germany. • For online applications: registration/login via BundID service.berlin.de/nutzerkonten/bundid/ To submit your application online, log in with your BundID account. If you do not yet have a BundID account, please register with BundID. The basic registration with a user name and password is sufficient for this.

• Application for the determination of an equivalent professional qualification for admission to the Bar You can either submit your application online or use the form and submit your application in writing by post. • Identity document Passport or identity card • Curriculum vitae A current curriculum vitae in the form of a table and in German (list of your training courses and professional experience) • Foreign professional training certificates Proof of the entitlement for direct access to the profession of a European lawyer • Evidence of relevant professional experience and other evidence of qualifications Proof that more than half of the minimum period of training was completed in member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or Switzerland, or a certificate of at least three years of professional practice in one of these states. • Explanation of further applications Declaration that the application for the determination of an equivalent professional qualification has not been submitted to another examination office at the same time, whether an application has already been submitted or an aptitude test has already been taken, and if so, at which examination offices. • Documents in German or German translation All relevant documents that are not available in German must be submitted with a German translation. The translations must be done by translators who are publicly appointed or authorised. • Explanation of previous examination attempts Explanation of the examination offices to which an application has already been submitted or an aptitude test has already been taken. • Determination of the elective subjects if an aptitude test is to be taken The application shall also contain: the designation of elective subjects for second supervisory work and for the oral examination. The indication of the optional subjects can still be made up for within one month after the applicant has been informed of the decision on the imposition of an aptitude test. • Aptitude test is not imposed The aptitude test shall not be imposed if there is appropriate evidence that the differences in training have been compensated by professional practice or further training measures.

• Application for the determination of an equivalent professional qualification for admission to the Bar www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/_assets/gjpa/antrag_nach_16_ff_eura

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• Federal Lawyers' Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung or (BRAO) § 4 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/brao/__4.html • Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland or EuRAG) § 16 ff. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eurag/__16.html • Ordinance on the Qualifying Examination for Admission to the Bar (Verordnung über die Eignungsprüfung für die Zulassung zur Rechtsanwaltschaft or RAZEignPrV) § 3 ff. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/razeignprv/__3.html

• 1 month: Confirm receipt of application and inform if any documents are missing. • 4 months: Decision on the application

• Information sheet on the suitability test (Senate Department of Justice) www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/juristenausbildung/anerkennung-ausl • Prüfungstermine (Senatsverwaltung für Justiz) www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/juristenausbildung/anerkennung-ausl • Sample questions from previous aptitude tests (Senate Department of Justice) www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/juristenausbildung/anerkennung-ausl • Resources for the aptitude test (Senate Department of Justice) www.berlin.de/sen/justiz/juristenausbildung/anerkennung-ausl • Titles under which the profession of European lawyer may be practised (EuRAG – Annex to Section 1) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/eurag/anlage.html • Financial assistance during the recognition process (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training – BIBB) www.anerkennung-in-deutschland.de/html/en/financial-support. • Publicly appointed translators in Germany (Justice Portal) www.justiz-dolmetscher.de/Recherche/en/

Gemeinsames Prüfungsamt der für Justiz zuständigen Senatsverwaltung (Joint Examination Office of the Senate Department responsible for Justice, GJPA) • responsible for the federal states of: Berlin, Brandenburg, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein Other examination offices • Gemeinsames Prüfungsamt der Länder Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland und Thüringen (Joint Examination Office of the States of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Thuringia) in Düsseldorf, and • Gemeinsames Prüfungsamt des Landes Baden-Württemberg und der Freistaaten Bayern und Sachsen (Joint Examination Office of the State of Baden-Württemberg and the Free States of Bavaria and Saxony) at the Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Justice) in Stuttgart Note: The application for recognition of an equivalent professional qualification can be submitted to any examination office within the Federal Republic of Germany responsible for conducting the aptitude test, but not to several offices at the same time.