here <\/a>or at kontakt@ungret.dk<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn a tiny room behind a glass wall, eight law students have showed up this evening to discuss two different enquiries from young people who are in a legal dilemma. The first question is about insurance, the other is about terminating the lease of a roommate. A question that turns out to contain a lot of subtleties.<\/p>\n
The eight have divided themselves up into two groups, each of which is now studying the wording of the emails they have received, and discussing the cases with each other. There is a quiet buzz in the room as they study the enquiry. But within a short period of time, the conversations transform into those of passionate law students discussing the nuances of the Danish Tenancy Act with gesticulations and raised voices.<\/p>\n
Win-win<\/h3>\n
Questions about rent and leases turn up often, because legal questions typically revolve around the classic things that you become acquainted with as a young person, explains Cathrine Carstensen, who is a so-called legal aid head and who studies 6th semester law.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt is often rental law, student grants, and contract terms that people ask questions about,\u00ab she explains.<\/p>\n
You might wonder why law students would spend their Thursday evening on volunteer work as legal counsellors. The law, after all, already takes up their whole study programme and maybe even a paying student job. But this is because Ung Ret offers something else, according to Emilie N\u00f8rgaard, who is the other legal aid head and who is doing the first year of her master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n
\u00bbI went for this because I think it’s great to work with enquiries about things that can happen to anyone. We are young people themselves, and problems with tenants and student grants are not strange to us. At my student job, I offer counsel to companies. Here it is people like myself.\u00ab<\/p>\n
\u00bbAnd then it’s also really cool when you get feedback, where you really can feel that you’ve made a difference,\u00ab adds Cathrine Carstensen. She points out that the association got a long thank you email from a student a few weeks ago. He had been told that his landlord had no right to withhold his deposit.<\/p>\n
The specific thing about Ung Ret, according to Cathrine Carstensen and Emilie N\u00f8rgaard, is that it links up the students who want to get legal experience on different cases, with young people who need free legal advice.<\/p>\n
\u00bbIt’s a win-win,\u00ab says Emilie N\u00f8rgaard.<\/p>\n
Needs a job interview to get in<\/h3>\n
Even though Ung Ret is a volunteer-run students association, they take their function as legal aid seriously. There are so-called job interviews when new law students apply to the association.<\/p>\n
Job interviews are part of the process of ensuring that the volunteers have the necessary skills to be able to provide counsel. Twice a year, the volunteers are given a presentation by the law firm DLA Piper, that delves into the specifics of a particular legal issue that they would like to hear more about. Just like other legal organisations, the association has taken out an insurance policy, that covers them in case of improper counselling.<\/p>\n
\u00bbBut we usually have a good grip on things. Much of what we do is quite close to what we learn on our study programme. Here we do our \u2018cases\u2019 based on a specific issue from which we should then offer legal counsel. So the foundation is already there,\u00ab says Cathrine Carstensen.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, the association has a rule that you never respond to an enquiry without having at least two reading and discussing it. The idea is to safeguard the quality of the responses to the young people.<\/p>\n
\u00bbAnd it’s also often in the discussions that we come up with the best responses. Because then there may be a different interpretation of the situation, which means that we have to give a different response,\u00ab says Cathrine Carstensen.
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Many to help<\/h3>\n
Back in the small room, the students are still discussing the query about throwing out a roommate from a flat that has been bought by parents. On the screens in front of them, they have the student enquiry and the Danish Rent Act, and they have reached the point where they realize that there are two rental contracts at stake: In the first one, the son rents the apartment from his parents and then sublets a room for the roommate. In the second, newer, contract the parents rent the apartment to both of them.<\/p>\n
\u00bbThat’s why it’s not just one month’s notice, but three months,\u00ab Thomas Koldborg Christensen offers.<\/p>\n
\u00bbThey have probably changed it because you can’t get housing support if you rent a room without a kitchen, so they have changed it to make her a co-tenant of the apartment,\u00ab speculates Ellen Rosenmeier, who is a fourth semester law student.<\/p>\n
Thomas Koldborg Christensen gets enthusiastic and starts to talk faster while he waves a pen.<\/p>\n
\u00bbAnd this even only applies if she has neglected all good practice and order, and this has to be substantial. If it is problem between the two people themselves, I don’t think it’s enough. So it can be very difficult to throw out the roommate.\u00ab<\/p>\n
A third person breaks in and interjects that an alternative method could be to have the father make it known that he himself wants to live in the apartment. Then the person has 1 year\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n
The case discussion continues, and a window is opened into the tiny room, which has become suddenly all-too-confined after the lively discussions about the legal paragraphs. Five minutes later, Ellen Rosenmeier concludes the case.<\/p>\n
