Personal.
Thomas Stöckl Attorney

(Fachanwalt) for Migration Law
University of Leipzig (Chair of Prof. Dr.
Mattias Wendel)
› 2017-2018: Research assistant at the
German Bar Association (Deutscher
Anwaltverein) in the area of human rights,
international affairs and migration law
› 2015-2017: Legal traineeship (Rechts-
referendariat) at the Regional Court of
Leipzig with migration law stages in Berlin and
at European Lawyers in Lesvos in Greece
› 2008-2014: Law studies in Freiburg and
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Activities
› Lecturer at the Refugee Law Clinic Leipzig
› Supervision of the independent asylum
procedure counseling of the Internationaler
Bund (IB), IB Mitte gGmbH für Bildung und
soziale Dienste, JMD Leipzig
› Supervision of the independent asylum
procedure counseling of AWO SPI Soziale
Stadt und Land Entwicklungsgesellschaft
mbH, Migrant Counseling Center, Halle
Publications
› Judicial fact-finding in cases of illness in
asylum and residence law: Plea for a
constitutional interpretation of § 60 a IIc
AufenthG, Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht
und Ausländerpolitik (ZAR), 2023, 240
› Expulsion in the event of a threat to public
security, together with Prof. Dr. Mattias
Wendel and Prof. Dr. Uwe-Dietmar Berlit,
Sächsische Verwaltungsblätter (SächsVBl.) -
Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht und öffent-
liche Verwaltung, 05/2023, special
supplement
Falk Matthies
Attorney
Biographical information
› 2025: Admitted to the bar
› 2024: Editor of the asylum magazine at Infor-
mationsverbund Asyl und Migration e.V.
› 2022-2024: Legal traineeship (Rechtsre-
ferendariat) at the Regional Court of Leipzig
with a stage at the European Centre for
Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
› 2021-2022: Research assistant at Scheiben-
hof Law Firm
› 2014-2021: Studies of law and international
relations in Erfurt and Jena
Activities
› Lecturer at the Refugee Law Clinic Jena
Publications
› Comment on the decision of the ECJ of 4
October 2024 - C-406/22, CV v. Czech Re-
public (Asylmagazin 12/2024, pp. 448-449)
› Comment on the judgement of the OVG
North Rhine-Westphalia of 16 July 2024 -
14 A 2847/19.A (Asylmagazin 9/2024,
p. 346-349)
› Schengen's paper pushbacks
(Verfassungsblog, 22 April 2024)