Department of Law

Law Library closed during University closing days over Christmas and New Year's Day

Open at regular hours until Dec. 21, 2026 and from Jan. 4, 2027

News from Oct 04, 2026

The Law Library will be closed over Christmas and New Year's Day between Tuesday, December 22, 2026 until Sunday, January 3, 2027.

The FU Law School building at 8 Van't-Hoff-Street in Berlin-Dahlem will also be closed. The Library will be open at regular opening hours with the exception of the above mentioned closing days.

Library loan of books will be possible over the closing days by patrons - including students of Freie Universität Berlin. Please keep in mind that late return may cost at least € 2,00 per unit.

Further Informationen on opening and closing hours is available here.

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Opening hours

Mon - Fri    9.00 - 22.00
Sat             9.00 - 20.00
Sun       12.00 - 20.00

Closed on public holidays and from Dec. 22, 2026 to Jan. 4, 2027(Christmas and New Years Day, see also here ).

Orders of available items directly into the owning library are ready for pick-up after appr. one hour (if ordered within the library’s opening hours). Orders to other libraries of Freie Universität Berlin or from external stacks usually take one day during the week (Mon – Fri). You will always receive a pick-up notification via e-mail.
The library is open for use with respect to the Terms of use and with respect to the Code of Conduct of Freie Universität Berlin.

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