International Alumni Reunion

June 9-11, 2017  |  Washington, D.C. All Bucerius International Alumni and ZEIT-Stiftung Alumni are warmly invited to attend an international alumni reunion this June in Washington, D.C.—catch up with former classmates and get to know foundation alumni while exploring one of the most exciting cities in the world! For more information, visit the official website Read More

Bucerius Podcast Launch

American Friends of Bucerius is proud to announce the launch of the new Bucerius Podcast, covering issues in international law and global governance. The first podcast series of three episodes focuses on international education, with a special emphasis on the study of law: Why Study Abroad? Roundtable with Bucerius Law School Alumni The Future of Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Linnea Schuster

Linnea G. Schuster is a student at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She spent the fall of 2016 studying abroad at Bucerius Law School, and was granted the German Benevolent Society of Honolulu Scholarship through the Bucerius Global Legacy Fund. In the interview below, you can read Read More

Alumni Spotlight: Peter J. Prommer

Peter J. Prommer was part of the first group of students to study abroad at Bucerius Law School in the Fall of 2002. He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law, Class of 2003 and is now a partner at Nixon Peabody. We spoke to Peter about his time at Bucerius Law School Read More

Why International Experience Matters: A Semester at Bucerius Law School

Tom Hastings sees himself as a “non-traditional” law student. About to complete his second year of study at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Tom spent several years working in Hollywood with movie producers after completing his undergraduate studies at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill before deciding to go to law school. Tom Read More

Bucerius Law School Alumni Reunion

Date: 18 September 2015 to 19 September 2015 Location: Hamburg Join friends and former professors to retrace your steps through Hamburg and the Bucerius grounds – find out what’s changed (and what’s remained the same) since your time in the city! The weekend will kick off on Friday afternoon with a professional talk to explore Read More

Alumni Scholarship Fund

Now is your chance to change the world: Support international education and global thinking through a gift the new Alumni Scholarship Fund! Bucerius USA is excited to announce the creation of a new scholarship fund for U.S. students to study at Bucerius Law School. Launching with contributions from a few committed alumni, the Alumni Scholarship Read More

Innovation in the Legal Sector

On October 15, 2014, American Friends of Bucerius and the German American Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession and the Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung, hosted an event as part of the “New Continuing Legal Education” discussion series, featuring Joseph Polizzotto, former Managing Director and General Counsel for the Americas, Deutsche Read More

Bucerius Staff Interview: Melis Tusiray

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

Bucerius Alumni Interview: Maria and Carl von Tippelskirch

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