Lea Katharina Schröder was born on April 13, 1997, in Wittlich. She pursued an impressive career, holding several positions at renowned institutions. Among others, she worked as a research assistant at Luther Law Firm mbH and K&L Gates LLP in Frankfurt am Main, as well as at the Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden. She also worked in a law firm in Mainz. Academically, she completed her first state examination in law at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, focusing on antitrust and competition law, as well as international private law. Additionally, she studied Design Thinking at the Hasso Plattner Institute's Design School in Potsdam. She is a member of eLegal e.V., the German Women Lawyers' Association, and the Association for Art, Culture, and Inclusion, and participates in projects on suicide prevention.
"To keep the legal market future-proof, innovation and inclusion cannot be overlooked. For me, innovation means being able to change perspectives in order to develop solutions that lead to a simple and sustainable access to justice and that actually work. It is time to look beyond the traditional legal horizon - for this, interdisciplinary approaches around legal innovation are inevitable."