Honorary judge at the administrative court - to be appointed

Honorary judges are citizens who take part in court proceedings and contribute to the court's decision.
If you are elected as an honorary judge, you must accept the office. Exceptions to this are possible.

As an honorary judge, you should contribute experience, knowledge and judgements from your everyday life to the hearings and deliberations.

The same principles apply to you as to professional judges:

• You are bound by law and justice.
• You have the same rights and the same responsibility in the hearing and in reaching a judgement.
• They are not bound by instructions when making judgements and are obliged to remain absolutely neutral.

The chambers of the administrative courts decide with three professional judges and two honorary judges, unless a single judge decides.
Honorary judges do not take partin decisionsmade outside the oral hearing or in court decisions.

There are administrative courts (VG) in Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Sigmaringen and Stuttgart. They are responsible for administrative law disputes from the respective administrative districtadministrative district.
The VG Sigmaringen is responsible for the administrative district of Tübingen.
The Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim and the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig decide on appeals.