German lawyer information

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German lawyer information
Online legal portal
languages German
operator German Lawyers Association
http://anwaltauskunft.de/magazin/

The German Lawyers ' Information is an online legal portal launched by the German Lawyers' Association (DAV).

history

The German lawyer information originally went online in 1999 as a supplement to a telephone service. Employees of the DAV initially put those seeking law and advice to a lawyer by telephone . This service should now also be possible on the website via a search engine. Over the years, the website has been supplemented with news on judgments and finally relaunched as a legal online magazine in 2013. The "lawyer search" function was retained alongside the addition of an editorial part.

concept

The German lawyer information is currently structured in two parts: Via the “lawyer search”, users of the website can find legal counsel. According to the operator, the database contains the data / addresses of 67,000 lawyers. You can get initial information on legal issues in the “Magazine” and “Advice” sections. The focus of the reporting is primarily on consumer issues. The editorial spectrum in the magazine and guide ranges from brief reports on court judgments, background reports and reports to comments and interviews . This offer is supplemented by video series and podcasts .

credentials

  • September 2000: The Stiftung Warentest classifies in its magazine Finanztest, issue 09/2000 after a price-performance comparison of various search services, the German lawyer information , compared to the 0190 service "lawyer database" as the better.
  • October 2000: In a comparison of various Internet search services of the magazine Men's Health , the German lawyer information is rated as the "most extensive database without a lot of frills".
  • September 2005: Since the end of September 2005, the German Lawyers' Report has been sponsoring the program "Law & Taxes". of the news channel n-tv .
  • March 2013: In its 03/2013 issue, Stiftung Warentest's Finanztest magazine deals with the subject of “Lawyer Search: The Best Way to Find a Lawyer”. The editorial team compares various lawyer search portals. The German lawyer information is one of the test winners. The conclusion of the testers: "Large and clear page with a variety of search options". At anwaltauskunft.de, the editors found most of the lawyers from all search portals for the individual search queries.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b German Lawyers' Association, Walentowski, Anwaltsblatt 1999, VI – VIII
  2. ^ Lawyer search: Favorite lawyer wanted , Stiftung Warentest, Finanztest 09/2000, accessed on September 23, 2014
  3. ^ German Bar Association, Walentowski, Anwaltsblatt 2000, 672–673
  4. ^ N-TV: Ratgeber , accessed on September 15, 2014
  5. ^ Deutscher Anwaltverein, Walentowski, Anwaltsblatt 2005, pp. 545–546
  6. Lawyer search: The best way to find a lawyer , Stiftung Warentest, Finanztest 03/2013, accessed on September 15, 2014