How to Become a Lawyer?

This work contains overview papers from a June 2010 workshop, "How to Become a Lawyer in Europe," which was part of the 15th annual meeting of the Network of European Universities in Legal Studies. Country papers outline the legal framework and steps for becoming a lawyer or other legal professional in 13 countries, including Germany, the Republic of Mauritius, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Italy. Coverage encompasses legal education, professional exams, and certification/licensing; regulations on the legal profession; and various roles within the legal profession, such as solicitor, judge, notary, lawyer, and legal advisor. There is also a chapter on becoming an attorney in the US, and a chapter on becoming a lawyer in the state of California. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Izabela Krasnicka holds a PhD degree in law and teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok, Poland. Her areas of interest concern: public international law (with special emphasis on the law of aviation), legal system of the US, the constitutional law of the EU as well as legal education. Dr Krasnicka is the Polish side director of the Comparative US-EU Law Summer Law Program, lecturer for the Comparative & International Business and Trade Summer Law Program. She is also on the Board of the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation and the Dean’s Representative for International Relations.
Magdalena Perkowska holds a PhD degree in law and teaches at the Faculty of Law, University of Bialystok, Poland. Her areas of interest concern: criminal law, criminology (with special emphasis on the foreigners’ criminality, Swiss criminal law). Dr Perkowska is LLP-Erasmus Outgoing Staff and Students Coordinator at her home Law Faculty.