Many renowned practitioners in teaching, good student-teacher ratio, professor and lawyer colloquium, study group programme up to the 4th semester, corrected mock exams, intensive exam preparation (revision and exam preparation course with lecture notes and sample solutions, mock oral exam with presentation), e-learning, supplementary course in legal questions of artificial intelligence, internationality (German-French study course, supplementary course in Anglo-American Law, Legal and Economic Studies), extensive programme for teaching subject-specific foreign language skills, court competitions.

“Legal and Economic Studies” programme taught in English, course “National Perspectives on EU Law” with virtual hybrid lectures with University of Hull, German-French basic and postgraduate course with double degree, numerous exchange programmes and research projects with international faculties, particularly close exchange with Radzyner School of Law Herzliya, Israel, supplementary course in Anglo-American Law taught in English, comparative courses, opportunity to complete doctorate under joint supervision by an international faculty.

Commercial and own specialist databases (off-campus access to both possible), teaching and learning portals with collaboration areas, personalised student information system, online publications, lecture recordings (media library) and streaming (online and in other lecture halls), electronic voting systems, e-learning, interactive online case solutions in exam preparation courses, modern multimedia seminar room equipment, video conferencing, PC workstations, online user service of the library, online job exchange of the friends of the university, blogs (corporate, insurance and antitrust law), podcasts

German and International Economic Law: Commercial and company law, intellectual property law and copyright, antitrust and competition law, insurance law, bankruptcy and reorganisation law, criminal business law, business administrative law, economic administrative law, energy law; Tax Law; European and International Law; German and international information law; European and international criminal law, German and French business law, labour law and social law; Medical Law; Law governing political parties; Law of digitalisation and artificial intelligence.

Düsseldorf is a key location for companies and lawyers, including major law firms. The many lawyers among the teaching staff, practice-oriented courses and the lawyer-oriented work placement programme provide students with insights into the legal profession, which around 50% of Law graduates pursue after completing their education. The Düsseldorf Centre for Entrepreneurship combines at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf issues of professional independence and company start-ups.

Women’s advancement programmes: SelmaMeyerWiss for female doctoral students and SelmaMeyerProf for female academic councillors and junior professors, lecture series "Lawyers in Dialogue": Presentation of professional fields and discussion of equality-specific questions, university language centre, active friends of the university with an extensive programme of events, didactic training for teaching staff, numerous events as part of being a “citizens’ university”, institutional anchoring of sustainability management in the Heine Centre for Sustainable Development – Diversity, Environment and Health (HCSD).