10. June 2025
author:
Markus Däubler |
Jörg Ihlefeld
NeuRIS: Legal information service published in the test phase
In order to provide better access to federal legal information, the DigitalService has been working with the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) and the Federal Office of Justice (BfJ) since 2022 on the development of a new legal information system (“NeuRIS” project). The “NeuRIS” project consists of two central components: a federal data collection environment and data management system (RIS for legal information system) and a legal information portal for the general public.
In April 2025, the NeuRIS portal team reached a milestone and published a service in the test phase that will facilitate access to federal legal information. API documentation was also published describing how to use the open Application Programming Interface (API). Our aim with the service is to offer an easily accessible, barrier-free and easy-to-use website as well as an open API that provides legal information centrally and free of charge. In this article, we describe the development path, the goals and the functional scope of the service in the test phase and how things are progressing now.
Markus Däubler
is Senior Product Manager at DigitalService. He is responsible for the legal information portal, the public part of NeuRIS. He has been developing digital services for citizens in the public sector since 2018. He is always fascinated by how usage tests expose one's own assumptions and prejudices and create space for iterative improvements with design and development. In his free time, Markus enjoys bouldering, CrossFit and long hikes.
Jörg Ihlefeld
is Principal Product Manager at DigitalService. He previously worked for many years as Project Manager and consultant at IBM and contributes valuable experience in the development of complex applications from his time there. Jörg is passionate about building agile organizations, bringing about working conditions that motivate staff and thus facilitating efficient ways of working. In his private life, he is passionate about everything that takes place on the water: windsurfing, sailing and stand-up paddling (SUP).
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