Prof. Dr. Stephan Harbarth, LL.M. (Yale)

Prof. Dr. Stephan Harbarth, LL.M. (Yale)

President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

Prof. Dr. Stephan Harbarth, LL.M. (Yale), has served as presiding Justice of the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court since November 2018 and was appointed President of the Court in June 2020. Following his law studies, he obtained his doctorate (Dr. jur.) from Heidelberg University in 1998. From 1997 to 1999, he completed his legal traineeship in Berlin. He obtained a Master of Laws from Yale Law School in New Haven (Connecticut/USA) in 2000. For many years, he practised as a lawyer and was a member of the German Bundestag. He is an honorary professor at Heidelberg University.