News Archive

On Thursday and Friday, 8-9 October 2026, the University of Bremen hosted the Kick-off Meeting for Horizon Europe Project JUST-IN – JUSTICE-IN-CONTEXT.

The President of the Federal Labour Court, Inken Gallner, impressed the labour law community in Bremen with a moving lecture.

The Coffee Lectures will be continued - from 28 October, on Wednesday from 12:00 ct to 12:45 p.m., at Forum am Domshof.

Inken Gallner, the President of the Federal Labour Court, is coming to Bremen to hold a lecture on the role of labour law in times of crisis.

From 2 to 4 October 2026, German Unity Day will be celebrated in Bremen with a festival and various activities and presentations.

From 16 to 18 September, 15 students and three doctoral students of the Faculty visited the 75th German Jurists Forum in Erfurt together with Prof. Dr. Christoph Külpmann, Presiding Judge at the Federal Administrative Court and Prof. Dr. Pia Lange.

In cooperation with the Society for the Protection of Wolves (GzSdW), the Research Centre for Animal Law and Animal Welfare Law (FTT) of the University of Bremen is organising a series of lectures on the topic of wolfes in the next winter semester:

The Women's Representatives Collective of the Faculty of Law has compiled and acquired a collection on feminist law studies.

The traditional FEU excursion took place took place once again on 30 July 2026, with a cycle ride through the beautiful Wümme lowlands to the country house of Gerd Winter.

The summer seminar of the field of specialisation "Climate - Environment - Sea" took place from 10 to 13 July on Borkum this year.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen invites to a lecture by Peter Mönnig on 8 July 2026, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., 3rd floor, room 30012.

The annual summer party of the Association for Infrastructure Law (VIR), took place on 24 June 2025, once again at Altes Fundament in the Bremen Viertel.

On the occasion of his 85th birthday, Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. em. Rolf Knieper was honoured with a Liber Amicorum at the Ivane Javakhishvili State University of Tbilisi in Georgia on 4 June 2026.

The Annual Conference of the Academic Society for Family Law (Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Familienrecht e.V.) took place in Bremen this year. Lectures were held at Forum am Domshof on the 5th and 6th of June.

On May 29, 2026, the international symposium "Digitalisation of Justice: Perspectives from Germany and the Netherlands" was held at the House of Connections in Groningen.

Bremen/Rome, 11 May 2026 – The University of Bremen and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on academic collaboration.

The University of Bremen is proud to announce the successful participation of its student team in the PAX Moot 2026, an internationally renowned moot court competition dedicated to transnational law and international commercial litigation.

On 9 April 2026, doctoral researchers from both universities convened for the second Bremen-Groningen PhD Researcher Meeting, this time co-chaired by Prof. Dr. Gralf-Peter Calliess (University of Bremen), Prof. Dr. Patrick C. Leyens (University of Bremen), and Dr. Benedikt Schmitz (University of…

The Faculty of Law presents itself, on Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m., at Forum am Domshof

The German Chapter of the International Society of Public Law (ICON-S) aims to be a forum for diverse perspectives on public law.

This year, the University of Bremen is participating in the PAX Moot for the second time and has once again made it to the oral phase of the competition.

On 9 March, 1:15 p.m., Priv.-Doz. Dr. Till Markus, LL.M. will give a teaching demonstration on the topic "Introduction to Marine Environmental Law".

On 16 February 2026, the first Bremer-Groningen PhD Researcher Meeting (“Doktorand:innentreff”) took place, jointly organised by Prof. Dr. Gralf-Peter Calliess (University of Bremen) and Dr. Benedikt Schmitz (University of Groningen).

On 22 January 2026, the 10th Labour Law Moot Court Competition took place at the Federal Labour Court.

Prof. Dr. Gralf-Peter Calliess and Dr. Nicholas Mouttotos visited the YUFE partner university of the University of Bremen, the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia, where the 5th annual symposium of the Procedural Law Unit took place.

