Faculty of Law

From 24 - 27 December 2024, the Field of Specialisation Labour and Social Security had the pleasure to take part in the 74th German Jurist Forum (DJT) in Stuttgart.

On 7 October, the Mayor and President of the Senate Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte, himself a gradudate of the Faculty, welcomed the new first semesters at Forum at Domshof. Following the welcoming speech, he was accompanied by students to gain an impression of the excellent facilities at the new location in the city centre.

On Thursday and Friday, 20-21 June 2024, Prof. Dr. Gralf-Peter Calliess and Dr. Nicholas Mouttotos convened an international conference on the topic of Informed Consent to Dispute Resolution Agreements. The Conference aimed at exploring the latest developments in contract law and private international law in relation to consent to such agreements.

On 18 January 2024, the 9th Moot Court of the Federal Labour Court took place in Erfurt. 29 student teams of 15 German universities competed against each other, among them three teams of the University Bremen supervised by Professor Dr. Sebastian Kolbe and Klintis Gakovi.

From 15 to 16 February 2024, the conference "Women Lawyers at the Universities – Gender Law in Research and Teaching" took place at Haus der Wissenschaft in Bremen.

On 28 February 2024, students of the field of specialisation "Labour and Social Law in the International and Supranational Context" accompanied by Prof. Dr. Angie Schneider went on an excursion to the Federal Social Court. Thanks to Dr. Björn Harich, Judge at the Federal Social Court, the students were able to observe the proceedings of the 4th Senate and participate in a talk with the Senate and a guided tour of the court building.

Pia Lange on the importance of the European Parliament and the national governments' habit of blaming Brussels

The Faculty presents itself, on Wednesdays, 11.00 a.m., Forum at Domshof.

At the invitation of the presiding judge of the 11th Senate, Prof. Dr. Christoph Külpmann, the students attended the hearing on the action brought by two Hessian municipalities against the planning permission of the extra-high voltage line Ultranet .

On 28 June 2024, the block event of this year's seminar in the university elective field of specialization "International and European Business Law" took place. The topic was: "Mergers & Acquisitions: Cycle of a Corporate Transaction"

The summer seminar of the field of specialisation "Climate – Environment – Sea“ took place from 5 - 8 July on Sylt.

This year, for the second time, the team of the Faculty of Law at the University of Bremen reached the final rounds of the Justus-Liebig Moot Court in Giessen. The team, consisting of Anastasia Eberle, Sebastian Mario Mosqueda and Simon Luca Wedemeyer, will compete against a team from the University of Tübingen in an oral moot court hearing in the field of private law in the semifinals on 11 July 2024 at the University of Giessen.

On 28 June, 65 graduates together with their families and friends attended the annual graduation ceremony of the Faculty. The prize for excellent achievements in the first legal examination, once again donated by the law firm Blaum Dettmers Rabstein, was awarded to Iasone Gutierrez Canas-Pazos (1st prize), Deike Schröder-Pinnecke (2nd prize) and Tim Poplat (3rd prize).

Maternity protection for the self-employed is the subject of two events this week, in which Professor Dr. Ursula Rust is taking part.