Leonard-Roman Rüddenklau studied law with focus on public law in Jena (Friedrich Schiller University) and Dublin (Trinity College). During his studies he was a student assistant and, after completing his studies, a research associate at the Chair of Public Law, European Union Law, Public International Law and International Business Law of Prof. Dr. Christoph Ohler, LL.M. (Bruges) at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. He currently works as a research associate in the Berlin office of the law firm Redeker Sellner Dahs.