China is preparing an ambitious codification of its entire environmental law. Prof. Dr. Gerd Winter has met with members of the drafting committee several times to advise them from the perspective of European environmental law.

“All Human Beings Are Born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights”. This is stated in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. An interview with legal expert Professor Lars Viellechner for Human Rights Day on December 10.

The 8th Maritime Law Conference on 6 November 2025 was held for the first time at the Domshof premises. Prof. Calliess und PD Dr. Markus acted as scientific advisors of the Maritime Law Research Network at the conference.

The German Law Journal has published a Special Issue featuring the proceedings of the international conference on Informed Consent to Dispute Resolution Agreements, held in Bremen on 20–21 June 2024.

On Tuesday, 11 November 2025, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, the Faculty Careers Day will take place for the second time at the Faculty of Law. Eleven exhibitors will provide you with the opportunity to get in touch with employers from the region.

On 23 October 2025, the teams of the University of Bremen visited labour law expert Ulrike Brinkmann at GÖHMANN lawyers at the Bremen Cotton Exchange in preparation for the moot court at the Federal Labour Court in January 2026.

The Faculty of Law presents itself, on Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at Forum am Domshof

Frederick Rieländer presented his lecture „Towards a Coherent Choice-of-Law Framework for Property Disputes over Digital Assets" at the conference.

The President of the Federal Social Court, Dr. Christine Fuchsloch, presented her vision of the future of the welfare state and opened it up for discussion in Bremen.

From 7 to 13 September 2025 the 2nd International Summer School of the Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network (ECOWELFARE) „Social Policy and Ecological Sustainability“ took place at the University of Bremen. 

The students Claudius Maximilian Dirks and Arap Ali Yilmaz of the University of Bremen have won the 14th Justus Liebig Moot Court, which was held as a nationwide student competition at the University of Giessen on 23 and 24 July 2025.

On 11 September, the FEU team went on a bicycle tour to the Wümme lowlands, visiting Gerd Winter.

On the occassion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Kazakhstan constitution by referendum on 30 August 1995, Prof. Rolf Knieper was awarded a medal of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From September 7th to September 13th 2025 the second Summer School organized by the Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network in cooperation with the German Institute for Interdisciplinary Social Policy (DIFIS) will take place at the Domshof Forum of the University of Bremen.

The Faculty of Law and the Centre of European Law and Politics mourn Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christian Joerges, who passed away on 18 July.

The Faculty of Law mourns Roland Dubischar, a colleague who was part of the Bremen reform model of legal education from the beginnings in 1971 when the University of Bremen was founded.

The four teams from the Faculty of Law at the University of Bremen are qualified for the quarterfinals of the Justus Liebig Moot Court. This means that half of the teams participating in the oral rounds are from Bremen.

This year's traditional summer seminar of the field of specialisation „Climate – Environment – Sea“ took place from 11 to 14 July on Norderney.

The annual summer party of the Association for Infrastructure Law (VIR), took place on 25 June 2025, this time at Altes Fundament in the Bremen Viertel.

Vincent-Carlos Barduhn participated as lecturer in the 4th Conference of Young Sustainability Law from 19 to 21 June 2025.

The Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen will participate in the Justus Liebig Moot Court competition for the third time in 2025. For the first time, several teams will represent the faculty.

On 20 June 2025, 4:00 p.m., Prof. Dr. Lars Viellechner will hold his inaugural lecture entitled „Das Öffentliche im Recht der digitalen Gesellschaft“ at Forum am Domshof.

The presentation of the interdisciplinary edited collection „Gewaltfrei arbeiten und leben – interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, Theorien, empirische Erkenntnisse und Handlungsoptionen“ will take place on 20 June 2025, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., at Forum am Domshof.

On 5 June 2025, the summer party of the Institute of Commercial Law took place, preceded by a lecture of Professor Gilles Cuniberti, a leading researcher of international commerical law, arbitration law and comparative law, currently professor at the University of Luxemburg.

On 23 May 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m., there will be a virtual panel discussion on the subject “Can we trust the courts? Public trust in the judiciary in European countriesˮ.

