Gießen model (small study groups to accompany lectures). Practice-oriented teaching incorporates high-calibre practitioners (judges at the Federal Constitutional Court, Federal Administrative Court, Federal Social Court, Federal Court of Justice, top lawyers), especially in the specialisations, key skills, in moot courts, legal clinics and practitioner seminars. Free comprehensive exam preparation “UniRep”. Teaching in English, French and Spanish. Strong interdisciplinary approach with bridges to Social Science, focus: Peace and conflict research, digitalisation, innovative/current cross-cutting themes. Mediation training, regular evaluation; Visiting lecturer from University of Madison (USA).

Instituto CAPAZ (DAAD Centre of Excellence) to promote the German-Columbian peace process; US-German Summer Law School in international and comparative law with Marquette University/University of Wisconsin; Hessen International Winter University (online winter school); Franz von Liszt Institute for International Law and Comparative Law; MJI with a focus on European/International Law with an international phase, LLM German Law, LLM partner university Wisconsin Law School; Refugee Law Clinic; collaboration with Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF); International moot court, Harvard WorldMUN; collaboration with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)/Ajou; Suwon University (South Korea); permanent research collaboration with EU Commission

Law branch library:311,000 volumes, 501 current journals (print); 296 individual workspaces (laptop), 44 group workspaces in library; Copying, printing and scanning facilities; Numerous online databases with access for students also from outside the university (including juris; Staudinger; Westlaw; beck-online plus various specialist and other modules; beck-eBib; Wolters Kluwer; HeinOnline); Electronic borrowing and returns; European Documentation Centre; Classrooms with modern media technology (projectors, whiteboards, loudspeakers); eduroam WiFi; parent-child room. Complete accessibility in the lecture hall building and the library (including lift, toilet).

Wide, excellent research portfolio of the professorships (including sports law, spree killings, compliance, comparative law, environmental law, basic research: MPI Director). Institutes: Lawyer-oriented legal education; International law and comparative law (Franz-von-Liszt); basic legal research (Rudolf-von-Jhering). Criminology. Practical seminars (labour and environmental law, criminology, health law). Strong focus on international law, security and migration law, EU law. CAPAZ Institute for Peace and Conflict Research, strong third-party funding (especially German Research Foundation (DFG), EU).

Start-up support services of the Entrepreneurship Cluster Central Hesse (ECM) for students, graduates and research assistants of the three Central Hesse universities in Gießen and Marburg. Regional joint project "StartMiUp" supports those interested in starting a business (interdisciplinary) and facilitates steps towards self-employment, especially for students and alumni. Free advisory service iRd StartUp-Clinic for potential business founders, from the start-up idea to implementation (legal and business advice). There are also services provided by the Careers Centre and alumni services of the JLU.

Possibility to commence studies in the summer semester. 3-semester Legal English training (UNIcertIII certificate); Park-like campus with historic administration buildings near the centre with very good public transport links, good parking directly on campus, old trees and modern study infrastructure (classrooms, library with group work rooms, cafeteria with lunch specials, professorships, Examination Office, Dean's Office), personal atmosphere, proximity and responsiveness, short walking distances, rental bike system; ELSA Giessen e.V.; Just Legal Tech e.V.; Office for Sustainability (BfN) with central and local Sustainability Officers.