Academic Profile

I joined Sheffield Law School as the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) – Lecturer in 2013.

I was educated at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldt-University Berlin, the University of Limerick (Erasmus/Socrates) and I graduated from European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder.

Prior to joining Sheffield, I taught European and International Law at Hanse Law School of Carl-von-Ossietzky-University Oldenburg and at Bremen University. I have also been a research assistant at Rostock University and research assistant and coordinator at the UNESCO Chair in International Relations at Technical University Dresden. My PhD dealt with non-profit governance in German charitable foundations (“Stiftungen”) and my post-doc research has focused on a comparative constitutional view on culture, participation rights and civil society.

I am a qualified German lawyer, hold the First and Second State Exam and practise as a solicitor. During my legal traineeship, I inter alia worked at Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V. in Essen and in the EU, competition and regulatory department of the law firm Maclay Murray & Spens LLP in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In my practice as a lawyer, I focus on “Stiftungsberatung”, German non-profit law, compliance aspects and the European dimension of non-profit governance.

Qualifications

Solicitor (Rechtsanwältin), admission to all German Courts  (apart from Bundesgerichtshof)
Qualified German lawyer (assessor juris), Second State Exam in law, Federal State of Lower Saxony
PhD, University of Rostock
First State Exam in law, Federal State of Brandenburg
Dipl. jur., European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder

Teaching and Learning

My teaching at Sheffield focuses on German Law which I teach in German and English.

Especially when teaching languages and legal terminology in a foreign language, I believe in team teaching and a suggestopedic approach that combines an enjoyable atmosphere with tricky legal concepts from foreign jurisdictions. I also aim to prepare students on the Law (with German Law) degree for their stay abroad.

In my introduction to German Law class, for students who are interested in the subject but do not speak German, my approach is to explain the concepts and principles of German Law in an accessible way, but one which does not lose the richness of the source material or the legal context.

Students are very welcome to see me for any information about studying in Germany, DAAD summer courses, funding and research periods in Germany.

The modules I teach are:

Undergraduate
Deutsche Rechtsterminologie / German Legal Language
Introduction to German Law
German Law and Legal System
Principles of Comparative Law

Research Interests

• German Stiftungsrecht, Philanthropic/Non-profit governance and Corporate Governance
• European and Comparative Constitutional Law
• World Heritage and Cultural Diversity
• Participation, inclusion and civil society in the EU

Member of the Sheffield Institute for Corporate and Commercial Law and the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law research cluster(s).

Areas of Research Supervision

• Non-profit governance and Corporate Governance
• European and Comparative Constitutional Law
• Legal protection of World Heritage and Cultural Diversity

Key Publications

Lück, N. (forthcoming) The diversity of cultural expressions from a human rights perspective

Lück, N.: Leitungsstrukturen und Vorstands-Management in NPOs am Beispiel der selbständigen gemeinnützigen Stiftung des Privatrechts, in: Tagungsband zum 9. NPO-Forschungscolloquium 2010, Stakeholder-Management in Nonprofit-Organisationen, Theoretische Grundlagen, empirische Ergebnisse und praktische Ausgestaltungen. Eine Dokumentation, 17.-19.3. 2010 in Göttingen (Hrsg.: Ludwig Theuvsen, Reinbert Schauer, Markus Gmürr), S.479-489.

Lück, N.: Der Corporate Governance Kodex für alle ? Ein Modell mit Zukunft am Beispiel der gemeinnützigen Stiftung des Privatrechts, in: Lück, W. (Hrsg.): Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsprüfung, Interne Revision und Unternehmensberatung, München, April, 2010, 27-42.

Lück, N.: An introduction to current issues of the law and politics of the UNESCO, in: International and Comparative Law Review, 22-23 / 2009, CZ-Olomouc, pp. 47-58.

Lück, N.: Institutionenkunde Europa, in: Ministerium der Generationen, Familie, Frauen und Integration des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Hrsg.): Frauen verändern Europa verändert Frauen. Düsseldorf/Bottrop 2008, pp. 61-71.

Lück, N.: Die Anwendbarkeit des Corporate Governance Kodex auf Stiftungen, Diss. jur Berlin, 2008.

Recent Invited Papers and Keynote Lectures

• 31.08.2013, Berufsboerse fuer Abiturienten und Studienanfaenger
  „Das Jurastudium in Deutschland und England und das Berufsbild der Juristin / des Juristen in Europa – Ausbildung, Karriereoptionen und Bachelor versus Staatsexamen“
• 19.06.2013, University of Oldenburg, Werkstattreihe 2013 at the Chair for European and International Economic and Civil Law (Professor C. Godt)
  “Civil Society’s Role in promoting and protecting the diversity of cultural expressions – legal foundations, trans-national forms of participation and non-profit governance”
• 20.03.2013, University of Leeds, CELLS Researcher Symposium (Prof. D. Schiek) European Legal Integration – innovation and austerity.
  “The diversity of cultural expressions in an ever closer ever distinct Europe from a human rights perspective”
• 17.-24.2.2012 Palacky University Olomouc (CZ)
  „Introduction to the German Legal System“
  “Individual´s protection within the international legal regime”
• VW-Zukunftsforum „Our Common Future“ in Essen and Hanover 2.-6.11.2010, Panel: Human Rights, Migration and Integration; Religion and Values: “Universal but different? Human Rights and Cultural Identity”.

Key Projects/Grants

Title/Description:	HERA Travel Grant
Awarding Body:	European Science Foundation (ESF)
People Involved:	Various
Dates:	2011/2012

Title/Description:	Our Common Future Fellowship
Awarding Body:	Volkswagon Foundation
Dates:	2009/2010

Title/Description:	Erasmus Staff Mobility Programme
Awarding Body:	European Commission
People Involved:	R. Klcova, P. Bures and N. Lueck
Dates:	2010

Professional Activities and Recognition

• Bar Association Thuringia (Rechtsanwaltskammer Thüringen)
• Deutscher Juristinnenbund, DJB
• European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA)
• International Accounting and Auditing Research Institute
• Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
• External Examiner, University of Oldenburg, University of Rostock and University of Bremen