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1. Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Law

1. Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Law
Veveri 70, 611 80 Brno, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 5 41559111; Fax: +420 5 41214851; Email: int@law.muni.cz

• Awarded degrees are: Mgr.(Master’s program) 5 years – only full-time Bc ( Bc. Program) 3 years – only part-time Ph.D. (Ph.D. Program) 3 years The University has clinical program.
• Admission requirements are: Master’s program: secondary school leaving certificate, good results in written entrance examination in history, civics, general knowledge, logic, and one international language. Bc. program: secondary school leaving certificate, preferably some practical experience in the relevant field, good results in written entrance exams in history, civics, general knowledge, and logic. Ph.D program: Mgr. Degree in law, publications in the relevant field, good results in entrance examinations in law, the relevant legal specialization and professional Legal terminology in one international language.
• The number of admitted students is: Master’s program-500, Bc.-150 and Ph.D.-35 each year.
• The number of graduate students is: Master’s program-440, Bc.-120, and Ph.D.-10 each year.
• The University does not charge tuition fees if the language of instruction is Czech.
• The number of full-time faculty – 67
• The number of part-time faculty – 7
• University has separate library with 120 300 volumes.
• The library provides 26 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

After a period of traineeship (2-3) years with a licensed attorney at law, a court of justice or a public prosecutor’s office, respectively, the trainee has to pass an examination organized by the respective professional association (attorneys) or the Ministry of Justice (judges, public prosecutors). Attorneys then get a license; judges and public prosecutors are appointed. A Master’s degree is a prerequisite to being accepted as a trainee.

Basically the same procedure applies for becoming a notary-public (the trainee must have a Master’s degree, traineeship with a notary-public, examinations organized by the professional association of notaries-public).