Democratizing Legal Services: What Legal Technology “Disruption” Could Really Mean

When talking about start-ups and technology, we love to talk about “innovation” and “disruption”. How Facebook changed not only our relationships, but also influenced political campaigns and civil uprisings. How a company with only 40 people – Craigslist – destroyed the personal ad sections (and revenues) of newspapers around the world. Disruption is exciting because 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

“Courage, Community, Excellence” – Bucerius Law School celebrates the beginning of a new school year

On Friday, September 23, 2016, Bucerius Law School held their annual Academic Celebration at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, which launches the new school year, welcomes new students, and features guest speakers on various cutting-edge topics over the course of the day. Professor Michael Göring, Chairman of ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, took a moment Read More

Bucerius Law School Begins Its International Exchange Program

Bucerius Law School’s international exchange program began on Monday, September 5th, welcoming students from all over the world. The program hosts 92 students from 26 countries, with 29 of them coming from Bucerius partner universities in the U.S. Bucerius Law School is an ABA accredited university, meaning students from the U.S may obtain credit towards Read More

Event Summary: Improving Access to Capital Markets – Regulatory Strategies in the US and Europe

On September 7, 2016, American Friends of Bucerius partnered with Fordham Law School to bring you a talk on Improving Access to Capital Markets – Regulatory Strategies in the US and Europe. After an introduction and welcome by AFB Director of Programs, Melis Tusiray, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Veil gave a talk to an audience of Read More

DAAD Young Ambassadors Workshop

On Friday, August 19, 2016, American Friends of Bucerius represented Bucerius Law School at an academic fair hosted by the DAAD. The fair was part of a program called DAAD Young Ambassadors, comprised of students who have studied abroad in Germany, and are now working to help inform their home institutions of opportunities in Germany for other students. 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

Bucerius Law School Summer Programs – Week 3

The following is an inside look at the third, and final, week of Bucerius Law School’s three immersive summer programs – the Comparative IP Law Program, the International Business Law Program, and the Sports Law Program. Read the first and second week summaries, too! The third and final week of the 2016 Bucerius Summer Programs brought a Read More

Bucerius Law School Summer Programs – Week 2

The following is an inside look at the second week of Bucerius Law School’s three immersive summer programs – the Comparative IP Law Program, the International Business Law Program, and the Sports Law Program. To read the first week’s post, click here. During the second week of programming, participants in the International IP Transactions cohort Read More

Bucerius Law School Summer Programs- Week 1

The following is a sneak-peak into the first week of Bucerius Law School’s three immersive summer programs- the Comparative IP Law Program, the International Business Law Program, and the Sports Law Program.  Last Sunday, July 10, the Bucerius campus welcomed participants from 26 nations to kick off its three summer programs in Hamburg. North Americans Read More