Posts tagged with International Law

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

Former Bucerius Law School President to Speak at Harvard

Doris König, Justice of the Second Senate of Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) and former Bucerius Law School President, will discuss the challenges the country’s highest court navigates within the European Union’s legal landscape. In its role as the “guardian of the constitution” and interpreter of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), the court has been balancing Read More

Bucerius USA Global Energy + Innovation

2015 will be another year of timely and thoughtful discussions on the world of energy and the energy that powers the world from Bucerius USA. In 2014, Bucerius USA launched our Energy & Innovation Initiative – an extension of the “Energy + Law” series which was previously sponsored by Linklaters LLP. This multi-faceted series continued 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

Three-Week Summer Course now open! “International IP Transactions”

Following a successful first IP Summer Program 2014, in July 2015, Bucerius Law School will host its second summer program, entitled “International IP Transactions”, organized jointly with UC Hastings, San Francisco. The program is unique because it combines high level theoretical instruction with practical application: a negotiation workshop of simulated licensing scenarios allows students to 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

2014 Max Kade Professor William P. Johnson

William P. Johnson was chosen as the 2014 Max Kade Visiting Professor at Bucerius Law School, where he will be teaching a course entitled: “Doing Business in Emerging Markets”. Professor Johnson is an associate professor at the St. Louis University School of Law, where he serves as Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law Read More

Pittsburgh Global Press Conference with Dr. Werner Schnappauf

Following the American Friends of Bucerius event in Pittsburgh, Steve Sokoll, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, interviewed Dr. Werner Schnapauf, former Minister of Environment, Public Health, and Consumer Protection in the Free State of Bavaria. Dr. Schnappauf is now the Senior Advisor to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Germany, with a Read More

AFB Board Co-Chair Guest Lectures at Bucerius Law School

On September 17, Richard H. Walker traveled to Hamburg, Germany to meet with representatives of the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession and guest lecture at Bucerius Law School. Walker, who is Co-Chairman of the American Friends of Bucerius Board and General Counsel of Deutsche Bank, gave two lectures at the law school, titled “The Read More

Event Summary: “The Power Behind New Energy”

THE POWER BEHIND NEW ENERGY How Energy Transitions in the US and Europe are Affecting Energy Markets   Speakers: Peter C. Balash, Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Analysis and Planning, United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory Michael Padgett, Vice President, Energy & Carbon Strategy, Alcoa Energy Gro Wermer Schnappauf, Senior Advisor, Bank Read More