On 28 March 2025, a conference on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hase took place at Forum am Domshof. The conference was jointly organised by Prof. Dr. Lars Viellechner (Bremen) and Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl-Heinz Ladeur (Hamburg).

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

On 4 April 2025, Prof. Dr. Alfred Rinken was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit at Bremen town hall.

The normative order of healthcare under conditions of extreme complexity

On 24/25 February 2025 a memorial symposium for Rudolf Wiethölter (17 July 1929 - 7 October 2024) took place at Forum am Domshof.

On 4 March 2025 members of Max Planck Law visited the Law Faculty at Forum am Domshof.

With the opening of the law section of the State and University Library Bremen (SuUB) at the new location at Forum am Domshof now once more grows together that which belongs together.

On Wednesday, 29 January 2025, Professor Dr. Felix Herzog held his retirement lecture after 20 years at the University of Bremen and 33 years as a university professor as part of the coffee lectures.

The Institute of Commercial Law thanks Bremen lawyers RMK - Rosenboom Menges Klindwort for their generous support in furnishing the Institute library with a large conference table and chairs.

Research at international top level is carried out at Forum am Domshof - this is result of the current Times Higher Education ranking.

On 13th January 2025, an excursion to the port with the harbour police took place as part of the lecture series "Water Legislation" of Prof. Dr. Katharina Reiling.

On 15/16 May 2024, the 5th Law Conference of the European university alliance YUFE (Young Universities for the Future of Europe) took place at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń/Poland.

From 21-22 November 2024, the Universities of Groningen and Bremen hosted an international conference on ‘Good and bad practices in European Housing Law and Policy’.

Lecture and discussion with PD Dr. Kolja Möller

Fifth Bremen Talks on the Constitutional State on 6 December 2024 in Bremen

On 19 November 2024, this year's doctoral awards ceremony of the Faculty of Law took plance in the Kaminsaal of Bremen Town Hall.

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess LL.M. Eur (FU Berlin), followed by discussion, 6:00-8:00 p.m. in room 40010.

Professor Dr. Abbo Junker (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich) will talk about repayment clauses for education and payment in employment contracts (in German).

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.

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

The Orientation Week for the winter semester 2024/25 takes place from 7 - 11 October.

On 26 June 2024, of the Institute of Commercial Law celebrated its traditional summer party.

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

On 28 June, 65 graduates together with their families and friends attended the annual graduation ceremony of the Faculty.

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.

As every year, the summer party of the Association for Infrastructure Law took place at the Institut Français on Contrescarpe, on 19 June 2024.

On 28.6.2024, the block event of this year's seminar in the university elective "International and European Business Law" took place. The topic was: "Mergers & Acquisitions: Cycle of a corporate transaction".

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.

On 12 June 2024, the Field of Specialisation „Climate – Environment – Oceans“ visited the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig.

Today at 5:00 p.m., Prof. Kolbe will hold a lecture at Deutscher Arbeitsgerichtsverband e.V. at the regional conference Bremen at the Arbeitnehmerkammer.

At the Centre of European Law and Politics at Bremen University, legal issues and problems relating to Europe have been examined and researched since 1982.

On 11 June 2024, we invite to a presentation of the reader project "Unrecht mit Recht?"!

The film is about the unlawful detention of Murat Kurnaz in the US detentiion camp Guantánamo and the case for his release which was brought before the Supreme Court in Washington DC.

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

On Friday, 14 June 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Prof. Dr. Claudio Franzius, Dr. Roda Verheyen and Prof. Dr. Gerd Winter will host an event on climate lawsuits in the FEU library (B 2245).

Within the framework of "Female Future Docs", young researchers present their thesis subject and talks about their path to a doctorate. Which subject inspired them? Which formal requirements have to be observed? Which obstacles have to be overcome?

On 20-21 June 2024 Gralf-Peter Calliess and Nicholas Mouttotos of the Institute for Commercial Law of the University of Bremen convene a transatlantic conference on ‘Informed Consent to Dispute Resolution Dispute Agreements’ 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.

