Specialist lawyer for criminal law
The title of specialist lawyer for criminal law is a specialist lawyer designation of the German professional law of lawyers .
The designation of specialist lawyer for criminal law was introduced by the 1st constitutional assembly of the Federal Bar Association at its 1st meeting from September 7th to 9th, 1995.
Legal areas of training
In terms of content, the title is defined by the areas of law named in Section 13 of the Specialist Lawyers Act (FAO), in relation to which the lawyer holding the specialist lawyer title must prove special knowledge. These are the methodology and law of criminal defense and the main features of the relevant auxiliary sciences (§ 13 No. 1 FAO), the substantive criminal law including juvenile, narcotics, traffic, commercial and tax criminal law (§ 13 No. 2 FAO), the Criminal procedural law including juvenile criminal and administrative offense proceedings as well as penal enforcement and penal enforcement law (§ 13 No. 3 FAO).
In order to acquire the title of specialist lawyer for criminal law, as with all specialist lawyer titles, proof of special practical experience is also required. Here, § 5 S. 1 lit. f FAO proof of 60 cases dealt with by the applicant, within which participation in at least 40 main hearing days must have been given before the lay jury or a higher court.
statistics
As of January 1, 2018, 3,553 specialist lawyers for criminal law are admitted in Germany.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Bar Association (PDF) Retrieved July 16, 2018.