Extensive exam revision courses: Institute for the Didactics of Law (3 teaching professorships); Continuous annual course, also during semester breaks; Weekly exam preparation course; Half-yearly written and oral mock exams; Individual exam analysis. 29 areas of specialisation; International focus: Key area “Foreign Law”; Subject-specific foreign language training: multi-level; 9 languages; Including the basics of foreign legal systems; Certificate of Higher Education in Common Law and LL.B. (Univ. of London); English study certificate; Study certificate “East-European Law”.

Institute for International and Foreign Law; Centre of European Law; Research Centre for Human Rights in Criminal Proceedings; Chair for Common Law; Subject-specific foreign language training (numerous languages and all levels); English-language certificates in foreign law, European and international law; Numerous specialisation areas with an international focus; Over 50 partner universities; LLB. (Univ. of London); Trilingual career-integrated Master’s in Passau-Lille, LLM German law for foreign students; Dual Master’s “German and Russian Law”; Certificate of basic command of German law.

Seminar rooms/lecture halls are fully equipped with modern technology, some with hybrid equipment; WiFi across the entire campus; very well-equipped PC clusters; Electronic platforms, also for digital and virtual forms of learning: Stud.IP, ILIAS; Access to many legal databases: including beck-online (with home access), juris, Westlaw, Nexis, HeinOnline, Wolters Kluwer Online; Wide range of e-journals and e-books; Video recordings of current and past courses; Interactive e-learning programme in many areas of law.

Excellent research in all core subjects and principles of law. Special emphasis is placed on the law of digitalisation, questions of international and European law and interdisciplinary research. Current research projects: ForDaySec (Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art); Data Release Vectors (Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation); Normative Assessment of Novel Somatic Genomic Therapies (Federal Ministry of Education and Research); Legislative Authority in a State of Health Emergency (Federal Ministry of Education and Research); Fundamental Principles of a Liberal Democratic State (ELI); Security Legislation, Freedom Commission and Surveillance Accounting (“Überwachungsgesamtrechnung”) (with LMU Munich/DAV (German Bar Association).

The faculty has a Start-up Law Clinic. Here, students work on relevant legal cases under the supervision of fully qualified lawyers and advise business founders and companies. The advice covers the entire field of start-up law and focuses on internet and digital law. As part of the university education, student legal services offer students the opportunity, similar to a work placement, to gain practical experience during their degree course and to immerse themselves in the dynamic start-up environment.

Very easy access to the chairs and the central facilities; Very good communication/supervision ratio between lecturers and students; Modern faculty building; Lecture halls and seminar rooms in top condition (in structural and technical terms); Highly diverse (students from all over Germany and a high percentage of international students); University group dedicated to mental health during studies ("Kopfsache"); The departmental student body has the programmes "Studying without stress" and study partner arrangement; Institute of Legal Didactics: Personal exam preparation, coursework training.