Legal Matters

The legal office is the university’s central legal advice service. We answer all legal questions, large and small, that arise in everyday university life, conduct court cases for the university, and negotiate and draft or review contracts.

Responsibilities - Overview

  • Advising the presidential board as well as other committees, bodies, offices, and central institutions on official legal matters
  • Legal and organisational management of university elections
  • Legal review of draft statutes, regulations and guidelines, as well as difficult contractual matters
  • Legal supervision cases including the supervision of the student body
  • Affairs of the “Stiftung Universität Lüneburg”, foundation under public law
  • Conducting court proceedings, insofar as representation is not to be assigned to an external lawyer
  • Registration and administration of student initiatives

Important Notice

We will be able to perform our legal examination and advice more quickly and comprehensively if your enquiry is prepared in a precise and detailed manner. It is usually essential to present the full facts of the case with a clearly defined question and all relevant documents.

The legal office is not responsible for private matters. However, since the distinction between private and official matters is sometimes unclear, you should initially submit your request anyway.

Contact Us

Within the Legal Office, responsibility for the respective areas lies with the following members of staff:
 

Office Head

  • Juri Alistair Gauthier
  • General higher education law
  • Advice to the Presidential Board/Senate/Board of Trustees and Deaneries/School Councils
  • Catarina Batram

is your contact person for questions regarding:

  • Examination law
  • Law on access and admission to degree programmes
  • Imke Janneck

provides advice on the following topics:

  • Doctoral/post-doctoral law
  • Cooperation agreements with other universities and non-university research institutions, in particular on doctoral procedures (cotutelle), research, teaching (e.g. summer schools), student exchanges
  • Copyright lawimprint obligationlinks to websites
  • Legal supervision of the student body
  • Registration of student initiatives

    supports you with your questions on the following issues:

    • General civil law
    • General contract law: in particular drafting and reviewing contracts, problems in ongoing contractual relationships, termination of contracts
    • Liability law
    • Ina Symmank

    will assist you with

    • Statutes/regulations/guidelines of the university
    • University fees (fees/contributions/charges), scholarships, and other grants

    and assumes the function of