Legal Advice and Mediation

If you encounter legal problems in your everyday student life, a lawyer will help you with a free initial consultation. If the problems cannot be solved immediately, the lawyer will know the right experts to contact. Our advice: it is better to seek information in advance than to face expensive consequences later.

How do I register?

• By sending an email to rechtsberatung@swfr.de to request a consultation appointment. Appointments are usually held on Tuesdays between 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Please include your full name and telephone number and provide a brief description of the topic of the consultation. You must also send a scanned copy of your current enrollment or study certificate.

• The Student Services Information Center will then immediately email you the registration documents for a specific appointment, which you must fill out and return.

Please note:

• An appointment includes a 30-minute consultation. No legal services are provided. This means that no lawsuits are filed and no legal documents are drafted.

• Please be sure to bring your valid student ID card from your university to the legal consultation. Your university must belong to the jurisdiction of the Studierendenwerk Freiburg. Otherwise, no legal advice can be offered.

• Questions about BAföG cannot be addressed during legal consultation because the BAföG office is part of the Studierendenwerk and BAföG matters are therefore only handled there. Likewise, legal consultation at the Studierendenwerk is not possible in connection with rental agreements in which the Studierendenwerk is involved as a landlord.

Another form of solving problems or conflicts is mediation: Stress with your room-mates? Trouble with colleagues or fellow students? Conflict with your parents or your Partner? And no solution in sight? Studierendenwerk Freiburg offers mediation for students.

Our trained mediator helps you to find solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems. She supports the involved party from a neutral perspective, facilitating communication and suggesting methods for solving conflicts or problems. This service is available to all students in the Hochschulregion Freiburg.