Stephanie Hrubesch

Stephanie Hrubesch serves as Full Professor for Private Law at the University of Bern's Department of Private Law since 2010 (initially 50%, increased to 75% in 2017), where she also co-directs the Institute for Civil Law. She maintains dual academic-professional engagement as an Attorney at Law admitted to the St. Gallen Bar.

Her research spans the Swiss Civil Code with emphasis on personal law, family law, inheritance law, and property law, extending to private international law, personality rights, foundation law, association law, and child/adult guardianship law. She actively contributes to legal discourse through co-editing the journal Aktuelle Juristische Praxis (AJP) since 2016 and conducting expert reviews in specialized legal domains.

• Professional Recognition: Extensive reviewer, expert, and speaker activities in inheritance law, personality law, foundation law, guardianship law, and property law
• Academic Leadership: Co-director of Institute for Civil Law since 2010; Private lecturer at University of St. Gallen since 2008; Visiting professor at St. Gallen in 2018/2019

Her teaching portfolio includes Mobiliarsachenrecht (3 SWS) and Einleitungstitel (3 SWS), alongside Civil Code/Code of Obligations tutorials and supervision of Master’s theses and dissertations. She leads research teams including Senior Researcher Dr. Martina Bosshardt and student assistants.