Flagship course

Internship Contract Clarity

Four modules that walk through German internship agreements, duty boundaries, and documentation habits — for interns and the people who host them.

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Learning outcomes

After the briefing you should be able to annotate your own agreement, list open questions for HR, and recognise when a licensed attorney must take over.

You will practice

  • Marking pay, learning-plan, and overtime clauses
  • Drafting a one-page supervision expectation note
  • Building an exit checklist if the placement ends early

You will not receive

  • Court representation or formal legal opinions
  • Visa or residence-permit filing
  • Guaranteed outcomes with employers or universities

Modules

1. Placement types and labels

How voluntary, mandatory, and study-linked internships are usually described in German workplace practice — and why the label matters for expectations.

2. Reading the agreement like a map

Clause clusters for hours, duties, confidentiality, and intellectual property, with annotation prompts you can reuse.

3. Day-to-day obligations

Supervision, feedback loops, absence reporting, and how to document tasks without turning every week into a conflict log.

4. Friction points and early exits

Sample language for raising concerns, plus a sober look at what this briefing cannot resolve alone.

Instructor

Portrait of instructor Lena Vogt

Lena Vogt

Lena has facilitated employment consultation workshops in Berlin since 2016, with a focus on internship onboarding for SMEs and university career desks. She designs the annotation worksheets used across Logicservicegrid briefings.

Informational pricing

No checkout on this site. Figures below describe typical session packs; confirm availability via contact.

€285 — individual briefing (two live sessions + annotated checklist)
€640 — host + intern paired track
See also the broader tiers on pricing.

FAQ

Is this a substitute for a lawyer?

No. Logicservicegrid provides employment consultations and educational briefings. Disputes, court filings, and formal opinions require licensed counsel in Germany.

Can you review my signed contract after I already started?

Yes — bring the signed copy and a short timeline of what has happened so far. We still cannot compel an employer to renegotiate.

What is a real limitation of this course?

We do not cover sector-specific collective agreements in depth. If your placement sits under a Tarifvertrag with unusual internship rules, you may need specialist counsel after the briefing.

Are sessions available in English?

Yes. Materials and live sessions are delivered in English; German clause wording is shown alongside plain-language notes.

Recent notes from participants

Annotating the overtime paragraph in Module 2 stopped me from assuming “flexibility” meant unpaid evenings. I still wish the host track had more HR templates.

Jonas R. — logistics intern, Hamburg
★★★★☆

Useful paired session. Our intern left with clearer learning goals; we left with a supervision cadence that actually fits a six-week placement.

Client in media production — Berlin