Faculty of Law

On 24/25 February 2025 a memorial symposium for Rudolf Wiethölter (17 July 1929 - 7 October 2024) took place at Forum am Domshof. Wiethölter was a member of the Founding Senate of the University of Bremen in 1970/71 and played an important part in shaping the reform approach of legal education in Bremen. On the invitation of Gralf-Peter Calliess (Institute for Commercial Law) and Peer Zumbansen (McGill University, Montreal), former colleagues and students came together in Bremen, among them numerous emeriti of the Faculty of Law. Video recordings of the impressive lectures and discussions will be published soon.

On Tuesday, 4 March 2025, Professor Calliess, Director of the Institute for Commercial Law, welcomed Professor Anne Röthel, Director of MPI Private Law in Hamburg (left in the picture next to Calliess) and Professor Stefan Vogenauer, Director of MPI Legal History in Frankfurt/Main (on the left side of Calliess) as well as other members of Max Planck Law in the new rooms of the Faculty of Law.

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 Dean Professor Dr. Sönke Gerhold bid farewell to Professor Herzog in front of an audience of about 150 people who listened with great interest to his lecture on "Intoxication – Violence – Criminal Law“, in which he discused in particular the view of criminal law on offences committed under the influence of alcohol.

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 schedule, at the end of January, the redesigned Juridicum opened its doors to students and members of the Faculty, but also to external visitors.

The Institute of Commercial Law thanks Bremen law firm 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 a result of the current Times Higher Education ranking where the Bremen Faculty of Law is listed among the top ten percent worldwide and takes first place among German universities.

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’.

On 19 November 2024, this year's doctoral awards ceremony of the Faculty of Law took plance in the Kaminsaal of Bremen Town Hall. Following a speech of the Dean Prof. Dr. Sönke Florian Gerhold and a welcoming address of the Senator for Justice and the Constitution Dr. Claudia Schilling, the graduates were presented with the Ph.D. certificates.

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

From 24 - 27 September 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.