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1. University of Innsbruck, Law School

2. University of Linz, Faculty of Law

3. University of Salzburg, Law Faculty

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1. University of Innsbruck, Law School
Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Phone: 43 512 507 8001; Fax: 43 512 507 2820; Email: dekanat-rechtswiss@uibk.ac.at

• Awarded degrees are Magister/Magistra Iuris; Doctor Iuris
• The University has clinical program.
• The admission requirement is Matura, comparable to college graduation.
• The number of admitted students is around 500 each year.
• The number of graduate students is around 320 each year.
• The University charges only for admission purposes.
• The number of full-time faculty-70
• The number of part-time faculty-62
• At University each law department/institute has its own library. The libraries contain around 100.000 volumes.
• The library provides about 15 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law school to practice:

9 months clerkship at the court;

5 years of practice at a law firm, 4,5 years if the student received a Doctor Iuris (comparable to PhD)

2. University of Linz, Faculty of Law
Altenbergerstraβe 69, A-4040 Linz
Phone: + 43/732/2468 DW 3221; Fax: +43/732/2468 DW 3205; Email: Josef.menner@jk.uni-linz.ac.at

• Awarded degrees are Diploma degrees and Doctoral degrees.
• Usual period of study is 6 year for Diploma degree and 4 years for Doctoral degree.
• The University does not have clinical program.
• The admission requirement is secondary school leaving certificate or examination for university entrance qualification.
• The number of admitted students is about 400 each year (there are no limits for acceptance).
• The number of graduate students is about 180 each year.
• The University charges only for administrative purposes (required by law)
• The number of full-time faculty-76 university professors and assistants
• The number of part-time faculty-7 university assistants
• The University has a separate law library with about 200.000 volumes.
• The library provides about 10 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice

Law graduates have to submit to a five-year training period. This includes a minimum of nine months clerkship at the courts and three years in an Austrian law firm. The remaining 15 months may be served in a notary’s office, in the Solicitor General’s Office or, if such employment seems useful towards a future activity, the time may be spent in an administrative authority in a law school etc. It is necessary having stood examinations (written/orally) at the end of the training.

3. University of Salzburg, Law Faculty
Churfurstraβe 1, A-5020 Salzburg
Phone: ++ 43/662/8044/3000;Fax:++43/662/8044/164; Email: rw.dekanat@sbg.ac.at

• Awarded degrees are Diploma of Law and Master of Business Law.
• Usual period of study is 4 years for Diploma of Law and 1.5 years for Master of Business Law.
• The University does not have clinical program.
• The admission requirement is final examination of gymnasium or comparable degree.
• The number of admitted students is around 200 each year
• The number of graduate students is around 300 each year.
• The University charges only for administrative purposes
• The number of full-time faculty-about 30
• The number of part-time faculty-5
• The University has a separate law library with about 320.000 volumes.
• The library provides about 10 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice

Law School graduates need five years of practice (at least 3 years at a law firm) and further exams.

Process from Law School to practice-Law graduates have to submit to a five-year training period. This includes a minimum of nine months clerkship at the courts and three years in an Austrian law firm. The remaining 15 months may be served in a notary’s office, in the Solicitor General’s Office or, if such employment seems useful towards a future activity, the time may be spent in an administrative authority in a law school etc. It is necessary having stood examinations (written/orally) at the end of the training.