Legal Education in Germany – an ever (never?) ending story of resistance to change

Authors

  • Ulrike Schultz Universität in Hagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/re&d.v0i04.2212

Keywords:

legal education, reform, traditional system

Abstract

Legal education in Germany has been a story of change – minor changes have occurred frequently; in the past forty years, the time span I have lived through as a law student and lawyer, every three to ten years. That means that there have been reactions to demands for modernisation, market pressures or criticism without however changing the system. The main characteristics and structure of legal education have remained the same.

In the past years the pressure for reform has gained in speed.

In what follows I will explain why it has been important to legal authorities to stick to the traditional system, what its strengths are, and why it may only be marginally changed.

Author Biography

Ulrike Schultz, Universität in Hagen

Lehrstuhl für Deutsches und Europäisches Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrecht sowie Völkerrecht

Fern Universität in Hagen

Germany

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How to Cite

Schultz, U. (2011). Legal Education in Germany – an ever (never?) ending story of resistance to change. Education and Law Review, (04). https://doi.org/10.1344/re&d.v0i04.2212

Issue

No. 04 (2011): Clínicas jurídicas: Desafío y oportunidad

Section

Research, studies and relevant reports

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