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Opening of the Pop-Up Exhibition in Karlsruhe
On July 1, we invite you to the opening of the Forum Recht Foundation’s first pop-up exhibition! „Law – The Rules of Everyday Life“ will be open daily, around the clock, from July 1 through August 3, 2025...
Experience, Understand, and Help Shape the Law: Open House
The Forum Recht Foundation invites you to its Karlsruhe offices on Saturday, June 28, 2025, starting at 11:00 a.m. With a varied program, the Forum Recht Foundation offers all interested parties the opportunity on this day to...
Quiz Night on Law and Justice
„Pretty Good Guess – The Law & Justice Quiz“: From June 10 to 27, teams of two to six people can sign up to participate in our first big quiz night in...
"Law in Dialogue" Forum: Insights with Cord Brügmann
Since May 2025, the Forum Recht Foundation has been hosting monthly evening discussions with experts from the fields of education, culture, and the judiciary, alternating between its two locations in Karlsruhe and Leipzig....
Click Your Way to Your Rights! – A Conversation with Alisha Andert About Legal Tech
What is legal tech, who can use it, and how will digital technologies change access to the legal system? The „Let’s Talk About Law“ event on June 11, 2025, will focus on the use of...
„Quite Urban! Europe Edition“
As part of Europe Day 2025, the Forum Recht Foundation hosted the first-ever „Europe Edition“ of the “Recht stadtlich!” city tour through Karlsruhe on May 8 and 9. Starting now, this special edition is available for groups of...
All News Items for 2026
Quiz Night on Law and Justice
„Recht gut geraten – The Quiz on Law & Justice“: Teams of three to six people can still sign up to participate in our quiz night in Karlsruhe through Monday, March 16...
Visit by Federal Minister of Justice Dr. Stefanie Hubig
Making the law accessible, strengthening democracy: During Federal Minister of Justice Dr. Stefanie Hubig’s visit to the Leipzig Foundation’s offices on January 19, 2026, we discussed key legal policy issues and the importance of the rule of law for democracy...
Guardians of the Constitution
As part of the event series „Forum Recht im Dialog: Insights with Cord Brügmann,“ Prof. Dr. Martin Eifert, a judge on the Federal Constitutional Court, was a guest in Leipzig....
Pop-up Exhibition „Law—The Rules of Everyday Life“ in Essen
The mobile pop-up exhibition „Law – The Rules of Everyday Life“ by the Forum Recht Foundation is making its first stop in Essen on its tour of Germany. At the main train station, the interactive exhibition invites visitors to think along and get involved....
Panel Discussion: „5 Years Since the Climate Resolution“
The Forum Recht Foundation, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and the theater collective Futur II Konjunktiv invite you to a panel discussion at the Badisches Staatstheater on Sunday, February 8, at 4:00 p.m....
About Us
Take a minute to learn about our goals, initiatives, and programs! Watch the video to find out more!...
All News Items for 2025
Review of the 2025 Study Trip
The Forum Recht Foundation’s first study tour on the topic of „The Rule of Law in Germany“ took place from October 19 to 25, 2025. The central theme of the tour was the rule of law in all its dimensions –...
Launch of the Digital Participation Platform
What does the law have to do with everyday life? Whether at school, at work, in our homes, during elections, or online—the law shapes our daily lives. Many decisions that affect us are based on...
Juveniles in Court: The Purpose and Limits of Punishment
On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., the Forum Recht Foundation invites you to a discussion titled „Youth in Court: The Purpose and Limits of Punishment“ as part of the „Let’s Talk About Law“ series in Karlsruhe....
Program accompanying the pop-up exhibition
The „Zu Recht: Nachgefragt" program invites visitors to engage in interactive discussions with legal experts as a complement to their visit to the mobile pop-up exhibition „Law—The Rules of Everyday Life“....
Who How What is Family? Living together between law and reality
The Forum Recht Foundation, in cooperation with the German Association of Women Lawyers (djb), invites you to another installment of the „Let’s Talk About Law“ discussion series on Wednesday, October 8, starting at 7:00 p.m. in...
How Nationalist Thinking Undermines the Rule of Law
To understand what a "völkisch" worldview is and how the far right uses it to undermine the rule of law, we are hosting historian Prof. Dr. Uwe Puschner and... on September 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
All News Items for 2024
2024 Year in Review
Join us in looking back at this year’s interesting discussions and events, and find out what the Foundation has in store for you in the new year!...
Theme days on the prison system
The kickoff events for the new continuing education program „Theme Days," held on November 29 and December 6, 2024, offered fascinating insights into the correctional systems in Bruchsal and Düsseldorf....
Pretty lively! – The Action Days in Herne
From November 10 to 14, 2024, the Forum Recht Foundation hosted a series of action days focused on the topics of law and the rule of law at various locations in Herne....
Meet & Greet with Cord Brügmann
The first after-work event hosted by the Forum Recht Foundation on Thursday, November 21, offered attendees the chance to meet prominent figures from Karlsruhe’s legal and cultural scenes shortly after work, as well as an open atmosphere for questions and discussion....
Board of Trustees met in Berlin
On Friday, October 18, the Board of Trustees of the Forum Recht Foundation met for its inaugural session at the German Bundestag in Berlin. Bettina Limperg, President of the Federal Court of Justice, was confirmed in her position as Chair of the Board of Trustees...
New training program
Starting in November 2024, the Forum Recht Foundation will introduce a new professional development format: the Multiplier Days. These one-day events are specifically aimed at multipliers from the fields of education, journalism, and social work. They...
All News Items for 2023
"Tatort Rechtsstaat" - Joint themed issue with Politikum
What role does the rule of law play in issues concerning the future? The new special issue of the journal *Politikum*, in collaboration with the Forum Recht Foundation, explores these and other questions....
2023 Year in Review
Join us as we look back on this year’s interesting and inspiring conversations and events, and find out what’s in store for you in the new year....
In Retrospect: Panel Discussion „War Crimes Before German Courts“
Learn more about our discussion event on war crimes in German courts, taking place in Leipzig on October 11, 2023....
Looking Back: Discussion on Access to Justice in Berlin
Learn more about our panel discussion on access to justice with the German Bar Association on October 17, 2023, in Berlin....
Finding your own voice in democracy and the rule of law
Learn more about our workshops for Democracy Day in Leipzig and Karlsruhe in 2023, featuring Triangel Space, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Jessy James LaFleur....
Impressions from our mediation cooperation in Leipzig
School project days in Leipzig, in collaboration with the School of Law, brought the concepts of law and the rule of law to life in the summer of 2023....
All Announcements for 2021/2022
Statement on the Attack on Ukraine
We stand in solidarity with and extend our sympathy to the local community!...
New Membership
The Forum Recht Foundation is now a member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience. Promoting human rights as an inalienable and universal good is a central concern of this global network....