Fordham’s Assistant Dean Toni Fine Awarded Medal of Honor at Bucerius Law School

Bucerius Law School awarded American Friends of Bucerius supporter and Fordham Law School Professor Toni Jaeger-Fine with the Bucerius Law School Medal of Honor for special merits at the university. This was part of a larger ceremony, where the law school also appointed Dr. Anja Mengel as honorary professor Toni Jaeger-Fine is responsible for the Read More

Bucerius Law School Team wins the Oxford International IP Law Moot Competition

Bucerius Law School’s Moot Team, based out of the Bucerius Center for Transnational IP, Media and Technology Law and Policy, has won the Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot Competition this year. The competition, held March 16 – 18 at the University of Oxford’s Pembroke College. The team, Katharina Watzke, Jakob Rehder, and Felix Tann, Read More

Summer Program on International IP Transactions Law

The Bucerius Law School Intellectual Property center is excited to be hosting their fourth Summer Program in International IP Transactions, a joint undertaking with UC Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco). The intensive English-taught course offers advanced law students and young professionals an opportunity to join peers from around the globe in developing strong Read More

Bucerius 2017 Summer Programs

Bucerius Law School has opened applications for the 2017 Summer Programs in International Business Law, International IP Transactions, and Sports Law. Each program runs for 3 weeks from July 10-July 28.  The deadline to apply is May 1, but if you apply before March 1 you can receive a 15% early bird discount! See below for 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

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