Erste juristische Prüfung ablegen

Have you completed the minimum period of study for your law degree? Find out more about the final legal examination here.

The first law exam concludes your law studies at university.

It is divided into 2 examinations:

• The state compulsory subject examination
• The university specialization examination

The compulsory state examination counts for 70% of the overall grade. It includes a written and an oral part.

The specialization 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 examinations.

The first state law examination is the basis for the preparatory service and therefore also for the second state law examination.

• Application for admission to the examination
• Proof of the admission requirements
• identity card
• For the compulsory subject examination, you must also submit a certificate of enrollment from Martin Luther University for the last two semesters before the examination

• Successful university intermediate examination
• You have completed the minimum period of study (2 years)
• Successful participation in the exercises for advanced students in civil law, criminal law and public law
• Successful participation in a foreign-language jurisprudence course, a jurisprudence-oriented language course or successful engagement with jurisprudence subjects in a foreign language (e.g. foreign-language moot court or study abroad)
• Successful participation in a law course in which practice-relevant interdisciplinary key qualifications are taught

There are no fees for first-time admission.

There is a fee of € 300 for the repeat examination to improve grades after passing the examination for the first time.

For the first round of the compulsory subject examination, you must submit the application between November 1 and November 30 of the previous year.

For the 2nd examination round, you must submit the application between May 1 and May 31 of the same year

You can apply to retake the compulsory state examination in order to improve your grade.

You can find more information on the compulsory subject examination on the website of the State Judicial Examination Office.

Objection to the determination of the result of the examinations

The state compulsory subject examination is conducted by the State Justice Examination Office.

The specialization examination is conducted by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

Applications for admission to examinations can be found on the website of the State Judicial Examination Office.