Bucerius Law School in Germany

Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg

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Established in 2000, Bucerius Law School is a public university located in Hamburg, Germany.With a broad range of degree programs, it offers a unique academic and culturally immersive experience for international students.

Bucerius Law School was founded in 2000 by one of Germany's largest foundations, ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius following the model of law schools in the United States, and bearing the name of Gerd Bucerius, a noted German judge, attorney, journalist, politician and founding publisher of Germany's leading weekly newspaper, Die Zeit.Organized as a non-profit GmbH, its mission statement is "Freedom of Thought – Academic Renewal – Social Responsibility".

There are specific institutes for corporate and capital market law, the law of foundations and non-profit organizations, dispute resolution and for IP and Media Law. The school attracts a large number of visiting scholars and speakers from all over the world and hosts conferences on various topics.

The school offers two different degree programs of study: The general law program, leading to a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and to the German First Judicial Examination (Staatsexamen), and the Master of Law and Business (M.L.B.) program (in cooperation with WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management). Moreover, it grants doctoral (Dr. iur.) and habilitation titles, offers four summer certificate programs.