Chairs and Professorships

With 33 chairs and professorships in a wide range of disciplines, the Faculty of Law covers the entire spectrum of legal research.

Overview of all Chairs and Professorships

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  • Prof. Thomas Ackermann: Chair of Private Law as well as European and International Commercial Law
  • Prof. Anatol Dutta: Chair of Private Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law
  • Prof. Martin Franzen: Chair of German, European and International Labour Law as well as Private Law
  • Prof. Richard Giesen: Chair for Social Security, Labour and Private Law
  • Prof. Hans-Christoph Grigoleit: Chair of Private Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law and Theory of Private Law
  • Prof. Beate Gsell: Chair of Civil Law, Civil Procedure, European Private Law and Procedure
  • Prof. Mathias Habersack: Chair of Private and Business Law
  • Prof. Wolfgang Hau: Chair of Civil Law and German, international and comparative Civil Procedure
  • Prof. Hans-Georg Hermann: Professor of Private Law as well as German, Bavarian and Contemporary Legal History
  • Prof. Abbo Junker: Chair of (International) Labour Law, Comparative Labour Law and Civil Law
  • Prof. Peter Kindler: Chair of Private Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law
  • Prof. Matthias Leistner: Chair of Private Law and Intellectual Property Law, with Information and IT-Law (GRUR-Chair)
  • Prof. Susanne Lepsius: Chair of German and European Legal History, Roman and Canon Law (ius commune) and Private Law
  • Prof. Stephan Lorenz: Chair of Private Law, Private International and Comparative Law
  • Prof. Ansgar Ohly: Chair of Private Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law
  • Prof. Johannes Platschek: Chair of Roman Law, Ancient Legal History and Private Law
  • Prof. Volker Rieble: Chair of Labour and Private Law
  • Prof. Andreas Spickhoff: Chair of Private and Medical Law
  • Prof. Rüdiger Veil: Chair of Civil Law and Business Law

  • Prof. Martin Burgi: Chair of Public Law, Business Administrative Law, Environmental and Social Security Law
  • Prof. Klaus-Dieter Drüen: Chair of German, European and International Tax Law as well as Public Law
  • Prof. Ulrich Haltern: Chair of Public Law, European Union Law, and Philosophy of Law
  • Prof. Peter M. Huber: Chair of Public Law and State Philosophy
  • Prof. Ann-Katrin Kaufhold: Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • Prof. Jens Kersten: Chair of Public Law and Governance
  • Prof. Stefan Korioth: Chair of Public Law, especially Law and Religion, Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • Prof. Christian Walter: Chair of Public International Law and Public Law

  • Prof. Armin Engländer: Chair of Criminal Law and Procedure, Legal Philosophy and Sociology of Law
  • Prof. Ralf Kölbel: Chair of Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Prof. Matthias Krüger: Professorship of Criminal Law and Procedure
  • Prof. Frank Saliger: Chair of Criminal Law and Procedure, Business Criminal Law and Legal Philosophy
  • Prof. Helmut Satzger: Chair of German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure as well as Business Criminal Law
  • Prof. Mark Zöller: Chair of German, European and International Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Business Criminal Law and Legal Tech