Times are festive this year for the MBL-FU. On May 23, 2025 students, alumni, lecturers, faculty staff and friends gathered to celebrate the 15^th anniversary of department’s only master degree program. Since its foundation in 2009, the MBL-FU has grown into a distinguished degree program known for its expert lecturers, international student body and interdisciplinarity curriculum.

To commemorate these achievements, over 60 alumni, colleagues and affiliates of the program gathered at the Department of Law this May. In their congratulatory speeches, Dr. Julia Möller-Klapperich, Prof. Franz Jürgen Säcker, Prof. Florian Rödl and Prof. Bertram Lomfeld reflected on the ideas and propositions that led to the formation of the MBL-FU and have shaped its evolution ever since. In his speech, the alumnus Kentaro Doi reminisced about his time as an MBL-student and gave valuable insights into his and some of his former classmates’ remarkable career paths following graduation. The official part of the event finished on a funny note as the attendees were invited to join an interactive digital quiz about the MBL-FU. Laughter and astonishment about some questions were shared and further discussed with drinks and snacks offered in the foyer afterwards. Celebrations ended late at night with participants leaving enriched with impressions of a memorable evening.