Bucerius Law School (pronounced [buˈtseʁius]) is a small, non-university affiliated private law school located in Hamburg, Germany. The school is the first and only private law school in Germany and is often ranked as the best law school in the country. It admits 100 students per year and these achieve very high results in the German Judicial Examination (Staatsexamen). Due to its high selectivity and students' placement in the German Judicial Examination, the school is regarded to be an elite institution for legal education and scholarship.