A Brief Explanation of American and German Legal Education

Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: A+, Universidad Panamericana; Guadalajara (Law School), course: Anglistics, 4 entries in the bibliography, 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.