Higher Regional Court of Hamburg

Apply for admission to the second legal examination outside of the public-law training relationship

The legal clerkship usually ends after two years with the second state examination for lawyers. This is taken at the joint examination office of the states of Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.

Detailed description

If you are no longer in a public law training relationship and have either not yet passed the Second State Examination for Lawyers or would like to try to improve your status, you have the option of applying for admission to the Second State Examination for Lawyers again.

 

Information

Prerequisites

Passed the first state examination in law and completed the legal clerkship training.

Documents required

Please inquire about this from the responsible office.

Please note

Responsible after passing the first state examination in law and completing traineeship training. For more detailed information, please refer to our website http://justiz.hamburg.de/2-examen/

Fees

The responsible office will provide you with information about the costs involved.

Legal basis

§§ 5 DRiG, 5d (6) DRiG

Links on hamburg.de

Address and contact information

Higher Regional Court of Hamburg

Barrier-free access for the Caffamacherreihe and the Dammtorwall. The way through the house or to the Dammtorwall is signposted. If help is required, the gatekeeper can ring the bell at the entrance to the Caffamacherreihe and Dammtorwall.

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Last updated: 11.09.2026