Schwerin (dpa / mv) - The state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has hired 62 legal trainees.

Justice Minister Katy Hoffmeister (CDU) announced on Tuesday in Schwerin that there are more than there have been for more than ten years.

Three quarters of them do not come from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The efforts to make legal clerkship in MV more attractive are bearing fruit.

Trainee lawyers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania could be made civil servants on revocation.

The state is a pioneer in the Federal Republic.

180 trainee lawyers have now completed their preparatory service in the country, which takes place after successfully completing their studies.

The country hires new trainee lawyers twice a year.