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Ricarda Lang Finishes Bachelor of Laws, 13 Years After Starting Her Studies

She delayed completion for political duties, unveiling it with a Humboldt University photo on Instagram.

Overview

  • The Greens politician announced the degree on Tuesday with an image outside Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
  • She began studying law in 2012 and paused the program in the 2019/2020 winter semester to focus on politics.
  • The qualification is a Bachelor of Laws, a course with a typical duration of ten semesters at Humboldt.
  • Lang led the Greens alongside Omid Nouripour from February 2022 to November 2024 and now serves in the Bundestag on social policy.
  • In her post she joked she got the degree “before GTA6,” drawing both congratulations and ironic comments from roughly 215,000 followers.