Germany's First Private Law School Shakes Up a Tradition-Bound System

Germany's first private law school, established just five years ago, is already shaking up the country's tradition-bound system of legal education.

Bucerius Law School has produced its first future lawyers, and the occasion was so noteworthy that Hamburg's minister for justice held a reception to honor the first two graduates to pass their state exams.

Bucerius goes by an English name to emphasize its international orientation and because "the Anglo-American law-school system is

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