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

When the fundamental rights lecture turns into a hearing before the Federal Constitutional Court

Guest lecture by Thomas Streinz of the NYU School of Law within the framework of the seminar "European Administrative Law" of interim professor Andrej Lang

On 18 January 2024, the 9th Moot Court of the Federal Labour Court took place in Erfurt, with three teams of Bremen University participating.

Research assistants of the Faculty of Law joined the protest "Loud Against the Right" on 21 January 2024 in Bremen to take a stand for democratic coexistence.

On 29 November, the South Korean Justice Research and Training Center (JRTC) in Seoul organised a conference on two “paradigm shifts” for the legal order, i.e. artificial intelligence and climate change.

On 23 November 2023, the annual doctoral awards ceremony of the Faculty of Law took place in the Kaminsaal of Bremen Town Hall.

On 29 November 2023, Prof. Dr. Lars Viellechner was awarded the Berninghausen Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

The Conference „Economic Law and Political Economy" was held on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Prof. Christian Joerges (Emeritus Professor Hertie School Berlin and Emeritus Professor Bremen) on 11 November 2023.

On 10 November, the valedictory lecture of Prof. Dr. Ursula Rust and the inaugural lectures of Prof. Dr. Angie Schneider and Prof. Dr. Jörg Schnitzler took place at the University of Bremen.

This year's Annual Conference of the Association for Infrastructure Law (VIR) took place on 16 November 2023.

The first and only of this kind in Germany! Join now for summer term 2024!

The Faculty of Law is pleased to welcome newly appointed Professor Dr. Julia Geneuss.

On 26 and 27 October, the Research Association for Maritime Law organised the 7th Bremen Conference on Maritime Law.

On 24 October 2023, the teams of the University of Bremen were received by Dr. Amel Sarić at the office of LOYFORT lawyers in the Bremen-Überseestadt for the Moot Court at the Federal Labour Court in January 2024.

First training on species protection law for legal practitioners in Germany

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Dr. Pia Lange was elected as member of the Bremen Constitutional Court for the 21st legislative period on12 October 2023.

On 14 and 15 September 2023, the 4th Bremen Talks on the Constitutional State took place at the Bremen Representative Office in Berlin, on the topic of "Opinions and Judgments: End of Freedom of Expression or Start of the Debate".

On 13 September 2023, the work groups of Prof. Dr. Pia Lange and Prof. Dr. Lars Viellechner visited the official residence of the Federal President in Berlin, Bellevue Palace.

Katharina Reiling has been appointed as professor of public law, in particular administrative law, international law and maritime law.

On 1 September 2023, the Bremen Insolvency Law Day took place.

The 7th Conference on Maritime Law is concerned with two highly topical subjects: autonomous navigation and the resilience of maritime infrastructures.

With Anna Himmelskamp returning to the FEU from maternity and parental leave, this year's FEU excursion to Bunker Valentin took place on 3 August 2023.

As part of a DAAD study trip, a delegation from Istanbul Kültür University visited the Faculty of Law. They were interested in the new Master's program “Transnational Law” and future possibilities to cooperate.

The Research Centre for European Environmental Law (FEU) organised a seminar on "Climate Litigation Cases in Comparison) on the North Sea island Langeoog from 17 to 21 July 2023, sponsored by the Bremen lawyer firm BBG and Partners.

You may still join in the winter term 2023–2024!

On 8 June 2023, the VIR summer party took place at the Institut français.

In accordance with the principle of "one examination regulation, two degrees", the Faculty of Law is planning to introduce an integrated Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree programme as part of the law study programme with the First Law Examination (state examination) as of winter semester 2024/25.

On 3 July 2023, 17:30 p.m., Fachschaft Jura Bremen together with Frauen im Recht present the second round of "7x7 Minutes"!

The series "Female Future Docs“ initiated in April in cooperation with Deutscher Juristinnenbund continues with another event.

