Law: the path to attorney and judge

German lawyers study differently: no bachelor — 9 semesters to the first Staatsexamen, then 2 years of Referendariat (practice at court, prosecution, law firm — with ~1,500 € salary) and the second Staatsexamen. Only then can one judge and practice law. Jura is a language: reading Gesetz and BGB like code, finding case solutions in the norms.

• ●Base: BGB (civil), StGB (criminal), VwGO (administrative)
• ●High dropout: many switch to LL.B./business law
• ●Judges and prosecutors are Beamte: stability, pension, status