In the Collaborative Research Centre 1385 "Law and Literature" there were over 30 academics involved from the following institutes and special fields:

• English Department at WWU Münster
• Institute of German Language and Literature at WWU Münster [de]
• Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Departmental Branch of Financial Administration, Münster [de]
• Institute of English/American Studies at Osnabrück University [de]
• Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies at WWU Münster [de]
• Institute of International Business Law at WWU Münster [de]
• Institute for Jewish Studies at WWU Münster [de]
• Chair for Public Law, Legal Philosophy and Sociology of Law at WWU Münster [de]
• Institute of History of Law [de]
• Institute of Slavic Studies at WWU Münster
• Chair for Private Law, Philosophy of Law, and Private International Law at WWU Münster [de]
• Chair for Private Law, Philosophy of Law and Medical Law at WWU Münster [de]
• Chair for Public Law and Constitutional Theory at WWU Münster [de]
• Chair for Public Law, International Law and European Union Law at WWU Münster [de]