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JUNE1993

5. Occupational prospects

To an increasing extent, lawyers and

legal experts in enterprises are not

only expected to have knowledge of

European Community Law but to

have a distinct comprehension of

the "other" legal systems. Acquiring

the double qualification "Lawyer

and Rechtsanwalt" can satisfy the

increasing demand for

comprehensive legal advice and

counselling across national borders.

At the same time, a lawyer thus

specialized gains considerable

competitive advantages.

Among the fields of activity that can

be opened up by acquiring the

double qualification are:

management consultancy to German

enterprises in Ireland and of Irish

enterprises either with residence in

Germany or with the intention to

gain a foothold there, co-operation

with German lawyers, establishing

places of business in Germany,

employment in internationally-

oriented lawyers' offices based in

either Germany or Ireland, as well as

practising one's profession in

industry and commerce, financial

corporations, and associations.

6. Preparatory seminar for the

aptitude test

Under the auspices of its president,

Dr. Giinter Schardey, the

Deutscher

Anwaltverein

- representing the

interests of more than 37,000 lawyers

in the Federal Republic of Germany

- in collaboration with the

Fachinstitut fur Betriebswirtschaft

und Steuerrecht

(Institute for

Business Economics and Tax Law),

will give a preparatory course for the

aptitude test. It will take place in the

summer of 1993, covering a period

of five weeks.

Information

Detailed information and a prospectus

on the seminar can be obtained either

from the

Deutscher

Anwaltverein

(Adenaueralle 106, D-5300 Bonn 1,

Fax: 00-49-228-260746) or from the

Fachinstitut fiir Betriebswirtschaft und

Steuerrecht,

which is run by the

authors of this article, MarienstraBe 8,

D-7800 Freiburg, telephone: 00-49-

761-39090 and 39036, Fax: 30625).

References

1. The German system does not

distinguish between "barrister" and

"solicitor".

2. EC Council Directive 89/48 from

Dec. 21, 1988 (Directive),

Amtsblatt

der Europáischen Gemeinschaften

Nr.

L 19, 0. 16.

Bundesgesetzblatt

(Federal Law

Gazette) BGBI I, 1349, cf. also

regulations on the aptitude test

(Verordnung iiber die

Eignungspriifung fiir die Zulassung

zur Rechtsanwaltschaft) of Dec. 18,

1990. BGBI I, p. 2881.

4. Cf. § 6

Eignungspriifungsgesetz

(EignungspG).

5. Cf. Art. 7, para. 1 and para. 2 of the

Directive.

6. Cf. Feuerich,

Neue Juristische

Wochenzeitschrift (NJW)

1-991, P.

1144.

7. Cf. § 29 a of

Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO).

8. Cf. § 5 EignungspG. and § 6 of the

Verordnung iiber die

Eignungspriifung (regulations on the

aptitude test).

9. Ibid.

10. Cf. § 6

EignungspG.

11. Cf. §§ 6 para. 4

EignungspG, 1

para.

2 of the

Verordnung des

Bundesministers der Justiz

of Dec.

18, 1990 on the aptitude test for

Zulassung zur Rechtsanwaltschaft

(admission to practice as a lawyer)

VO.

12. Cf. § 11 para. 1 of

VO.

13. Cf. § 2 s.2

EignungspG.

14. Cf.

amtliche Begrundung

(official

statement of reasons)

der VO zu

§ 7,

Bundesrat Brucksache (BRDrucks.)

712/90, p. 18.

15. Cf. §§ 3 EignungspG, 3 para. 1 of

the VO.

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