Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf
German legal scientist and university professor of Public law
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- Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf (born ( 1971-06-15 ) 15 June 1971, in Hamburg, née Frauke Brosius ) is a German legal scientist and university professor of Public law at the University of Potsdam.
- Afterwards, she worked at the University of Hamburg as a research assistant for Jürgen Schwabe.
- After a research stay at the University of Edinburgh, she earned a Master of Laws from there in 1998.
- Then, Brosius-Gersdorf worked as a lawyer in Bonn and Berlin until 2004, before returning to academia and working for Hartmut Bauer at TU Dresden.
- Planned election as constitutional judge 2025 In 2025, Brosius-Gersdorf and Anne-Katrin Kaufhold were nominated by the SPD as candidates to succeed Doris König and Ulrich Maidowski, judges of the Federal Constitutional Court.
Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf (born (1971-06-15)15 June 1971, in Hamburg, née Frauke Brosius) is a German legal scientist and university professor of Public law at the University of Potsdam.
Biography
Brosius-Gersdorf studied legal science at the University of Hamburg, and in 1995, she completed her studies by taking the First State Examination in Law. Afterwards, she worked at the University of Hamburg as a research assistant for Jürgen Schwabe. Supervised by Horst Dreier, Brosius-Gersdorf obtained a Doctor in Law in 1997. After a research stay at the University of Edinburgh, she earned a Master of Laws from there in 1998. Upon returning to Germany, she completed her legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Hamburg, where she passed the Second State Examination in 2000. Then, Brosius-Gersdorf worked as a lawyer in Bonn and Berlin until 2004, before returning to academia and working for Hartmut Bauer at TU Dresden. In 2005, she followed Bauer as his research assistant at the University of Potsdam, where she completed her Habilitation in 2010, specializing in public law, administrative law, and social law.
Planned election as constitutional judge 2025
In 2025, Brosius-Gersdorf and Anne-Katrin Kaufhold were nominated by the SPD as candidates to succeed Doris König and Ulrich Maidowski, judges of the Federal Constitutional Court. In the Bundestag's Judicial Election Committee, Brosius-Gersdorf received approval, including from the CDU/CSU.
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