General legal counseling is an initial consultation with a lawyer.
Areas of law on which the general legal advice provides advice:
1st Friday of the month from (RA Linh Steffen):
- Victim law (Criminal Law)
- Migration law (only visa rights/ no asylum)
2nd Friday of the month (RA Hannes Poggemann):
- Tenancy law
- Criminal law
4th Friday of the month (RA Magdalena Gebhard & Laura Leogrande):
- Criminal law (also victims' rights)
- Civil law
Areas of law that we do not cover
No employment law advice
Please contact the initial counselling of the RefRat regarding labour law. Student employees of the FU also receive support from the Student Staff Council.
No Bafög law advice
The AStA offers specialized legal advice in this area. Please contact the BAföG counselling service for further information.
No advice on higher education matters
The AStA offers specialized legal advice in this area. Please contact the higher educations counselling for further information.
No right of residence or foreigner domestic law
The AStA offers specialized legal advice in this area. Please contact the counselling for international students & students of Color + Refugees for further information.
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- Social welfare
- Job Center
- GEZ / Broadcasting fee contribution
- Housing allowance, health insurance
- Counselling assistance certificate
- Legal aid
If you do not yet have a deadline or are not yet in a legal dispute, please visit/contact social counselling first.
Appointments
Appointments must be made in person or by telephone. Contact information and opening hours of the AStA can be found here. Please let us know briefly what topic/area of law is involved and whether a deadline has been set.
The appointment for Friday must be reconfirmed by 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Appointments for consultations on Thursday must be reconfirmed by Wednesday at 1pm.
Unconfirmed appointments will be cancelled after the Wednesday deadline. The appointments can be reassigned. First the person in urgent need is called, then the first of the following appointment.
Counseling hours
Fridays: 3:20 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.
On one day, 5 appointments of 20 minutes each are assigned. Since the appointments sometimes last longer than 20 minutes, you have to expect waiting times.
In case of cancellation please contact the legal advice of RefRat HU (see also http://www.refrat.de/beratung).
Phone: 030 / 839091-0