Conference Recap: Legal Services in Transition – From the Perspective of Businesses and Law Firms

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

Advance Your Career This Summer at Bucerius Law School

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

Professor König to be the new President of Bucerius Law School

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

Getting Closer? US vs. EU Post-Patent Reform

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.

Center for Studium Generale and Personal Development

Bucerius founder Gerd Bucerius believed that a good lawyer possessed not only excellent legal knowledge and oratory skills, but also a well-rounded personality. This belief shaped the curriculum at Bucerius to include its Studium Generale program, which promotes personal development through non-legal disciplines, including philosophy, culture and politics. With the newly-founded Siemens AG-funded Center for Read More

Preparations Underway at Bucerius Law School for the 2012 International Exchange Program

Bucerius Law School’s 10th Annual Exchange Program just came to an end, yet preparations are already underway for the 2012 class of international students. Each fall, the university welcomes some 100 students from its partner universities around the globe. During the semester, students expand their knowledge of international and comparative business law in an English-taught Read More

Bucerius Law School Partners with DLA Piper

International law firm promotes research development in IP, IT & Media Law Bucerius Law School and American Friends of Bucerius (AFB) are pleased to announce their new partnership with DLA Piper, the world’s largest law firm with 4,200 lawyers in 30 countries.

Bucerius Summer Program 2011 concluded

The fourth annual Bucerius Summer Program in International Business Law concluded on August 12th. More than three dozen students and graduates from 19 countries participated in the program taught by leading professors and practitioners in the legal field, including Dr. Franco Ferrari (New York University) and Dr. Stefan Vogenauer (Director of the Oxford Institute of Read More

10th Annual International Exchange Program

Bucerius Law School is pleased to celebrate its 10th annual Bucerius Exchange Program in International and Comparative Law. The incoming international class is the program’s largest yet, consisting of a diverse selection of 110 students from 53 partner universities in 24 countries. As in the past, courses will be taught in English by leading guest Read More

Interview with Nina Smidt on Bloomberg Law

Nina Smidt, President of American Friends of Bucerius, talks about Germany’s first private law school and the state of legal education in the U.S. and Europe. Please click here to watch the interview. The interview was conducted by Lee Pacchia for Bloomberg Law.