\u00bbI think that we should explain to him how difficult it is to terminate this tenant, and that they must try to solve this among themselves. If they can reach an agreement about how she can get six months notice, for example, then this is better than the father having to prove that he wants to move back into the apartment and all kinds of stuff. Otherwise, we can start by asking for him to send the tenancy agreement, so we can be sure that there are no stated exceptions.\u00ab<\/p>\n
And this is how it sometimes ends. You give a response that the inquirer does not necessarily want, says Cathrine Carstensen.<\/p>\n
\u00bbThis is part of the game. And it’s not always the coolest thing to do to have to send a message back saying that they can’t do anything. But we can offer some clarification, and they can then relate to their situation from there.\u00ab<\/p>\n
The number of enquiries that the legal aid service gets fluctuate from week to week, she says. When there are many, there can be seven inquiries, but some weeks there are only two.<\/p>\n
\u00bbAnd that’s a shame, because there are definitely people out there who need help. And we are a group that really wants to help, so you just have to write in.\u00ab<\/p>\n
This is part of the University Post series on University of Copenhagen (UCPH) clubs and associations. Read more about the Concentus choir here.<\/a><\/em>
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The first question is about insurance, the other is about terminating the lease of a roommate. A question that turns out to contain a lot of subtleties.<\/p>\n<p>The eight have divided themselves up into two groups, each of which is now studying the wording of the emails they have received, and discussing the cases with each other. There is a quiet buzz in the room as they study the enquiry. But within a short period of time, the conversations transform into those of passionate law students discussing the nuances of the Danish Tenancy Act with gesticulations and raised voices.<\/p>\n<h3>Win-win<\/h3>\n<p>Questions about rent and leases turn up often, because legal questions typically revolve around the classic things that you become acquainted with as a young person, explains Cathrine Carstensen, who is a so-called legal aid head and who studies 6th semester law.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt is often rental law, student grants, and contract terms that people ask questions about,\u00ab she explains.<\/p>\n<p>You might wonder why law students would spend their Thursday evening on volunteer work as legal counsellors. The law, after all, already takes up their whole study programme and maybe even a paying student job. But this is because Ung Ret offers something else, according to Emilie N\u00f8rgaard, who is the other legal aid head and who is doing the first year of her master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI went for this because I think it’s great to work with enquiries about things that can happen to anyone. We are young people themselves, and problems with tenants and student grants are not strange to us. At my student job, I offer counsel to companies. Here it is people like myself.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd then it’s also really cool when you get feedback, where you really can feel that you’ve made a difference,\u00ab adds Cathrine Carstensen. She points out that the association got a long thank you email from a student a few weeks ago. He had been told that his landlord had no right to withhold his deposit.<\/p>\n<p>The specific thing about Ung Ret, according to Cathrine Carstensen and Emilie N\u00f8rgaard, is that it links up the students who want to get legal experience on different cases, with young people who need free legal advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIt’s a win-win,\u00ab says Emilie N\u00f8rgaard.<\/p>\n<h3>Needs a job interview to get in<\/h3>\n<p>Even though Ung Ret is a volunteer-run students association, they take their function as legal aid seriously. There are so-called job interviews when new law students apply to the association.<\/p>\n<p>Job interviews are part of the process of ensuring that the volunteers have the necessary skills to be able to provide counsel. Twice a year, the volunteers are given a presentation by the law firm DLA Piper, that delves into the specifics of a particular legal issue that they would like to hear more about. Just like other legal organisations, the association has taken out an insurance policy, that covers them in case of improper counselling.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut we usually have a good grip on things. Much of what we do is quite close to what we learn on our study programme. Here we do our \u2018cases\u2019 based on a specific issue from which we should then offer legal counsel. So the foundation is already there,\u00ab says Cathrine Carstensen.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the association has a rule that you never respond to an enquiry without having at least two reading and discussing it. The idea is to safeguard the quality of the responses to the young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd it’s also often in the discussions that we come up with the best responses. 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On the screens in front of them, they have the student enquiry and the Danish Rent Act, and they have reached the point where they realize that there are two rental contracts at stake: In the first one, the son rents the apartment from his parents and then sublets a room for the roommate. In the second, newer, contract the parents rent the apartment to both of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThat’s why it’s not just one month’s notice, but three months,\u00ab Thomas Koldborg Christensen offers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey have probably changed it because you can’t get housing support if you rent a room without a kitchen, so they have changed it to make her a co-tenant of the apartment,\u00ab speculates Ellen Rosenmeier, who is a fourth semester law student.