Professors emeriti
- Prof. Dr. Knut Amelung †
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and Legal Theory - Prof. Dr. Michael Becker
Chair of Civil Law, Commercial Law, Civil Procedural Law and International Private Law - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Büdenbender
Chair of Civil Law, Energy Industry Law and Labor Law - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fastenrath
Research Center for International Law and State Theory - Prof. Dr. Horst-Peter Götting, LL.M. (London)
Civil Law with a special consideration of Industrial Property Law and Copyright Law - Prof. Dr. Peter Hay
Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law, and Comparative Law - Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidt-Leithoff †
Civil Law, Economic and Tax Law, as well as Insurance Law - Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. Sabine von Schorlemer
Chair of International Law, European Union Law and International Relations
UNESCO Chair of International Relations (2009-2025) - Prof. Dr. Ursula Stein
Chair of Civil Law, Commercial, Corporate and Economic Law and director of the German-Italian Institute for the Comparison of Legal Cultures in Europe - Prof. Dr. Detlev Sternberg-Lieben
Chair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law - Prof. Dr. Dieter Wyduckel †
Public Law, in particular Constitutional History, General Legal and Political Theory, State-Church Law