Students interested in an international law career, especially in Europe, are invited to an informal meeting with Professor Dr. Clemens Ladenburger to learn about his experience and for career advice. 

Professor Dr. Clemens Ladenburger (LL.M. ’93), a German national, is the Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Legal Service. He joined the Legal Service in 1999. In 2000 he participated in the Convention which drafted the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. In 2002/03 he was part of the second European Convention which drew up a draft Constitution for Europe.

After a period of work on institutional law, from 2008 to 2017 he served as Assistant to the Director-General of the Legal Service, where he focused on economic and monetary policy, external relations and international trade, migration, Brexit issues, and fight against terrorism vs. privacy.

From 2017 to 2022 he was Director for Justice and Home Affairs in the Legal Service, leading a team in charge of migration, police and criminal law, EU citizenship rights and private international law.

In his current job, he oversees the Commission’s litigation activity and the enforcement of EU law vis-à-vis the Member States, and he helps the Director-General to manage and represent the Legal Service.

He teaches as Honorary Professor at the Europa Institute of the Saarland University.        

Clemens Ladenburger studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Geneva. He holds an LL.M. from the UofC Law School and a PhD from Heidelberg University.  

RSVP: email Aican Nguyen at aican@uchicago.edu by Oct 28th.