Administrative Court Judge Dr. Philipp Wittmann

Education and professional career

2003 – 2007: Legal studies at the University of Freiburg; student assistant at the Institute for Public Law (Department 2)
2008 – 2010: Legal clerkship (including positions at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer and the Federal Constitutional Court); certified research assistant at the Institute for Public Law (Dept. 2)
2010 – 2013: Research assistant at the Institute for Media and Information Law (Dept. 2)
2013: Doctorate in law at the University of Freiburg; Carl von Rotteck Dissertation Prize from the Faculty of Law
2013 – 2016: Judge at the Administrative Court of Karlsruhe
2013 – 2014: Lecturer at the University of Freiburg (constitutional law)
seit 2016: Lecturer at the University of Freiburg (migration and refugee law)
2016 – 2020: Research assistant at the Federal Constitutional Court (BVR Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Johannes Masing); spokesperson for the research assistants (2019–20)
2020 – 2021: Trial period at the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg
Seit 2022: Judge at the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg

Examiner for the first and second state law examinations

Editor of the journal “Informationsbrief Ausländerrecht” (Wolters Kluwer)

Editor of the newsletter “EU-Informationen”

Trained conciliator

Member of the Board of Trustees of the German-Japanese Lawyers Association (DJJV)

Deputy member of the Baden-Württemberg Judicial Selection Committee

Expert advisor to the German Bundestag’s Committee on Internal Affairs for migration, refugee, and citizenship law (regularly)

Expert advisor to the Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg (2020–2021)