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The Center for Studium Generale and Personal Development (ZSP) hosted the 2nd annual Gerd Bucerius Day on May 22nd. To honor the legacy of Bucerius founder Gerd Bucerius, more than 80 students and staff members took part in social projects throughout Hamburg – despite the “Hamburg-like” weather. The scope of the projects was very diverse and Read More

Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” was a fitting piece to play to begin the ceremony to honor Manfred Lahnstein at the University of Haifa in Northern Israel. At their annual meeting on June 2, 2013, the university’s board of governors began proceedings by commending their long-term chairman. Manfred Lahnstein joined the board in Read More

Conference Recap: Legal Services in Transition – From the Perspective of Businesses and Law Firms Bucerius Law School Hamburg, Germany November 21, 2012   How is the legal service market changing and what does it mean for cooperation between businesses and law firms? These were the central questions at the Bucerius Center on the Legal Read More

American Friends of Bucerius and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius are pleased to announce a new scholarship will be founded, at the behest of the late Professor Arnold Heidsieck, to give students from German universities the opportunity to study abroad in the United States. Starting in 2014 the scholarship will be used to support Read More

Melis Tusiray started with the American Friends of Bucerius as a Senior Program Manager late last year. In addition to managing the global governance activities, Melis handles AFB’s public affairs and supports the day-to-day office activities. What one aspect of the Bucerius experience is the most important for you? I think the transnational – and Read More

The Gerd Bucerius Free Press in Eastern Europe Award aims to promote the highest professional standards and moral courage in journalism. The 2013 awards, amounting to a total of 70,000 euros, were awarded to six journalists. The list of honorees includes two Russian journalists, Elena Kostjuschenko and Alexander Golts. Golts is Editor-in-Chief of the online-portal Read More

Bucerius Executive Education’s partners network continues to grow. GSK Stockmann + Colleagues, a German law firm with seven offices in Germany and branch offices in Brussels and Singapore, has asked Bucerius Executive Education to take the reins in designing and organizing their GSK Academy starting in 2013. Bucerius Executive Education will be responsible for the content Read More

We are happy to announce the official launch of our new website! The website went live on February 1st, 2013, and now offers quick and easy access to information about American Friends of Bucerius, our activities, and publication archives. You can find upcoming events, register for email updates and newsletters, and donate to support the Read More

International experience is a necessity for successful job applicants today, but many students and young executives are unable to commit to a whole semester or year abroad. Bucerius Law School offers a solution – this summer you can apply to one of two challenging, short-term law programs in Hamburg, Germany: the Bucerius Summer Program (BSP) Read More

Bucerius alumni Maria and Carl von Tippelskirch met during their first year at Bucerius Law School in 2000 and married in 2011. They say their wedding was almost a reunion of Class of 2005 graduates of the Bucerius Law School program. A year after the wedding, the couple moved to New York, where Carl works Read More