Curriculum vitae
Personal Data
| Name | Saskia Katharina Lettmaier |
| Date of birth | March 11, 1979 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Education and Professional Career
| 1989–1998 | Secondary School (Friedrich-Rückert-Gymnasium Ebern), Germany |
| 1996 | Pre-College Program, Duke University |
| 1999–2002 | Studies in English Law, Oxford University |
| 2002–2003 | LL.M. Candidate, Harvard Law School |
| 2003–2008 | Studies in German Law, University of Erlangen, Germany |
| 2004–2007 | Ph.D. Project, University of Bamberg, Germany |
| 2005–2009 | Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Erlangen, Germany |
| 2008–2015 | S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School |
| 2010–2012 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 2010–2012 | Referendariat (practical legal training) at the Regional Court of Regensburg, Germany |
| 2014– 2016 |
Habilitation (professorial qualification), University of Regensburg, Germany Judge at the District Court of Straubing, Germany |
| 2016 | District Attorney, Nuremberg, Germany |
| 2016– | Tenured Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Kiel, Germany Co-Director of the University's Hermann Kantorowicz Institute |
| 2016– | Judge at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein |
Exams and Degrees
| 1998 | Abitur (1,0) |
| 2002 | B.A., Oxford University (first class honours) |
| 2003 | LL.M., Harvard Law School |
| 2007 | Ph.D. (summa cum laude), University of Bamberg Committee: Prof. Dr. Christa Jansohn, University of Bamberg, Germany; Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhard Zimmermann, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2010 | First State Exam in Law (1st out of 1003 participants, highest grade [16,39 points] awarded in the state of Bavaria since records began) |
| 2012 | Second State Exam in Law (4th out of 698 participants) |
| 2015 | S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science), Harvard Law School Committee: Charles Donahue Jr., Harvard Law School; Janet Halley, Harvard Law School; John Witte Jr., Emory University School of Law |
| 2016 | Habilitation (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Löhnig, University of Regensburg, Germany) qualification to teach private law, Roman, German, European and comparative legal history, private international law and comparative law |
Scholarships, Competitions, and Awards
| 1998 | Scholarship by the state of Bavaria for extremely talented students |
| 2002 | St. Anne’s College Law Prize, Oxford University |
| 2004–2007 | Doctoral scholarship by Cusanuswerk (Catholic foundation) |
| 2006 | Honorable mention, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna |
| 2007 | Görres-Wissenschafts-Prize for excellent Ph.D. thesis, University of Bamberg |
| 2008 | Löwel-Prize for excellent Ph.D. thesis |
| 2008 | Faculty Award, University of Erlangen |
| 2008–2009 | Scholarship by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for research at Harvard Law School |
| 2010 | Award by the Bavarian Ministry of Justice for excellent results in the First State Exam in Law |
| 2012 | Postdoc-Fellowship, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 2013 | Gibson Dunn US Fellowship |
| 2013 | Irving Oberman Memorial Prize for the best paper in legal history, Harvard Law School |
| 2014 | Harvard Law School Summer Academic Fellowship |
| 2015 | Irving Oberman Memorial Prize for the best paper in family law, Harvard Law School |
| 2015–2016 | Scholarship for professorial candidates |
Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Legal History
- American Society of Comparative Law
- Selection Committee for the Johannes-Zilkens-Prize 2017 (awarded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
- Deutscher Familiengerichtstag e.V.
- Deutscher Hochschulverband
- Essex Autonomy Project, Research Affiliate
- Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung e.V.
- Journal of Civil Law Studies, National Correspondent for Germany
- Justizprüfungsamt Schleswig-Holstein, Examiner in the First State Exam
- Selden Society
- Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Familienrecht e.V.
- Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung e.V.