Lukas Bornschein

Lukas Bornschein is a doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), affiliated with the Department of Law & Social Anthropology. He is also enrolled at the International Max Planck Research School Global Multiplicity. His work focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to judicial communication, integrating legal studies, political theory, and anthropology to examine how courts interact with the public and build trust in democratic societies.

Research Interests: Legal anthropology, EU law, human rights, and constitutional law. His current research explores judicial communication strategies in European courts, particularly lower courts in Germany, analyzing how these mechanisms shape public perception and legitimacy of the judiciary.

Professional Experience:

• Student Assistant at Chair of German, European, and International Public Law, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (2020–2024)
• Research Assistant at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, Leipzig (2024)
• Case Handler at State Office of Administration of Saxony-Anhalt (2022)
• Legal Intern at Equal Rights Beyond Borders, Athens (2021–2022)

Education: First State Examination in Law from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (2018–2024), with a thesis on entry and residence bans under immigration law, supervised by Prof. Winfried Kluth.