On January 31

On this day in ...
... 1953, Professor Doktor Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (right) was born in Weitensfeld, Austria. She studied law at the Universities of Bielefeld and Freiburg and at Harvard Law School, earning her Dr. jur. from Freiburg and her LL.M. from Harvard, then beginning a law teaching career at Bielefeld. She's published widely, on issues including public law and environmental law. First elected a deputy judge in 1996, she's served since 2002 as a Judge of Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (Second Senate).

(Prior January 31 posts are here and here.)
 
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