Saskia Lettmaier

Saskia Katharina Lettmaier (born 1979) is a German jurist trained in Anglo-American and German law. From 2016 until 2024, she was a professor of Private Law, European Legal History, Private International and Comparative Law at the University of Kiel where she also served as a director of the University's Hermann Kantorowicz Institute. Since December 2016, she has also served as a judge at the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein, the highest court in civil and criminal matters in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Her research interests focus on the historical and comparative aspects of private law, especially family and inheritance law, and on the intersection between law and culture. In 2024, she transferred to the University of Hamburg, where she is currently a professor of Private Law and Global Legal History with a Focus on Common Law. Provided by Wikipedia