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Koldborg Christensen gets enthusiastic and starts to talk faster while he waves a pen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd this even only applies if she has neglected all good practice and order, and this has to be substantial. If it is problem between the two people themselves, I don’t think it’s enough. So it can be very difficult to throw out the roommate.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>A third person breaks in and interjects that an alternative method could be to have the father make it known that he himself wants to live in the apartment. Then the person has 1 year\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<p>The case discussion continues, and a window is opened into the tiny room, which has become suddenly all-too-confined after the lively discussions about the legal paragraphs. Five minutes later, Ellen Rosenmeier concludes the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI think that we should explain to him how difficult it is to terminate this tenant, and that they must try to solve this among themselves. If they can reach an agreement about how she can get six months notice, for example, then this is better than the father having to prove that he wants to move back into the apartment and all kinds of stuff. Otherwise, we can start by asking for him to send the tenancy agreement, so we can be sure that there are no stated exceptions.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>And this is how it sometimes ends. You give a response that the inquirer does not necessarily want, says Cathrine Carstensen.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis is part of the game. And it’s not always the coolest thing to do to have to send a message back saying that they can’t do anything. But we can offer some clarification, and they can then relate to their situation from there.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>The number of enquiries that the legal aid service gets fluctuate from week to week, she says. When there are many, there can be seven inquiries, but some weeks there are only two.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbAnd that’s a shame, because there are definitely people out there who need help. And we are a group that really wants to help, so you just have to write in.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p><em>This is part of the University Post series on University of Copenhagen (UCPH) clubs and associations. Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-choir-some-of-us-are-employed-as-church-choristers-some-of-us-have-never-seen-musical-notation\/\">the Concentus choir here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get an email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":true,"references":[{"reference":{"ID":14456,"post_author":"12","post_date":"2012-12-17 11:21:12","post_date_gmt":"2012-12-17 10:21:12","post_content":"'No problem is too small, and no question is too stupid'.\r\n\r\nThis is the motto behind Young & Legal, Copenhagen's free legal aid for those between the ages of 16 to 30.\r\n\r\nIt has received nearly 50 enquires per month for legal help since it started in September.\r\n\r\nRead also: <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/where-get-free-legal-aid-copenhagen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where to get free legal aid in Copenhagen.<\/a>\r\n<h2>Big on Facebook<\/h2>\r\nLaw student volunteers Lykke Asmussen and Camille Robertsen started the project in late summer 2012. Law students needed to practice their skills, and Lykke and Camille wanted to offer their time and knowledge to people who have legal issues they feel too small to proceed with.\r\n\r\n\u00bbThere is for example the cases where the contested amount may be only DKK 700. Should you go to a lawyer or wait for public assistance in such a case?,\u00ab asks Lykke.\r\n\r\nIn addition to e-mail correspondence, at Young & Legal there is an emphasis on using Facebook as a communication platform. Lykke credits Facebook for helping people become aware of them and their services.\r\n<h2>Soon to be open three days<\/h2>\r\n\u00bbYoung & Legal has already helped people from all over the country. And the organization has so far done little to promote itself,\u00ab says Lykke.\r\n\r\nBecause people do not have to show up and wait in line, all of Denmark can use their services, not just those in Copenhagen.\r\n\r\nThose looking for face-to-face time can drop by the office during opening hours. 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Representatives from various law firms in Copenhagen offer their expertise as well.\r\n\r\nYou can contact Young & Legal on their Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ungogret\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>, email them at ungogret@ungogret.dk, or call 35323833 every Monday and Wednesday from 16:00 \u2013 18:00.\r\n\r\nuniversitypost@adm.ku.dk\r\n\r\n<em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em>\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n","post_title":"Law students\u00b4 free service popular with young people","post_excerpt":"Initiative from Copenhagen law students to give young people free legal assistance gets 50 enquiries a month","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"law-students-free-service-popular-with-young-people","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-04-11 13:45:06","post_modified_gmt":"2022-04-11 11:45:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=14456\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"reference":{"ID":127178,"post_author":"80","post_date":"2022-04-08 09:19:37","post_date_gmt":"2022-04-08 07:19:37","post_content":"<span class=\"dropcap\">S<\/span>ince 1785, there has been a lime tree in Regensen's courtyard. According to the history books, it was planted by provost Hviid as a symbol of vitality after he and his wife Maria Sophie Munk had their first child. Now, some 200 years later, both the lime tree and relationships between the dorm residents are flourishing. And the dorm has just received a box of free condoms from the AIDS Fund for all its residents to use.