Professors emeriti
- Prof. Dr. Knut Amelung †
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, 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 Law, and Labor Law - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fastenrath
Research Center for International Law and Political Theory - Prof. Dr. Horst-Peter Götting, LL.M. (London)
Civil Law with a Special Focus on Industrial Property Rights and Copyright Law - Prof. Dr. Peter Hay
Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law, and Comparative Law - Prof. Dr. Christian Schmidt-Leithoff †
Civil Law, Business and Tax Law, and Insurance Law - Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. Sabine von Schorlemer
Chair of International Law, European Union Law, and International Relations
UNESCO Chair in International Relations (2009–2025) - Prof. Dr. Martin Schulte
Chair of Public Law with a Special Focus on Environmental and Technology Law - Prof. Dr. Ursula Stein
Chair of Civil Law, Commercial, Corporate, and Economic Law and Director of the German-Italian Institute for Comparative Legal Culture in Europe - Prof. Dr. Detlev Sternberg-Lieben
Chair of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure - Prof. Dr. Dieter Wyduckel †
Public Law, in particular Constitutional History, General Theory of Law and the State, and State-Church Law