Legal education in the Czech Republic

Petr Osina

Law Faculty, Palacky University

Abstract

The article deals with the system of legal education in the Czech Republic. It briefly describes four public law schools and their history. It also analyzes basic study programmes which are provided by these law schools. The third part of the article describes the main legal professions and their prerequisites.

Keywords:

law schools, master’s programme, bachelor’s programme, judge, public prosecutor, notary, advocate, executor

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2017-12-10

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Osina, P. (2017). Legal education in the Czech Republic. The Opole Studies in Administration and Law, 15(4), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.25167/osap.1231

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