Take your first legal exam
Description
The first legal exam completes your law studies at the university.
It is divided into 2 exams:
- The state compulsory examination
- The university focus area examination
The state compulsory examination counts for 70% of the overall grade. It includes a written and an oral part.
The focus area examination counts for 30% of the overall grade. It also includes a written and an oral part.
You can decide on the order of the two exams.
The first legal examination is the basis for the preparatory service and thus also for the second state examination in law.
- Successful university intermediate examination
- You have completed the minimum period of study (2 years)
- Successful participation in advanced exercises in civil law, criminal law and public law
- Successful participation in a foreign-language legal course, in a language course oriented towards law or successfully dealing with legal subjects in a foreign language (e.B foreign-language moot court or study abroad)
- Successful participation in a law course in which practice-relevant interdisciplinary key qualifications are taught
- Application for admission to the examination
- Proof of admission requirements
- Identity card
- For the compulsory subject examination, you must also present the certificate of enrolment from Martin Luther University for the last two semesters before the examination
There are no fees for initial admission.
Fees of € 300 apply for the repeat examination to improve grades after passing the exam for the first time.
For the 1st round of the compulsory examination, you must submit the application between 1 November and 30 November of the previous year.
For the 2nd round of the examination, you must submit the application between 1 May and 31 May of the same year
Objection to the determination of the result of the tests
The state compulsory examination is carried out by the State Judicial Examination Office.
The focus area examination is carried out by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
Applications for examination admission can be found on the website of the State Judicial Examination Office.
Upon request, you can repeat the state compulsory subject examination to improve your grade.
Further information on the compulsory subject examination can be found on the website of the State Judicial Examination Office.
President of the State Judicial Examination Office of Saxony-Anhalt
29.04.2020
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