On 31 March 2023, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Dieter Grimm, former judge at the Federal Constitutional Court, was a guest in Bremen.

The Women's Assembly of the Faculty of Law took place on 1 June.

A very special item on the agenda of the Professorium today: on behalf of the Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte, the Dean Prof. Dr. Gralf Callies paid tribute and expressed his thanks to Prof. Dr. Felix Herzog for 40 years of work in the public service.

On 23 May 2023, 6:30 p.m., the Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen and the Juristische Gesellschaft Bremen e.V.are hosting a lecture by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Mückenberger entitled "Zwischen Normalarbeitsverhältnis und (neuer) Selbstständigkeit: Arbeitnehmerbegriff im Umbruch".

On 25 May, the first Bremen Faculty Career Day Law takes place on the ground floor of Block B, GW1 (former Bio Biss) from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The results of the student survey within the framework of the current CHE ranking prove that that the faculty’s targeted efforts to improve the study situation have been successful.

On 25 April 2023, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Dr. Clivia von Dewitz will hold a lecture on "Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice - a Contradiction?" in the Gerichtslabor.

In cooperation with Deutscher Juristinnenbund (djb), the Fachschaft Jura Bremen has recently initiated the series of events "Female Future Docs", intended exclusively for FLINTA*.

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Frau Prof. Dr. Laura Neumann will join the lecturing staff from the summer semester 2023.

As of 1 April 2023, the Amendment of the Bremen Legal Education and First Law Examination Act enters into force. This is of importance not only for new students but, in some cases, also for those who were admitted to the course of study under the JAPG of 2003.

Dear friends of labour law, in the winter semester 2023/2024, the Federal Labour Court will once again host a labour law moot court in Erfurt.

On 22 March 2023 (4 p.m., Room 129, Arbeitnehmerkammer, Bürgerstraße 1) the newly founded Working Group Labour Law invited to a first workshop.

Prof. Dr. Gralf-Peter Calliess, Prof. Dr. Pia Lange and Prof. Dr. Lars Viellechner participated in the 3rd YUFE Law Conference, which took place at the University of Rijeka in Croatia on 23 and 24 June 2022.

On 1st December 2022, Prof. Dr. Pia Lange and Prof. Dr. Lars Viellechner became members of ZERP. Together with Prof. Dr. Christian Joerges and Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmid, they form the new Board of Directors of ZERP.

Attempt at a concept of ownership adapted to a sustainable society Yoshiki Kurumisawa is Professor for Sociology of Law at the Waseda Universität Tokyo.

Professors Pia Lange and Lars Viellechner from Bremen University at the 11th World Congress of Constitutional Law in Johannesburg. 11th World Congress of Constitutional Law: Constitutional Transformations, University of Johannesburg/South Africa, 5 – 9 December 2022

On 1 September 2022, Antje Kautz was able to look back to 25 years in the public service.

Carla Hinrichs is an activist, spokewoman of the initiative „Last Generation" and law student at the University of Bremen.

The Faculty is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jörg Schnitzler as Honorary Professor for social law.

On Friday, 16 December 2022, the Second Virtual Expert Conference on Species Protection Law took place.

This year's Dies Academicus took place at the Faculty of Law on 7 December. Lectures and events on this day included the presentation of the areas of specialisation, exam preparation and the prospect of an amendment of the JAPG, which is expected in the next year.

On 24 November, this year's Doctoral Awards Ceremony of the Faculty of Law took place at Bremen Town Hall, in the impressive Fireplace Room.

Once a year, the University of Bremen organises a  Dies Academicus with lectures and discussions on a range of subjects concerning teaching and studying, which take place centrally and at the faculties. There are no regular lectures on this day.

The XXIth World Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law was held in Asunción, Paraguay, from October 23 to 28, 2022. Patrick C. Leyens has been appointed general rapporteur of the XXVIth section on „The Liability of Credit Rating Agencies".

From 5 to 7 October, the 81st Annual Conference of the Association of German Constitutional Law Scholars took place in Bremen.

