The department has a Constitutional Law Section specializing in constitutional rights and the national significance of international law. Another section within the department is devoted to the study of parliamentary history. And, last but not least, there are the Health Law and Immigration Law Sections. With such a broad academic basis, the department provides students who have an interest in constitutional and administrative law with plenty of opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills. There are closeties with Res Publica , the constitutional and administrative law students' debating society, established in 1929.
Teachers often attend the society's monthly meetings and present papers.
Members of the department join students on excursions and on the annual trip abroad. Another notable event is the Administrative Law Society's annual Moot Court competition, in which the department always enters a team coached by a member of staff. Each year, a different law faculty is responsible for devising the structure of the competition and making all the necessary arrangements. Once every four years, students can put their political and legal skills to the test at the Dutch Students' Parliament, which meets in the chamber of the Lower House. A member of the teaching staff supervises the participants' careful preparations.