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Press Release: The ZEIT-Stiftung Receives 1 Million Euros to Implement Program for Immigrant Children

The ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius’ new program WEICHENSTELLUNG (“setting the course”) will receive EUR 1 million from the German Ministry of Family Affairs to support the integration of immigrant children into German society. Under the program “Menschen stärken Menschen” (“people strengthen people”), the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs has granted the ZEIT-Stiftung 1 million Read More

International Issues: ZEIT-Stiftung President and CEO Michael Goering on US/German Relations and the Refugee Crisis

Global news outlets have been awash in stories about the flood of immigrants and refugees arriving in Europe from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations in the Middle East and Africa. Government leaders in the US and Europe have been pressed into action by the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis and cries for compassion by Read More

For Richer or Poorer? What Does the New “PPL” Metric Tell Us?

Bucerius Senior Fellow Friedrich Blase recently published “For Richer or Poorer? What Does the New “PPL” Metric Tell Us?” for Thomas Reuters’ Legal Executive Institute. The American Lawyer magazine published this week its annual statistics on the 100 largest American law firms. For the first time in a decade it included a new metric: profits Read More

American Council on Germany Welcomes AFB President Dr. Smidt to the Board

AFB President Dr. Nina Smidt has joined the American Council on Germany (ACG) board. ACG is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit organization which promotes dialogue among leaders from business, government, and the media in the United States and Europe. Letter from the Acting ACG President, William R. Harman Dear ACG Members and Friends: As many of Read More

Pittsburgh Global Press Conference with Dr. Werner Schnappauf

Following the American Friends of Bucerius event in Pittsburgh, Steve Sokoll, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, interviewed Dr. Werner Schnapauf, former Minister of Environment, Public Health, and Consumer Protection in the Free State of Bavaria. Dr. Schnappauf is now the Senior Advisor to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Germany, with a Read More

Disruptive Innovation: Are Alternative Service Providers a Threat to Traditional Law Firms?

On May 1st 2014, the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession and the IESE Business School hosted a roundtable discussion on the changing landscape of the legal industry. Keynote speaker Markus Hartung, Director of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, who has extensive experience in managing law firms, delivered a speech on disruptive innovation. A recap Read More

Bucerius Law School Ranked Top Law School in Germany

The Centrums für Hochschulentwicklung (Center for Higher Education Development – CHE) released their newest advanced education rankings, and Bucerius Law School was ranked the top Law School in Germany again. BLS received the highest scores in 14/16 ranking criteria, including legal faculty. The CHE rankings are considered the most comprehensive and detailed rankings in the Read More

Good to Go! Presenting the DO School’s Sustainable Cup Challenge Solution

The DO School Fellows have presented their GOOD TO GO initiative, put on in cooperation with Brooklyn Roasting Company, dedicated to changing the way New Yorkers enjoy their coffee. The GOOD TO GO team is working with coffee retailers, reusable cup companies, local artists, bloggers, journalists and members of NYC government to make this change happen. Read More

Game Over? The Legal Market in 2018

Markus Hartung, Director of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Professor, recently co-authored “Game Over? The Legal Market in 2018” with Arne Gärtner. The article looks at major trends in the legal market, the impact of these changes on the market position of international law firms, and what managing partners should consider when formulating three-year Read More

Transatlantic Academy Publishes Newest Report: The State of the Transatlantic World 2014

The Transatlantic Academy, supported in part by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, has just published their new report, “The State of the Transatlantic World 2014“. Revelations of U.S. spying have badly damaged German trust in the United States, but Russia’s annexation of Crimea is likely to strengthen transatlantic relations, several prominent scholars argue in Read More