- 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
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.
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 law, imprint obligation, links to websites
- Legal supervision of the student body
- Registration of student initiatives