Institute for German, European and International Family Law

Chair of Private Law, Private International Law, Comparative Law and European Private Law

Teaching

Summer Semester 2026

During the summer semester, Professor Nina Dethloff will be represented by Assistant Professor Silvia Deuring. She offers the following courses:

Seminar on “Family Law in Transition” (SPB III and VIII)
Law of Obligations (AT)
Family Law

Information

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Research Areas

Here you will find informations to research and externally funded projects.

Further information

Team

Learn more about the team working in Prof. Dr. Nina Dethloff’s department. You’ll also find information about emeritus faculty and alumni.

Further information

Prof. Dr. Nina Dethloff, LL.M. (Georgetown), Attorney at Law (New York) Direktorin

Professor of Civil Law, Private International Law, Comparative Law, and European Private Law.

Director of the Institute for German, European, and International Family Law.

Publications

Library

The Institute’s library is a public reference library. It has several workstations.

The collection includes monographs, textbooks, compilations of laws, commentaries, and journals on German family law, a wide range of foreign legal systems, comparative family law, as well as European and international family law, and works on general civil law.

Library Hours
Mon–Thu: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

During the break between semesters, opening hours may occasionally vary. Please check with the department in advance by phone or email.

Adenauerallee 8a, 53113 Bonn
4th Floor

Tel.: 0228 73-9290

Email: sekretariat.dethloff@jura.uni-bonn.de

Doctoral Funding

Start-up Funding Program

Women remain significantly underrepresented in highly qualified legal professions. This applies to partner positions in law firms, leadership roles in business and at the higher courts, as well as in academia.

A doctoral degree improves opportunities for career advancement. With funding from the Equal Opportunities Officer at the University of Bonn, a program to provide seed funding for doctoral studies in the Department of Law is therefore being implemented again—as in previous years.

Further information regarding the application process and its requirements can be found here:

Initial Funding