Multilateral internships for lawyers

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Published: December 16, 2025
Participants in the internship program during the introductory seminar in Bonn together with Mr. von Raumer, President of the DAV, (back center) in front of the Federal Office of Justice.
Participants in the internship program during the introductory seminar in Bonn together with Mr. von Raumer, President of the DAV, (back center) in front of the Federal Office of Justice.
Multilateral

For 31 years, IRZ, together with the BRAK and the DAV, has been promoting cross-border exchange between fellow lawyers with its multilateral internship program.

It is always motivating for us to see how the participants expand their knowledge and skills and gain new inspiration for applying what they have learned in their own legal practice in their home countries. This is achieved by combining theory and practice.

This year, 14 participants from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Hungary first attended a one-week introductory seminar in German on professional law for lawyers and other selected topics in German and European civil and commercial law.

This was followed by a three-and-a-half-week internship at a German law firm. The participants gained an insight into German legal practice and were able to exchange ideas with their German colleagues “on an equal footing,” which the interns emphasized as particularly positive in their evaluation discussions.

Finally, the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) was also available for an informational meeting with our interns, who then exchanged their experiences in Germany verbally before their departure.