Department of Law

Which legal databases may I use in the Law Library?

In the Law Library you have access to about 40 legal databases as well as hundreds of non-legal databases that provide legal contents, too.

Opening hours

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

Closed on public holidays and on May 1 and May 14, 2026 (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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