Rüdiger Tscherning is associate professor at University of Calgary Faculty of Law
MLT Aikins LLP has announced the appointment of Dr. Rüdiger Tscherning, an associate professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, as academic in residence in the firm’s Calgary office and its energy and mining and natural resources groups.
MLT Aikins shared that Rüdiger will bring his experience and understanding of the domestic and international energy and natural resources landscapes.
According to the firm, Tscherning will help with legal research, thought leadership, seminars, workshops, educational sessions, and academic collaborations.
MLT Aikins clarified that Tscherning’s role will not cover the delivery of legal advice or services, which is limited to the firm’s practising lawyers.
More on Dr. Rüdiger Tscherning
The firm’s news release and Rüdiger’s profile on the University of Calgary’s website provide more information regarding his experience and background.
He has served as a research fellow in corporate law at Stikeman Elliott LLP in 2020 and 2018, as nuclear energy research lead and a research fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, and as a visiting professor at the University of Bergen Faculty of Law.
Rüdiger has represented Canada on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Working Group 5 on Nuclear Law Education for the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology, and Policy.
He has also been a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators’ (AIEN) Education Advisory Board and New Energies Task Force on Nuclear. He earned admission as a solicitor from the Law Society of England and Wales.
Rüdiger is an experienced academic author and speaker. Specifically, he has written or spoken on various topics in connection with energy and natural resources.
In 2023, the University of Calgary bestowed on him the Howard Tidswell Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence for his work to internationalize its law school’s energy and private international law courses.
Also at the University of Calgary, Rüdiger earned honourable mentions for its 2022 International Achievement Award and its 2020 Sustainability Teaching Award.
He obtained a PhD from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and an LLM in climate change and energy law and policy from the University of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy.
Rüdiger also holds a postgraduate diploma in professional legal practice from the College of Law, London (UK); an LLM in international commercial law from the University of Nottingham; and an LLB from Trinity College Dublin.
More MLT Aikins news
On Aug. 7, 2025, MLT Aikins shared that it had added Kember Handzic to its partnership and its Edmonton advocacy group.
On Aug. 1, 2025, MLT Aikins welcomed Michael O’Brien as a Calgary-based partner in its litigation group. Through this addition, the firm expanded its Western Canada team.
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