Students enrolled in the law programme targeted at the first legal examination at the Law Departement of Freie Universität Berlin should acquire the ability to comprehend the law and understand its philosophical, historical and economical foundations as well as the bases of law-making policy. In particular students should acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to practice the law and to learn the methods for evaluating both legal decisions and the shaping of the law and legal reality, as well as the criteria by which to do so. Another aim of the study programme is to establish a relationship with the legal practice but also to foster the students academic skills which also includes integrating findings of other fields of social science.