The association aims to represent and support the national and international interests of its members and third parties, particularly in the field of advocacy and other legal and related activities, as well as to promote science, teaching and research worldwide. The association can conduct, establish and manage legal research, as well as university and other institutions and advisory and support facilities. The association can also participate in or broker state programs, non-profit institutions and commercial companies and their projects. The association offers its members and third parties the opportunity to use the association's structures and research results, participate in activities and projects, and acquire various services. The association strives for international cooperation with professional service providers, particularly in the legal field, with universities, research institutions, supranational, state and private companies. The association pursues, among other things, ecologically sustainable, economically, technologically and socially responsible, as well as ethical goals. Any state-regulated, permit-requiring activities are excluded. The association can acquire real estate and other assets, intangible assets and rights to achieve its purpose and manage its assets. It can participate in companies at home and abroad in this sense.