\r\n\r\n<strong>SEE THE FULL 'DORMS DISCLOSED' UNIVERSITY POST SERIES: <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Reviews by student residents of dorms and residence halls in Copenhagen<\/a><\/strong>\r\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">REGENSEN<\/p>\r\n<strong>Address:<\/strong> St. Kannikestr\u00e6de\r\n2, 1169 Copenhagen K\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regensen.dk\/\/\"> www.regensen.dk\/<\/a>\r\n<strong>Monthly rent:<\/strong> DKK 1662 + DKK 110 for shared expenses.\r\n<strong>Average age: <\/strong>24-25 years old.\r\n<strong>Application process:<\/strong> Open for applications twice a year. Your net worth must not be greater than DKK 150,000 and your average grade must be higher than 7 unless you are from the Faroe Islands or Greenland. And you must be studying at the University of Copenhagen or the Technical University of Denmark and have passed 90 ECTS credits.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Miss Lime, the tree with a secret<\/h3>\r\n\u00bbIn 1985 we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the lime tree, and Queen Margaret attended. And in fact\u2026 it's a bit of a secret but\u2026\u00ab says Regensen resident Katrine Bach, putting her hand over her mouth to signal that she is giving too much away, \u00bbit was not actually 200 years old at the time.\u00ab\r\n\r\nThe lime tree from 1785 was blown to smithereens many years before the 200th anniversary, when a gas pipeline under the tree exploded. Immediately after the incident, Regensen residents planted a new lime tree so that Miss Lime, as she is known, could continue to adorn the yard. And so that Queen Margaret could visit the famous tree.\r\n\r\nThe tree is central to Regensen, and every spring, Regensen residents celebrate its new blossoms and the emergence of foliage by mounting an arm and hand around the trunk so that everyone can greet Miss Lime with a handshake.\r\n\r\nThe first page in Regensen's yellow songbook, which is brought out at parties, contains a poem written in 2019 by Mikkel Roosevelt Hertz . It pays homage to the living and the dead, the Regensen community, and the lime tree - the tree of love - at the centre of it all. The last lines in the poem are <em>Regensen singing \/ we can see it on their lips \/ when they are brought together \/ as one<\/em> [<em>our translation, ed.<\/em>]\r\nBoth singalongs and kissing have brought many lips together in the three years Katrine Bach has lived at Regensen, she says. Last weekend, she even attended the christening of the daughter of two former Regensen residents.\n<!-- end of module 1 -->\n<div class=\"factbox\">\r\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Dorms disclosed<\/p>\r\nThere are loads of dormitories, kollegiums, and student residences in Copenhagen, yet most of the information available is in Danish.\r\n\r\nSome are small, old houses with pretty gardens, others are giant concrete buildings with tiny windows.\r\n\r\nThis is a review by a student reporter. But in the Dorms Disclosed series, it is the residents themselves that review the dorms that they live in.\r\n\r\nHere is <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">an overview with links to all of the dormitory and student accommodation reviews<\/a> we have published so far, written by the people who know them the best.\r\n\r\nIf you want to write an English-language review of your dorm write to uni-avis@adm.ku.dk with 'Dorms Disclosed' in the subject header.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Guided tours for the dead<\/h3>\r\nKatrine Bach is a so-called corpse bearer and therefore has the task of giving guided tours - both for pensioners and the dead. Indeed, in Regensen lingo, you are dead when you move out of the dorm.\r\n\r\nFortunately, despite the lack of a Regensen pedigree or rigor mortis, the University Post was allowed to take look inside the old walls.\r\n\r\nThe long history behind Regensen is the reason for the quirky titles. Regensen dates back to 1623, and in 1711, the bubonic plague ravaged Denmark, killing Copenhageners like flies. The king at the time, Frederik IV, forced the poor students to help out by carrying corpses away from the streets, although they reportedly paid other people to do the work for them, says Katrine Bach.\r\n\r\n\u00bbIt is a good example of how Regensen has a long history, and how there are also many myths and reinterpretations surrounding that history. We are not sure whether the stories we tell are true,\u00ab she says, with a big smile, \u00bbbut it gives the place a great atmosphere.\u00ab\r\n\r\nThe history of the dorm is the basis for numerous traditions throughout the year, which bring all the Regensen residents together in shared experiences.\n<!-- end of module 2 -->\n<h3>A full-time dorm experience<\/h3>\r\nThere is a reason why living at Regensen is jokingly referred to as a full-time job or equivalent to 30 ECTS points.\r\n\r\nStudents who become part of this ancient community are treated to a moving-in party, a lime tree lunch, and then a ball called the Lime Ball, all within their first six months. And the newcomers have to arrange everything and prepare the food. During the next six months, there is another moving-in party, then a revue. At the end of the year, there is a Christmas party and, not least, <em>Symposion<\/em> - a knowledge festival for the public, which Regensen holds every year or every other year.\r\n\r\nOn top of all this, all Regensen residents are part of a kitchen group and a club (or maybe even two), which all have their own communal dinners and fun events. In addition to the various communities, there are also positions of responsibility in the form of offices.