TM: The State Unified Lawyer’s Examination Will Begin on 16 January During the Winter Session
Published: 03.11.2022
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The Commission for the State Unified Professional Qualification Examination for Lawyers
has set the dates for the qualification examination during the winter session
of the 2022/2023 academic year.
During the 2023 winter session, the State Unified Professional Qualification
Examination for Lawyers will take place on the following dates:
Constitutional law, administrative law and administrative procedure:
16 January (from 10.00 to 11.00 – the theoretical part; from
12.00 to 14.00 – the practical part).
International and European Union law: 19 January (from 10.00
to 11.00 – the theoretical part; from 12.00 to 14.00 – the practical part).
Legal theory, philosophy of law and the history of Latvian law: 24
January (from 10.00 to 11.00 – the theoretical part; from 12.00 to
14.00 – the practical part).
Criminal law and criminal procedure: 27 January (from 10.00
to 11.00 – the theoretical part; from 12.00 to 14.00 – the practical part).
Civil law, civil procedure and commercial law: 31 January (from
10.00 to 11.00 – the theoretical part; from 12.00 to 14.00 – the practical
part).
Additional information:
After compiling information on the consideration of students’ applications
challenging the qualification examination held during the 2022 summer session,
it was calculated that 27% of students passed the State Unified Professional
Qualification Examination for Lawyers during the 2022 summer session.
Since the examination was introduced in June 2021, 123 students have obtained
a professional qualification as lawyers, representing 43% of all students who have ever taken the examination.
The aim of introducing the State Unified Professional Qualification Examination
for Lawyers is to improve the quality of legal education in Latvia in the long term.
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