A Brief Explanation of American and German Legal Education

Sebnem-Isil Keskin‏

מרץ 2004 · GRIN Verlag

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Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: A+, Universidad Panamericana; Guadalajara (Law School), course: Anglistics, language: English, abstract: The US-American and the German legal education systems stand almost at the opposite ends of a continuum: The US- legal education system is based on the Anglo-Saxon model; whereas the German legal education system is mainly based on traditions dating back to the middle ages. The following pages intend to give the reader a first impression about the main differences in the legal education system of bo th countries, especially of the licensing requirements and a view in the work of an US -american and a german lawyer.