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ESTONIA

1. Academy Nord, Law School
2. Concordia International University Estonia, Faculty of Law
3. University of Tartu, Law School

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1. Academy Nord, Law School
Siili 14, Tallinn 13413 Estonia
Phone: +372 6737966; Fax: +372 6737547; Email: info@nord.ee

• Awarded degrees are: Bachelor of Law – 3,4 years;Master of Law – 2 years;Doctor of Law – 3 years;
• The University does not have a clinical program.
• The requirements for admission are high school graduation, entering examinations and interview.
• The number of admitted students is ca. 60 undergraduates, 40 distance undergraduate, 30
• master and 6 doctor each year.
• The number of graduate students is 80 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty is 400 undergraduates and 34 graduates.
• The number of part-time faculty is 105
• The University has a separate law library with about 25.000 volumes.
• The library provides 3 computer terminals for students and there are 46 computer terminals in a computer hall.

Process from Law School to practice:

A full advocate a member of the Bar may be accepted, who has passed the special exam and performed in law office a practice a) of two years as a advocate’s assistant, or b) of one year as a senior assistant (plus an age census of 24). However, both the assistants and senior assistants of advocate are considered members of the Bar (advokat). A senior assistant is an advocate who has passed the senior assistant’s exam and performed a practice of one year as an assistant. An advocate’s assistant is a lawyer who has passed the assistant’s exam. Thus there are three exams, composed of a written (case study) and oral (casual theoretical questions) part. The assistant’s exam contains also an essay and an interview. There are some other possibilities too: a practice before the exam of senior assistant may be replaced by a practice in a Law School of a University; a practice before the exam of full advocate may be replaced by a doctor’s degree in law. There seems to be no possibilities to perform the practice in court; as members of the Bar, the advocates of all the levels have the right to represent principals in court, except the reservation for full advocates in the National court.

No master degree is needed. Bachelor degree of a Law School of a academic University is sufficient.

2. Concordia International University Estonia, Faculty of Law
Kaluri Tee 3, Haabneeme, Viimsi Vald
74 001 Harjumaa, Estonia
Phone: + 3726090529; Fax: +3726090216; Email: aherk@ciue.edu.ee

• Awarded degrees are: Bachelor of Jurisprudence – 4 years, andMaster of Laws – 1 year
• The University has a clinical programs.
• The requirements for admission are: application, test of English language, diploma of secondary school and 2 letters of recommendation.
• The number of admitted students is 35-50 each year.
• The number of graduate students is 35-50 each year.
• The University charges tuition fees to students.
• The number of full-time faculty – 6
• The number of part-time faculty – 20
• The University does not have a separate law library.
• The University library has 2000 law related volumes.
• The library provides 65 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

Graduates must pass Bar exam.

3. University of Tartu, Law School

• Awarded degrees are Bachelor in social science – 3 years, and Master of Law – 5 years.
• The University has a clinical programs.
• The requirements for admission are high school examinations: mother tongue, history and foreign language.
• The number of admitted students is about 160 each year.
• The number of graduate students is about 100 each year.
• The University does not charge tuition fees to students. Only non-state financed places.
• The number of full-time faculty – 48 (38 teaching + 10 administrative)
• The number of part-time faculty – 43 (42 teaching + 1 administrative)
• The University has a separate law library with approximately 1000 volumes.
• University library has approximately 15 000 volumes.
• The library provides 38 computer terminals for students.

Process from Law School to practice:

It is necessary to have full legal education obtained from the university recognized by the state. To become a fully licensed member of the Bar it is necessary to have an examination and to work:

1) as a assistant of a lawyer – 2 years,

2) as a senior assistant of a lawyer – 1 year

• Assistant of the lawyer – these are mainly the persons who have recently graduated the Law School. Here the examination is before they start their practice.
• Senior assistant of the lawyer – to get this level, person has to work as a assistant of the lawyer at least one year or at least two years on the places where the higher education in law is necessary and the person concerned has to have the examination.

3) Fully licensed member of the BAR. This is the highest level. The person concerned has to work 2 years as an assistant of the lawyer or 1 year as a senior assistant of the lawyer.