As a seminar participant, you will find all updates, information and answers to frequently asked questions about the “Best of ITM” seminar on this page. Information on the scope of the written paper, expected presentation dates, planning of the outline discussions etc. will follow soon.
Updates
- Update 07.11.2024 – Scope of the written elaboration & presentation
Your written paper should not exceed 25 pages. Your presentation should not be longer than 12 minutes – there will be time for questions and discussion after each presentation. You will have the opportunity to give a presentation on site.
- Update 30.10.2024 – Dates of the seminar
The seminar is expected to take place on February 19 / 20, 2025 and thus shortly after the end of the examination period of the winter semester 2024/2025 in the rooms of the ITM (Leonardo-Campus 9).
Your written paper must be submitted by 05.02.2025 at the latest.
Please submit both a printed and a digital (PDF) version of your seminar paper.
Please send the digital version to merlin.rombach@uni-muenster.de by the above-mentioned deadline.
The printed version can be sent by post or delivered Mon.
– Fri.
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the office of Ms. Doris Eppe (room 110.115, 1st floor).
The address is
ITM Münster, Civil Law Department, Leonardo-Campus 9, D-48149 Münster
You will receive your final grade and the vote shortly after your presentation; the grade will also be activated on WILMA shortly afterwards.
- Update 10.07.2024 – Outline discussion
In the course of the seminar paper we offer you a discussion of the outline. In the course of this, we will go through the structure of your seminar paper with you, discuss the basic structure and “central theme” of the paper and clarify any open questions. Of course, we do not take on any tasks that are part of your service, so we cannot answer any specific content-related questions or provide you with precise specifications regarding the focus. Rather, it is a general check to see whether you are on the right track.
The timing of the outline discussion is up to you. However, it is advisable not to hold the interview just a few weeks before the submission. However, you should have already dealt with the topic in depth and created a detailed outline. Please contact merlin.rombach@uni-muenster.de in good time in advance with suggested dates.
In individual cases, several meetings are also possible depending on individual requirements.
- Update 03.07.2024 – Doctoral thesis & lending
If the work you are looking at is not available online (you can find out by searching at https://katalogplus.uni-muenster.de/ ), you can consult a copy in our library (Leonardo Campus 9). This is a reference-only library. Unfortunately, an exception requested from the librarian was not granted, so that you would have to read the work on site and scan the relevant passages (an appropriate device is available in the library). If necessary, you can borrow a copy from the ULB to work from home.
- Update 02.07.2024 – Formal requirements
The preparation of a legal seminar paper follows certain formal requirements. Even if certain general standards have been established here, many professors have their own preferences for the formal design.
For your seminar paper, please follow the Notes on the formalities of legal examinations, term papers, seminar papers and dissertations from the ITM.
For general tips and advice on preparing the written thesis, which are not covered in our notes, you can consult, for example, Die rechtswissenschaftliche Dissertation – Eine Anleitung von Diethelm Klippel (available from the university network or as an e-book via VPN).
If you need additional information, please write an e-mail to Mr. Merlin Rombach at merlin.rombach@uni-muenster.de
