Facts and Figures

Founded in 2000 by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Bucerius Law School is Germany’s first private law school with the right to award doctoral and post-doctoral degrees. Bucerius Law School is licensed by the state and accredited by the "Wissenschaftsrat" (German Science and Humanities Council).

Legal studies to earn a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B., accredited) and prepare for the German First State Examination in Law

• Length of studies: 4 years (12 trimesters), including a mandatory five-month sojourn abroad following the 6th trimester, as well as an internal exam preparation program
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Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business Program – Joachim Herz Program

• One-year, English-taught program to train legal and business professionals for the global market by taking an interdisciplinary approach to legal and management questions.  
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International Exchange Program

Bucerius Summer Program

1 post-doctoral degree, 7 post-doctoral candidates, 95 doctoral degrees awarded, over 250 doctoral candidates

LL.B./German First State Examination

• 538 enrolled students (including those who are currently taking the State Examination)
• Percentage of women: 35 %
• 12 % of the students receive federal financial aid
• 22 % of the students receive financial aid from Bucerius or through loans

Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business - Joachim Herz Program

• 58 enrolled students from 33 countries
• Percentage of women: 40 %

Study Conditions

• According to a survey conducted in summer 2007 by the "Hochschulinformationssystem" (HIS), 97 % of Bucerius students stated that they were either "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the studying conditions at Bucerius Law School (as a comparison: the national average in Germany is 37 %)

• Average grade of candidates who took the exam in 2008: over 10 points, about 75 % of all graduates completed the exam with outstanding results (national average: approximately 6 points, with about 20 % obtaining outstanding results)
• Average length of studies: equivalent to 8 semesters (national average: 10.4 semesters)

• 21 Professors (15 chairs with about 65 research assistants and post-doctoral research fellows, 4 Affiliate Professors, 1 Honorary Professor, 1 Professor Emeritus)
• Annually ca. 30 German and international visiting faculty from academia and the legal practice
• Institute for Foundation Law and the Law of Non-Profit-Organizations  
• Institute for Corporate and Capital Markets Law
• Center for Legal Learning
• General Studies Department ("Studium generale")
• Foreign Language Department
• Hengeler Mueller Library (open 24 hours, 7 days a week): 85,000 publications from all areas of law (with emphasis on business law, European law and international law)

Over 90 partner universities and law schools in 30 countries

LL.B./German First State Examination

• Approximately 100 students accepted each year (classes always begin on October 1)
• Application deadline: May 15 of the desired starting year
• Ca. 600 applications per year
• Selection process: written exam and oral assessment (both in July)

Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business - Joachim Herz Program

• Approximately 50 students accepted each year
• Application deadline: March 31 of the desired starting year
• Selection process: personal statement specifying the reasons for wishing to participate in the program, a legal or business-related writing sample, 2-3 letters of recommendation, university transcript(s), curriculum vitae and proof of English-language proficiency

• Wirtschaftswoche (Mai 2010): 2nd place
• Wirtschaftswoche/Junge Karriere/Handelsblatt (May 2009): 3rd place
• studiVZ (October 2008): 1st place
• Junge Karriere/Handelsblatt (May 2008): 2nd place
• Ranking of appointment practice by DHV (May 2008): Leading position
• ZEIT Studienführer/CHE-Hochschulranking (May 2008): Leading position
• karriere/Handelsblatt (May 2007): 1st place
• WirtschaftsWoche (March 2007): 2nd place
• karriere/Handelsblatt (May 2006): 1st place
• WirtschaftsWoche (March 2006): 3rd place
• Capital (July 2005): 2nd place
• Der Spiegel (November 2004): 1st place
• Further information: www.law-school.de/96.html

• Financing is not only secured through the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, but also through tuition fees and third party donations
• LL.B./German First State Examination in Law: tuition is € 3,700 per trimester, a total of € 44,400 for 12 trimesters 
• Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business - Joachim Herz Program: tuition is € 22,000 for the one-year program 
• Total Budget 2010: € 14.8 million (ca. 58 % from the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, 23 % from tuition fees, 10 % from donations, 8 % from the Law School's commercial activities and revenue, 1 % income from the intergenerational contract)

President
Professor Dr. Dres. h.c. Karsten Schmidt

Vice-President
Professor Dr. Michael Fehling, LL.M.

CEO/Provost
Dr. Hariolf Wenzler

Deputy CEO
Benedikt Landgrebe

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Professor Dr. Michael Göring

Updated: August 2010