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On October 19th, 23 managing directors from the Legal & Compliance division of UBS completed the first week of a newly-implemented Executive Leadership Program, a two-week program designed and delivered by Bucerius Executive Education. Throughout the week, the participants had a chance to grow together as a group and build a stronger working relationship at Read More

On April 17, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Bucerius Law School elected Dr. Doris König, M.C.L., as the new president of Bucerius Law School. As of October 1, 2012, Professor König has taken over for Dr. Dres. h. c. Karsten Schmidt, who held the presidency for the past eight years. Professor König previously held Read More

The Transatlantic Academy’s policy theme for the 2012-2013 academic year will be “The Future of the Western Liberal Order.” The liberal world order, currently shaped predominantly by the West, is increasingly subject to external and internal pressure that could redefine the future international landscape. The ongoing fiscal crisis in Europe and the U.S. has weakened Read More

Markus Hartung, Director of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, writes about the skills needed to to run a successful legal practice in Organization of Legal Professionals’ eJournal. Markus Hartung, Director of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, was recently published in the Organization of Legal Professionals’ eJournal on the topic of entrepreneurship Read More

Lena Kilee is currently a McCloy Scholar at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. She focuses on foreign and security policy, leadership, strategic management and negotiations. Previously, Lena was deputy head of the anti-corruption unit at the European Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) and worked as a rule-of-law advisor to the Afghan Ministry Read More

Michaela Peisger heads the German Practice auditing division of KPMG in New York. In her role she works primarily with subsidiaries of European companies in the U.S. Ms. Peisger participated in the 2003 Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance. What one aspect of the Bucerius experience is the most important for you? Bucerius gives me Read More

Markus Hartung, Director on the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law News on the need for innovation in the legal profession. Mr. Hartung recently unveiled a position paper about the same subject. In the interview, he explained that the worldwide economic crisis precipitated a crisis in the legal profession, with Read More

Learn about the ramifications of the American Invents Act. Please click here to read more about the discussion on US vs. EU Post-Patent reform. Posted as part of the IP and Media Law Discussion Series.

Markus Hartung discusses new directions for the legal profession. Please watch Markus Hartung address the issue of innovation in today’s legal services market on Bloomberg Law.

Peter Stockfisch first learned about Bucerius when his high school German language teacher ordered students to subscribe to DIE ZEIT. Little did Peter know at the time that he would spend most of his life in Hamburg connected with Bucerius. An economist for the American Heritage Management Corporation, Peter advises mainly German-speaking clients on global Read More