\r\n\r\n\u00bbYou enter a universe where a lot of things are already established. But it is by no means so set in stone that there is no room for new things. There is a great deal of creativity and innovation. Lots of room to move, and the sky's the limit. And you are praised for taking the initiative,\u00ab says Katrine Bach.\r\n<h3>Healthy rivalry<\/h3>\r\nThe clubs are friend groups that link the different kitchen groups. Right now there are eight clubs, plus one newly founded. They each have their own secret initiation rites, and all the clubs make an effort to create a rivalry between them. The rivalries tend to take the form of songs or performances where that make fun of the other clubs or parody Regensen life in general. Such performances, known as sj\u00f8flinger in Danish, are a regular feature at parties, but can also be encountered on a regular Tuesday. But with 101 Regensen residents, there is good reason to divide into smaller groups. And what makes community thrive more than a bit of healthy rivalry?\r\n\r\nThe offices divide the areas of responsibility into everything from finances, guided tours, sporting and cultural events to maintenance the building, and so on.\r\n\r\n\u00bbAnd there are competitive elections for office,\u00ab says Katrine Bach. \u00bbPeople really want to take responsibility.\u00ab There are election posters everywhere. These posters sometimes hint at inter-club rivalries and are and all in the genre: I-am-not-a-graphic-designer-but- I-know-how-to-open-Photoshop. In other words, they are both funny and ugly.\r\n<h3>Long meetings and a raised terrace<\/h3>\r\nIf you want to change the structures at Regensen, the small and large Council meetings are the place to do it. Participants go through a long agenda with orientation points, decision points and grant points. \u00bbAnd those meetings take five hours. At least,\u00ab says Katrine Bach. \u00bbLast time we started at 7pm and finished at 12:30am.\u00ab\r\n\r\nScholarships are also awarded at the meetings and parties - including the Pariah Scholarship, which is awarded to a Regensen resident who has broken one of the traditions. One scholarship recipient, for example, built a raised terrace in Regensen's courtyard, to get a few extra hours of sunlight in the courtyard, which is very shaded. The terrace is called Romeo's Balcony.\r\n\r\nThe large community can sometimes replace life outside Regensen. For example, you can often hear someone saying \u00bbI have been in the yard all weekend,\u00ab says Katrine Bach and explains that it is because you can do almost everything within Regensen's walls.\r\n\r\nIf you also hope to become part of the exclusive community, get typing and start coming up with an application. Regensen opens for applications twice a year, but if you have more than DKK 150,000 left in the bank or in shares, you should hide that away in your mattress, because spots at the dorm are reserved for those who are \u00bbworthy and in need\u00ab. However, prospective residents will have to study hard too, as it requires an average grade of 7 or more, and you must pass 90 ECTS points (unless you are Faroese or Greenlander) to be considered. You must also be enrolled at the University of Copenhagen or the Technical University of Denmark.\r\n\r\nThere are currently rooms available at Regensen. The deadline is December 1, 2021. Apply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regensen.dk\/\">here<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<strong>READ ABOUT OTHER RESIDENCE HALLS AND DORMS HERE: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/student-housing-reviews-dorms-and-residences-in-copenhagen\/\">Student housing reviews: Dorms and residences in Copenhagen<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\n<!-- end of module 3 -->\n","post_title":"Review: Regensen's past is a story of love and corpses","post_excerpt":"The long history of Regensen is an important part of the residents' narrative about themselves; about love, traditions, clubs, and the exclusive Regensen community.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"regensens-past-is-a-story-of-love-and-corpses","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-09-01 10:18:05","post_modified_gmt":"2022-09-01 08:18:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=127178","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}],"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":2177,"name":"Academic life","slug":"academic-life","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2177,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":67,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":3792,"name":"Student life","slug":"student-life","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3792,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":160,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":5389,"name":"gratis","slug":"gratis-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5389,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":262,"name":"jura","slug":"jura-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":262,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5395,"name":"Legal aid","slug":"legal-aid","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5395,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5390,"name":"retshj\u00e6lp","slug":"retshjaelp-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5390,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":5391,"name":"ung ret","slug":"ung-ret-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5391,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11492,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/udvalgt-1280x960.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132940"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133028,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132940\/revisions\/133028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}