Bucerius Law School - Hochschule für Rechtswissenschaft

The Law School

Founded in 2000 by ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Bucerius Law School is Germany’s leading law school, offering an academically-challenging, practice-oriented and bilingual legal education with a focus on international business law. Bucerius graduates have enjoyed exceptional success in Germany’s First State Examination in Law and are among the most sought-after young lawyers in Germany.
Bucerius Law School is a subsidiary of ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a private, research-based and internationally-oriented business school emphasizing entrepreneurial spirit. WHU offers B.Sc., M.Sc., MBA, Executive MBA and doctoral and post-doctoral programs in business administration. WHU is constantly ranked among the top business schools in Europe.

Not only do both schools enjoy excellent worldwide reputation, but Bucerius and WHU graduates are also among the most sought-after young professionals in their respective fields.

The Program

In the international economy, there is a steadily-growing demand for attorneys and managers who have a command of both legal and economic issues. Despite this demand, few educational institutions offer programs of study that analyze the legal and economic fields in a targeted and integrated manner.
In light of this demand, Bucerius Law School and WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management jointly offer the one-year, English-language Master of Law and Business – Joachim Herz Program (“MLB Program”), supported by Joachim Herz Stiftung. The MLB is truly a “joint” degree, combining numerous aspects of International Business Law with issues of International Management. Because course participants are trained systematically in both the legal and economic fields, they obtain a unique ability to analyze the ever-increasing number of international issues that involve both legal and economic elements.
Bucerius Law School and WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management are ideal partners for such an innovative, international and practice-oriented program. They are recognized as leading institutions in Germany and enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide. Both schools are accredited.

The MLB is a full-year Program offering strong professional instruction, a Master´s Thesis, an internship, presentation and intercultural skills training, a “Studium Generale” (general course of studies) and active career planning.
The academic year starts with fall term at the end of August. The fall term consists – as do spring and summer terms – of both a legal portion and a business segment. The spring term starting in January combines a six-week teaching block with an eight-week internship in a law firm, corporation, or international organization. The Program actively supports participants in obtaining a suitable internship. The summer term consists of six teaching weeks and the master’s thesis phase. Graduation takes place in the end of August/beginning of September.
The Program draws on the faculty resources of both the Bucerius Law School and WHU and brings in adjunct professors from the practicing legal and business community. Instruction is internationally and comparatively oriented; the teaching style is characterized by open dialogue and intensive support of students by faculty.

In the current 2009–2010 academic year, some 45 students from 26 countries are studying in the MLB Program.

The Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business - Joachim Herz Program is substantially supported by:
- Joachim Herz Stiftung
- UBS Deutschland AG
- Allen & Overy LLP
- Claussen-Simon-Stiftung
- Haspa
- Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
- Marga und Kurt Möllgaard-Stiftung
- ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius

Entry Requirements

Applicants to the MLB program must have successfully completed a first degree in law or economics/business. Prior professional experience is welcomed, but is not a prerequisite to participation.

Application Procedure

An application form consists of the following:
- A completed application form
- A CV
- A personal statement
- A writing sample
- Official transcripts of your degree-granting academic institutions, a statement of class rank
- Proof of your English-language skills (as evidenced by TOEFL, IELTS or CPE scores)
- Two or three letters of recommendation

There is no application fee.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition for the MLB Program is € 22,000. A limited number of external merit-based scholarships and partial tuition waivers is available to highly qualified applicants. Students from EURO countries can also consider applying for the WHU Brain Capital tuition financing concept, a tuition loan plan which allows participants to pay the tuition after the MLB Program. For more information, please see our website: www.bucerius.whu.edu.

Location

The home of the Bucerius/WHU Master of Law and Business – Joachim Herz Program is the Bucerius campus in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg, a beautiful city of some two million inhabitants, combines a thriving port, strong media, publishing and other industries with a vibrant nightlife and a wealth of cultural activities. The well-equipped Bucerius campus is centrally-located, just minutes away from Hamburg’s main commercial district, shopping areas, and the lovely Inner and Outer Alster Lakes. MLB Program participants also spend time on the WHU campus, beautifully situated in Germany’s Rhine River Valley, part of UNESCO’s world cultural heritage.

Summer Program

Bucerius Law School also offers a one-month English-taught Summer Program in International Business Law. This will take place from July 18 to August 13, 2010. For more information, please visit the website www.law-school.de/summerprogram.html?&L=1.