As Dean of Studies, I would like to welcome you at beginning of your studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bremen!

This was the subject of the Annual Conference of the Association for Infrastructure Law (VIR), which took place at the Haus der Bürgerschaft on 8. September 2022.

In the winter semester, an interdisciplinary course is offered in this context as part of General Studies (supplementary studies, studium generale). The course with the number 10-GS-2-05 can be found (in Stud.IP of course and) in the university-wide supplementary studies / studium generale /…

On 15 July, the graduates of the First Law Examination of August 2021 and February 2022 were presented with their diplomas at a formal graduation ceremony.

Stefan Heiss has received the Theodor Körner Award for his dissertation project.

On Wednesday, July 20 at 5 p.m., former Ecuadorian constitutional judge Agustín Grijalva Jiménez will give a lecture on Rights of Nature and Human Rights at the department.

The Faculty of Law of Bremen University took part in the Justus-Liebig Moot Court for the first time this year.

The Conference deals with legal and practical questions regarding the conversion to zero-emission mobility in public transport and motorised individual transport.

The Dean and Prof. Dr. Benedikt Buchner (IGMR) welcome guests from Tanzania. Prof. Dr. Alex Makulilo from the Open University of Tanzania and his colleagues Dr. Rindstone Ezekiel und Dr. Doreen Mwmalangala visit the University Bremen for an Institute meeting at the Faculty of Law.

The papers of the first YUFE Law Conference 2021, which was hosted by the Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen, are now available on SSRN.

All students and Faculty members are invited!

From 7 to 10 June 2022 the Research Centre for European Environmental Law and international law firm McDermott Will & Emery organised a seminar on „Environmental law and Public Economic Law“ at the isle of Spiekeroog.

On 13 June 2022, the NFDI4Health Task Force COVID-19 hosts a symposium in Bremen.

The dissertation of Andreas Gutmann was awarded the Campus Prize Research for a Sustainable Future.

The Vis Moot team 2021/22 of the Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen received an “Honorable Mention” for the “Best Written Memorandum for Claimant” at the 19th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis East Moot).

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Pia A. Lange, LL.M. (UCT) will join the lecturing staff in the summer semester. Prof. Lange has taken on a professorship for public law, European law, social law as well as gender and diversity dimensions in law.

The Bremen legal scholar Prof. Dr. Dian Schefold was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on 7 February 2022. On behalf of the Federal President, he was presented with it by Mayor Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte during a ceremony at the City Hall.

Professor Rolf Knieper - a university lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bremen until 2006 - has been awarded the Gold Medal of Tbilisi State University. This is the highest award that the university in the Georgian capital can bestow.

We are pleased that Dr. Raphael Korbmacher joined the Study Centre team of the Faculty of Law on 1 October 2021.

„Let’s talk about science“ – this is the title of a series of TV talks presenting the different faculties of the University of Bremen produced by students of the university.

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Angie Schneider has joined the team of lecturers in the winter semester 2021/2022. Prof. Dr. Schneider has taken up a professorship for civil law, in particular family law, labour and social law as well as gender studies.

This year's "Dies Academicus" will take place on Wednesday, 1 December 2021, at the Faculty of Law.

The International Office has organised an online "Fair for Studies and Internships Abroad" from Monday, 15 November, to Wednesday, 17 November 2021.

Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker has been appointed as Honorary Professor for IT Security Law at the Bremen City University of Applied Sciences from 1 October 2021.

The Hans Soldan Moot Court (Soldan Moot) is the largest student competition on German private and civil procedural law as well as attorney law in Germany. It takes place once a year in Hanover. For the first time, the University of Bremen has sent a team to the competition. The competition is a…

Our world is becoming more unpredictable and complex. Achieving economic success without taking into account the resulting environmental consequences is no longer acceptable.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the University, the Faculty of Law conducted an interview with the Mayor of the City of Bremen, Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte, a graduate of the Faculty, which was presented to the Rector of the University Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Scholz-Reiter on 6 Septbemer 2021.…