Gleichwertigkeit von ausländischen Berufsqualifikationen in rechtspflegerischen Berufen Feststellung

If you would like to work in one of the professions of legal assistant, legal and notary assistant, legal specialist or notary specialist and only have a foreign professional qualification, you can apply for the equivalence of your professional qualification to be determined.

Trained legal assistants, legal and notarial assistants and legal and notarial specialists are particularly qualified employees in law firms and notarial offices who have extensive professional knowledge. For the following professions, a determination of the equivalence of a foreign professional qualification can be made at the Hanseatic Bar Association Bremen:

• Legal assistant,
• Lawyer's and notary's assistant,
• legal specialist:in.
• Notary specialist:in

• Proof of identity

  Copy of identity card or passport

• Curriculum vitae in German language

  (tabular list of education, training and employment to date)

• Certified copy of the proof of the educational qualification obtained abroad
• Proof of intention to purchase

  (e.g. application for an entry visa for gainful employment, proof of contact with an employer).

  • only required for persons who are not citizens of the EU/EEA/Switzerland or who live outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland.
• Notice:

  All documents must be submitted in German. Documents and certificates must be submitted in the original and as a translation in certified form.

Recognition of foreign professions is possible if the knowledge and skills acquired in the course of the completed foreign training correspond to the requirements for knowledge and skills set out in the Training Ordinance and Examination Regulations for the Conduct of Intermediate, Final and Retraining Examinations for the Profession of Legal Assistant and the Profession of Legal Assistant and Notary (issued by the Hanseatic Chamber of Lawyers Bremen as the competent body pursuant to sec. The requirements for the qualification as a legal secretary are set out in § 71 (4) and (9) of the Vocational Training Act (Berufsbildungsgesetz) or in the Examination Regulations for the Conduct of Further Training Examinations for Certified Legal Secretaries or in the Examination Regulations for the Conduct of Further Training Examinations for Certified Notary Public Secretaries. Detailed information can be found on the website of the Hanseatic Bar Association. You will find the link there under "Further Information" - ""Where can I find out more?" - "ReNo training".

• Contact the Hanseatic Bar Association Bremen with your request.
• For this purpose, submit an appropriate application and the required documents.
• Originals must be submitted by mail or in person and will be returned after processing.

Please note that all documents must be submitted in German. Foreign documents/certificates must be submitted in the original and as a certified translation. Additional documents and/or information may be requested.