Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy offers an annual intensive summer course for young professionals. Since 2019, in addition to the Anglophone edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals, the Nuremberg Academy offers a Francophone edition, the Académie d’été de Nuremberg pour jeunes professionnel.le.s.
The Nuremberg Summer Academy is a flagship program of the Nuremberg Academy, fulfilling its mandate to promote tailored training programs aimed at building capacities and strengthening institutions at the national level to investigate and prosecute international crimes. The programme brings together young lawyers, prosecutors, judges, academics and other legal professionals from conflict and post-conflict countries with the aim to develop or deepen their knowledge of substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law. Guided by leading international experts and practitioners, the participants acquire practical knowledge on the investigation, prosecution and adjudication of core international crimes.
The 11th edition of the Nuremberg Summer Academy will be organised in a hybrid format. Selected participants will begin with a three-month, self-paced online course designed to build foundational knowledge of international criminal law. This will be followed by a one-week, in-person programme in Nuremberg featuring interactive, instructor-led sessions on the practical aspects of investigating and prosecuting international crimes. Participants will also have the opportunity to participate in study visits to the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, the Memorium Nuremberg Trials, the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds and the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.
Contact: summeracademy[at]nurembergacademy.org.
Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2026
To apply for the Nuremberg Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2026, please read the document "Call for Applications" carefully. In case you have questions, please consult the FAQ. The application phase is from 15 December 2025 to 30 January 2026. No application will be accepted beyond this date.
Previous editions of the Nuremberg Summer Academy:
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2025 (anglophone and francophone editions)
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2024 (anglophone and francophone editions)
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2023 (anglophone and francophone editions)
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2022 (anglophone and francophone editions)
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2021 (anglophone and francophone editions)
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2020 (anglophone and francophone editions) – CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2019 (anglophone and francophone editions)
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2018
- International Criminal Law Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2017
- International Criminal Law Summer Academy for Junior Professionals 2016
- Nuremberg Summer Academy 2015