Hello Everyone,
I'm interested to apply for Master of Business, Competition and Regulatory Law at Freie Universität Berlin.
Does anyone know what are the criterias for Non-EU citizens? and also is there any possibility to get scholarship?

Thanks in Advance

Hi Mariams,

Quick disclaimer: I work at the MBL-FU ;-)

The official application requirements can be found here: http://www.jura.fu-berlin.de/en/studium/masterstudiengaenge/mbl-fu/application/index.html

The summary is:

- University degree (law or business/economics) of 4 years
- Work experience of (normally) not less than one year
- English at a B1 level (TOEFL/IELTS/Cambridge Certificates)
for the double degree:
- French at a B 2 level

Degrees and universities (or what qualifies as such) are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, so I can't provide general guidelines as to how your specific degree or university will be assessed.

Scholarships are available for many specific countries and from different organisations, a good overview can be found at the German Academic Exchange Service (here: https://www.daad.de/deutschland/stipendium/datenbank/en/21148-scholarship-database/) :)

I hope you find this information useful, let us know if you have any further questions (either here or via e-mail)

Dominik Arncken
Research Assistant
MBL-FU Berlin

It really does depend on which country your from with regards to scholarships, but the FU is able to offer a fair few. You're outside the EU, yeah?

Also, Berlin is a fantastic city to stay in after studies are finished (I did), outstanding lifestyle and quite a few jobs if you know where to look and are happy to work for a little less than you get in say, Paris or London.

My place, for instance are hiring: https://www.blacklane.com/en/career/legal-counsel-fm

Hello,

I'm a french law student. I have a 3 year law degree. In france the law degrees are not 4 years but only 3. Do you think it's possible to apply ?

Thank you very much !

Jean

Dear Jean,

It is not entirely impossible, but with regard to the application and admission procedure, please be advised that we preferably admit lawyers with a first law degree comparable to the German first legal state examination pursuant to the Deutsches Richtergesetz (DRiG). While you could be admitted, the degree ("Master") can only be conferred upon you if you have accumulated 240 ECTS points during your undergraduate plus the additional 60 ECTS points from the MBL. Sometimes this might be possible with a 3 year undergraduate degree but most of the time it takes either a 4-year bachelor or a 3 year bachelor and a 1 year master to for enough ECTS points to accrue.

I hope this could answer your question? For more information on the ECTS, you can check out http://ec.europa.eu/education/ects/ects_en.htm

All the best from Berlin!

Will an LLM in germany help a foreign lawyer (non-EU) to get a job and stay in germany? Has anyone experience with this??

An LLM would not qualify you to work as a lawyer in Germany. Traditionally in Germany a lawyer-to-be would study at law school, then do a clerkship, and pass examinations. This process can take a long time. If you wanted to work in a non-lawyer position (such as at an NGO, international organization, consulting firm, or something along these lines), it would probably be easier, although finding a job in this kind of organization as a non-German would still be difficult.

An LLM would at the very least get you on the ground there and able to network with these organizations, and after your program you could potentially apply for a work permit in the country.

It would be very important that you speak fluent German.