Apply for admission to the bar
Do you want to apply for admission to the bar? Find out more here.
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Basic information
If you wish to practice as a lawyer, you must be admitted to the bar. For this purpose, a certificate is issued and handed over by the competent body if the relevant requirements are met, and you are entered in the official nationwide register of lawyers.
Upon admission, you become a member of the admitting body. After admission, you may practice under the professional title "Rechtsanwältin" or "Rechtsanwalt".
Requirements
- Original/copy or officially certified copy of the examination certificate on the acquisition of the qualification to become a judge according to the German Judges Act or
- Fulfillment of the integration requirements according to the Law on the Activity of European Lawyers in Germany (EuRAG) or
- passing the aptitude test according to the EuRAG
- Proof of professional liability insurance
- Receipt of the administrative fee
- Swearing in
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Procedure
Please contact the Hanseatic Bar Association Bremen with your request for admission as a lawyer. You can find the relevant application forms either here and/or on the website.
These must be completed, signed and sent to the bar association with the required documents.
If you have a corresponding post office box, you can submit the application via a citizen's post office box connected to the EGVP infrastructure. The way of e-mail and postal transmission is also open to you.
You can submit original documents in person or by mail. These will be returned after processing.
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Necessary Documents
- Doctoral Certificate
If applicable, original/ copy or officially certified copy of the doctoral degree certificate or proof of the acquisition of another academic degree.
- Questionnaire
Completed and signed questionnaire inquiring about the grounds for refusal of admission pursuant to Section 7 BRAO.
- Extract from the Federal Central Register
Will be obtained from the bar association.
- Resume
Curriculum vitae with photograph indicating the name at birth.
- Examination certificate
Original, a certified copy or an officially certified photocopy of the examination certificate confirming eligibility for appointment as a female or male judge, passing the aptitude test or meeting any other admission requirements under Section 4 of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO).
- Proof of professional indemnity insurance
The original certificate confirming that professional indemnity insurance has been taken out in accordance with Section 51 of the BRAO.
- Doctoral Certificate
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Competent Department
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Hanseatic Bar Association of Bremen (public-law corporation) Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Bremen K.d.ö.R.
- +49 421 16897 0
- Knochenhauerstraße 36/37, 28195 Bremen
- Website
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@rak- bremen. de
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Online Services
Simplified online form
You can use this form to upload applications and supporting documents for an existing application. You can also ask questions about your application.
This form is only available in German. -
Fees / Costs
Fees are charged in accordance with § 192 of the Federal Lawyers' Act (BRAO) in conjunction with the fee schedule of the Hanseatic Bar Association of Bremen.
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Deadlines & processing time
How long does it take to process
The processing time depends on the completeness of the submitted documents and is approximately 3 weeks.
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Legal Bases
- § 33 Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO)
- § 4 Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO)
- § 6 Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO)
- § 192 Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO)
- Gebührenordnung der Hanseatischen Rechtsanwaltskammer Bremen
- Section 6 of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)
- Section 192 of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)
- Section 33 of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)
- Section 4 of the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO)
- Schedule of Fees of the Hanseatic Bar Association of Bremen
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Updated on 12.09.2026