Snapshot
Profile-specific L1-L3 combinations, qualifications, exact clocks, pass marks and scoring gates.
Module status
- •Track: Profile
- •Last verified: 2026-07-31
- •Boundary: Independent training. Official notice and EPSO messages prevail.
Levels
L1 requires C2. L2 and L3 require at least C1 reading competence. Reasoning is taken in L1.
Allowed combinations
| Profile | L1 | L2 | L3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS, DA, ET, FI, LV, SV | Profile language | French | One of English, German, Italian, Polish or Spanish |
| FR | French | One of Dutch, English, German, Greek, Italian, Polish or Spanish | Any official EU language other than L1 and L2 |
| IT | Italian | French | One of English, German, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Slovenian or Spanish |
A candidate may apply to only one of the eight competitions.
Qualifications
The notice and its national annex define accepted completed university legal education. No professional experience is normally required after a qualifying four-year degree. A three-year course may require one year of relevant professional experience under the notice rules.
Tests and gates
Verbal reasoning: 20 questions in 35 minutes, 0-20. Numerical: 10 in 20 minutes, 0-10. Abstract: 10 in 10 minutes, 0-10. The combined threshold is 20/40.
Translation L2 to L1: 90 minutes, 0-80, pass 40/80. No dictionary or other resources may be used under the notice.
Machine-translation review from L3 into L1: 90 minutes, 0-80, pass 40/80.
EPSO scores reasoning first, checks eligibility, then scores translation. It scores review only for candidates who pass translation. Final ranking uses the combined professional score out of 160. Reasoning does not contribute to that total.