Courses of the Legal Tech Centre

Dates for the winter semester 2025/26:
(The dates cover the same content. Registration is therefore only necessary for one date).

• 19 February 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. s.t. (in presence)
• 21 February 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. s.t. (in presence)

Registration via WueStudy

The course deals with electronic word processing with the Microsoft Word programme with regard to the preparation of legal term papers and seminar papers.

In addition to the basics of using Word, the course will focus on centralised document formatting using style sheets. The course is intended for law students from the first semester onwards and is aimed at beginners and advanced students alike.

Course content:
* Basics of using Microsoft Word
* Introduction to character and paragraph formatting
* Working with style sheets
* Creating and editing footnotes
* Automatic outlining
* Setting up page numbers for cover sheets, indexes and expert opinions
* Creating and inserting an automatically generated table of contents

Dates for the winter semester 2025/26:
(the dates each cover the identical course content; therefore only one date needs to be attended)

• 20. Januar 2026, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. s.t.
• 22. Januar 2026, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. s.t.

Registration via WueStudy

This course teaches PC skills in researching court decisions, literature and legal materials using legal databases.
The ever-increasing range of resources available offers new possibilities for lawyers:
The heavily laden walk through the library is often superfluous; the use of databases or the Internet saves the user time and energy. This is particularly interesting for students with regard to term papers and seminar papers.

The aim of the course is to enable students to use the possibilities of computer-aided research for their own work.
The course not only deals with the technical possibilities of the most important databases, but also gives advice on how to find relevant literature before using a database.

Legal knowledge is not required, so participation in the course is recommended from the first semester onwards.
It is recommended to install the Cisco VPN client before the course.

Course content including:
Beck-Online
Juris
research technique
Exercises
The course content is illustrated through exercises.

Dates for the winter semester 2025/26:

• A date will be announced shortly.

Registration via WueStudy (No dates currently available)

Note for Mac users:
Citavi only runs on Windows. However, we also cover Zotero, an alternative for Mac users, in the course. So you can also take the course if you are a Mac user.

Citavi provides all members of the university with a literature management programme. Citavi supports the entire work process, from literature research to the management of extensive bibliographies and their export to the organisation of reading material. Citavi is very helpful for writing papers.

The course is designed as an introductory course. In the course, you will learn about the most important functions and possible uses of Citavi.

No legal knowledge is required, so participation in the course is recommended from the first semester onwards.

Course contents include:

* Creating citations
* Citavi Picker
* Use in Word
* Exercises

Dates for the winter semester 2025/26:

• 22. October 2025, 13:00 p.m. - 16:00 p.m. s.t.

Register via WueStudy

The event provides an overview of the most important functions in PowerPoint and prepares participants to create their own seminar paper presentations.

The theoretical part is always followed by a practical implementation, in which the knowledge gained is applied in exercises. The course is intended for law students in their higher semesters and is specifically aimed at students who still have to give a seminar paper presentation.

Course content:
* Tips for a successful seminar paper presentation
* Basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint
* Introduction to character and paragraph formatting as well as bullet points and numbering
* Creating and editing footers
* Introduction to the slide master
* Working with objects (images, videos, links, etc.)
* Saving as a screen presentation 

During AI Week, the following lectures on AI and law will take place:

• 01.12.25, 2 p.m. c.t., Prof. Dr. Thomas Klindt, AI and the future of legal professions (Neue Universität, Audimax)
• 02.12.25, 7 p.m. s.t., Prof. Dr. Martin Andree, Ivo Knhan, Prof. Dr. Markus Oermann, Cellar Talks – World domination by Google & Co – how much are we at the mercy of the tech giants? (Alte Universität, Max-Stern-Keller)
• 03.12.25, 3 p.m. s.t., Svantje Kaibel, Max Schneider, AI – From Theory to Application (Alte Universität, Legal Tech Center)
• 03.12.25, 4 p.m. c.t., Johannes Härtlein, AI Regulation in Europe: What Works, What Doesn't? (Alte Universität, Hörsaal 3)
• 04.12.25, 4 p.m. c.t., Prof. Dr. Dr. Eric Hilgendorf, Opportunities for AI in Legal Education (Alte Universität, Hörsaal 2)

Register via WueStudy (Important: To register, you only need to sign up for one event!)

The individual lectures deal with AI and the future of the legal professions and legal education. The legal basis and possibilities will also be discussed. 

All events are suitable for students from the first semester onwards. However, due to limited capacity, prior registration via WueStudy is required for the events on 3 December 2025 and 4 December 2025.

The event hosted by Prof. Dr. Thomas Klindt is eligible for credit towards Jura in der Praxis (Law in Practice), and the Legal Tech Centre will issue a certificate of attendance for those who attend three events.