Legal training in Switzerland
The judicial training in Switzerland called the training necessary for access to legal professions.
Education
The Switzerland has nine law schools. The final legal examinations in Switzerland are taken and assessed by the universities. There is no legal state examination in Switzerland like in Germany . Instead, there was a licentiate, so-called lic.iur. , completed. As a result of the Bologna reform, the awarding of titles was adapted to international studies. Since then (with transition periods), only the two academic titles BLaw for “Bachelor of Law” and MLaw for “Master of Law” have been awarded in Switzerland .
According to the Swiss school grades, most Swiss universities - not all - give grades from 1 (very bad) to 6 (very good), with a 4 being sufficient. The predicates rite (lowest grade), bene, cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude (highest grade) are also customary. The grade required for the respective predicate is different for each university.
Bar exam
With the academic degree of "MLaw" or "lic.iur." there is the possibility of taking the cantonal bar exam after a practical period at a court or a law firm . In Switzerland, the judge's office is awarded through a public election (by the people or parliament ) in the relevant canton (democratic electoral process), whereby university degrees / grades have no significance. For many judicial offices, especially in courts of first instance, not even a university degree is required. The public prosecutor is also elected, the electoral authority being the people, the parliament or the government depending on the canton . As a rule, the entry requirement is a university degree in law.
Since lawyers in Switzerland differ from z. If, for example, you do not pass a second state examination in Germany, the bar examination is very important. In practice, it is often a prerequisite for access to a higher legal career. The bar exam is therefore often taken without any interest in actually working as a lawyer later.
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