Henrike von Scheliha

Prof. Dr. Henrike von Scheliha serves as Junior Professor for Civil Law, specifically Family and Inheritance Law, at the Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg since June 2024. Based at Jungiusstr. 6, 20355 Hamburg, she holds a permanent academic appointment with full institutional affiliation.

Her academic qualifications include:

• Law degree from Universität zu Köln and Université Paris I (Panthéon Sorbonne) via the French-German Law Degree Programme (DFM)
• First State Examination passed in 2017
• Doctorate (2019) from Universität zu Köln on "Family autonomy and autonomous family"
• Second State Examination passed in 2021 after legal traineeship in Cologne and Brussels

Her research centers on Civil Law with specialized expertise in Family Law and Inheritance Law. Her doctoral work on family autonomy reveals a methodological focus on balancing individual rights against collective family structures within civil jurisprudence. Current scholarship examines evolving legal frameworks governing familial relationships and intergenerational asset transfer.

Prior to her professorship, she worked as a research assistant at Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (2022-2024) under Federal Constitutional Judge Prof. Dr. Henning Radtke in Karlsruhe, providing direct exposure to constitutional challenges in family and inheritance law.