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“ The specialist lawyer title alone does not help

The testing organisation Dekra is doing far more to look at than cars under the hoodThey determined the energy efficiency of homes, is examining the safety of playgrounds and making crash tests. With your An attempt to establish a quality seal for lawyers, failed the Dekra testers now. Your project was good. At the end of, Dekra subsidiary company invited lawyers to undertake check testing in the Erb, employment, criminal or family law.

Those who pass the Test, you should use the green Dekra Logo for advertising and a"certified lawyer".

A lot of lawyers signed up immediately. The Logo of the testing organization for nearly seven hundred euros promised attention in an industry that is still in the nineties, the advertising was prohibited. The clients of the lawyers did not get the seal of but to face. At the beginning of, the regional court of Cologne declared them illegal. You give the impression that they had been acquired in accordance with recognized rules of advocacy - what is not a voice (Az. Dekra according to improved and created a Committee with well-known lawyers, the guards on the audit quality the requirements should be and tightened.

The seal should now only, who can prove practical experience of.

The judge remained hard at the end of they said re-advertising with the seal. You stay misleading (Az. Lothar lay it on the oven of the company Dekra no longer want to repair."We have to cancel the sailing."The best note on expertise in an area of law remains for the time being, the title"specialist lawyer". For this title, lawyers must complete hours of training, exams of the chamber of lawyers drop and practice to demonstrate. For the title in the area of labour law, hundreds of cases, for example, are necessary.

But even professional lawyers do not always guarantee the best advice.

To do this, some areas of law are much too extensive and also a well-trained lawyer may overlook facts or dates to be missed, because he is untidy. Weaknesses of the specialist lawyer training criticized, for example, Dr. Michael Quaas He is a lawyer and Judge in the Senate for law matters of the Federal court of justice:"The training procedure also produces specialist lawyers who have acquired their theoretical qualifications in the teacher training and as a practice only beginner experience. “ The candidate must demonstrate, say sometimes not by much."Not infrequently, the majority of the cases relates to recurrent and simple facts. Important points of reference in the attorney search therefore personal recommendations.

And who has found, or a search service (see the"Our Council"), a lawyer, feels him the best, even on the Tooth.

The lawyer knows the reality of cases such as the one that the customer brings to the table.

He is involved in a consortium of lawyers. Trust he a well-informed legal representation. Clients can expect clear answers to questions. For personal Lawyer-Check also, to understand the seal, with which lawyers advertise. Judges unopposed, the German attorney's Institute provides a seal. Lawyers get it, if you have areas of training in the part as the termination of protection or the right to maintenance to complete.

You must attend ten hours of training, pages of documents to study and a written exam.

The requirements are much less than that for a specialist lawyer title. The lawyer may renew the seal after two years of further training. The"Q"indicates that the lawyer formed generally, and has demonstrated. There is no expertise certified in a field of law, but rather the pursuit of continuing education. The Federal chamber of lawyers, training of the lawyer evaluates to a key.

He has relevant professional papers published on the topic

A similar"official seal of approval"gives the bar Association in Frankfurt am Main. The Dekra Iso certificate, there is for many industries. It has nothing to do with to do the controversial lawyer seal. A few hundred firms in Germany have purchased the certificate, and document that you have set up a quality management system which complies with the ISO standards. The seal indicates so to the most controlled processes in the firm. That the lawyer failed to do here because of poor office organisation, a forward, is expected to be unlikely. Conclusions on the quality of his advice does not allow the certification but.

Also TÜV-certified law firms with quality management.

The bar Association advounion has awarded eight hundred lawyers"due to proven superior performance in accordance with § a VI of the Federal lawyers 'act"a certificate.

Even if it seems so: It certifies that the lawyer is really good.

The certificate is only to prove that the lawyer has a duty pursuant to. On demand of the financial test, the advounion declared, you'll in the future pointing out that"training services"to be certified. Currently, the certification will be suspended. Background: The bar Association of Cologne it considers to be unlawful. Some law firms advertise that they were selected from the company"Premium firms GmbH". On Demands of the operator declared that the selection doesn't follow the documented rules. At least a specialist lawyer title. In addition, the market is screaming selection seal"premium-lawyer"so no real help. Especially dazzling title and seal are stock in the attorney industry is rare for a long time. Ultimately, the predicate called"lawyers were"quite a stir, boasting of good study notes, and a supposedly very good perception to clients. The district court of Regensburg stopped their full-bodied promise (Az. Expressly permitted, it is lawyers, however, as a"specialist"for certain problems to occur. You need to view Dishes far above average knowledge and experience have tilled, not just years, but rather decades of a field of law."Specialist"you may call but even then only if the right field is not already a specialist lawyer title exists. Here, no confusion should arise as a risk. Only registered users can write comments. Login now or register. Individual questions may be addressed to the readers service.