Specialist lawyer (Switzerland)
In Switzerland , the title of SAV specialist lawyer denotes a lawyer title that is intended to prove that you have special knowledge and experience in a certain area of law. Admission as a specialist lawyer requires at least five years of practical experience and above-average knowledge of the relevant area of law. If this is available, the title is awarded by the Swiss Bar Association after an examination for a period of ten years.
degrees
The Swiss Bar Association (SAV) certifies the following specialist attorney degrees:
- Specialist lawyer for labor law
- Specialist lawyer for construction and real estate law
- Specialist lawyer for inheritance law
- Specialist lawyer for family law
- Specialist lawyer for liability and insurance law
- Specialist lawyer for criminal law
literature
- Mirko Roš: Specialization in the legal profession and the courts . In: Justice-Justiz-Giustizia . No. 2 , 2013.
- Georges Chanson and Mirko Roš: Specialist lawyer SAV: a first inventory . In: Swiss Legal Journal . tape 104 , 2008, p. 15-18 .
- Walter Fellmann and Matthias Bizzaro: Legal law . Stämpfli, Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7272-8659-9 , p. 341-346 .
- Mirko Roš: Should the SAV introduce the "Fachanwalt SAV" or the "Fachanwältin SAV"? In: Anwaltsrevue / Revue de l'avocat . 2002, p. 7-9 .