Law (State Examination)
On the following pages, you will find information and overviews designed to clearly set out the details and regulations governing a proper course of study, thereby helping you to plan your studies. Further information is also available on the Legal Examinations Office’s website (external link, opens in a new window).
The digital course guide (external link, opens in a new window) provides students with a comprehensive and detailed overview of the entire degree programme. It can also be downloaded (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible) as a brochure (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible).
If you are interested in older study guides, please contact the programme coordinator and academic adviser
Dr Petra Carmen Fexer.
Something special in Regensburg! Study law in combination with the LL.B. in Digital Law!
As the future of legal work will be a digital one, ‘Digital Law’ is not merely a passing trend. Rather, digital technologies will have a lasting impact on our legal system. Even now, lawyers with expertise in legal informatics and an understanding of the legal challenges posed by digitalisation are in desperate demand by major commercial law firms, companies, courts, public authorities and professional bodies; the demand for legal advice is enormous and will continue to rise with the rapid spread of legal tech applications in business, government and the courts. Just as the successful digitalisation of our working and business worlds is crucial to the future strength and competitiveness of our economy, so too is it for the future of legal advice.
By combining the two degree programmes, you can gain an additional qualification that is immensely important today – and a further degree (LL.B.) – with only a minimal amount of extra effort!
As a first-year student, you can enrol in both degree programmes as part of a dual degree scheme straight away, or you can add the other programme to your existing course whilst you are already studying.
Your law-related academic achievements will be recognised, which means that, where equivalent, a single module can count towards both degree programmes!
Further important links and documents
UR/ Antonia Pröls
Study programmes
UR/Petra Fexer
The study plan provides guidance on which semester each module should be taken in and sets out the fixed examination dates.
Study plan: start of the summer term (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)
Study Plan: Start of the winter semester (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)
Last updated: Winter semester 2024/25
Priority Area Plans
UR / Elias Wiedemann
The specialisation syllabuses specify which lectures must be attended in each case. Their content forms part of the syllabus for the oral university examination.
Last updated: Winter semester 2024/25.
Registration for the next oral specialisation examinations in Nov/Dec 2026: 1–31 August 2026 via FlexNow!
PowerPoint presentation from the information session on the specialisation programme and future study options, held on 21 April 2026
Key areas
SP 1 – Fundamentals of the modern legal system
SP 2 – Company Law
SP 3 – Regulatory Law on Sustainability
SP 4 – Social Cohesion Law
SP 5 – German and International Procedural Law
SP 6 – Fundamentals of Criminal Law
SP 7 – Information Society Law
SP 8 – European and International Law
SP 9 – Intellectual Property, Competition and Digitalisation
SP 10 – Family and Inheritance Law
SP 11 – Employment Law
SP 12 – Public Commercial Law
SP 13 – Banking and Capital Markets Law
Important links and information
Course Catalogue
Course materials
In GRIPS (external link, opens in a new window), you will find study materials and information about the relevant courses.
Information on registering for modules and examinations
Registration periods and deadlines
Beginners’ classes
Conversation classes
SPUR place allocation: 1 October or 1 April until the Thursday before lectures begin
Holiday assignments
FlexNow: 15 March / 1 September until the day after submission
1st exercise exam = mock exam and resit exam
Since the 2016 summer term, registration has been automated in accordance with the degree programme
Interim examination
Interim examination papers
Since the 2016 summer term, registration has been automated in accordance with the degree programme
Advanced seminars
Final exams
FlexNow: From Monday of the second week of lectures until 1 February in the winter semester and until 10 July in the summer semester.
Specialisation programme
Specialisation
FlexNow: From the start of the lecture period until 31 May / 30 November
Preparatory seminar
FlexNow: From the start of the lecture term until 31 May / 30 November
Coursework and seminar on the coursework ( presentation is assessed separately) FlexNow: Start of the lecture term by 31 May / 30 November
Oral specialisation examination
FlexNow: 1–28 February / 1–31 August
Information on the state examination
You can find all the information you need about registering for the state examination and the relevant registration deadlines on the website of the State Examination Office for the Judiciary:
http://www.justiz.bayern.de/landesjustizpruefungsamt/ (external link, opens in a new window)
The Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg also awards, upon application, the academic degree ‘Diplom-Juristin Univ.’ or ‘Diplom-Jurist Univ.’ retrospectively. The requirements are governed by the regulations governing the award of the academic degree ‘Diplom-Juristin’ or ‘Diplom-Jurist’ at the University of Regensburg.
I. Eligibility to apply
Anyone who has successfully passed the First State Examination in Law at the examination centre in Regensburg is eligible to apply. The academic degree may be awarded retrospectively to all graduates who have passed their First State Examination in Law since 3 October 1990 (examination session 1990/2).
The title may not be awarded if the eligible person has already applied for or been awarded an identical or comparable title on the basis of the First State Examination in Law. Please refer to the regulations for further details.
Note: For graduates falling within the scope of the JAPO of 13 October 2003 who have taken or will take the University Law Examination, Section 2 of the Regulations on the University Specialisation Examination for Students of Law at the University of Regensburg of 11 November 2004 applies.
II. Application Procedure
Applications must be made in writing. Further information is available at pa.jura@ur.de.
Trial study programme for university entry under the QualV
Floor plans and directions to the lecture theatres
You can find an overview of how to get here, parking facilities and the university’s lecture theatres on the Technical Services Centre’s website (external link, opens in a new window). (external link, opens in a new window)