Jörg Schindler

Jörg Schindler (born 15 January 1972) is a German politician and lawyer of The Left who is serving as federal director of the party since 2018.

Legal career Schindler was born in Borna near Leipzig, where he attended elementary and high school. He completed military service from 1990 to 1991 and began studying law at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1991, passing the first state examination in 1991. From 1996 to 1997 he further studied political science at FAU, then from 1997 to 1999 social sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen. During his time in Duisburg, he completed a legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, district of Duisburg. He completed the second state examination in 1999.

Schindler has worked as a lawyer since 1999. He moved to Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt after gaining employment in a law form there. From 2001 to 2004, he was a partner in the local firm Rettler & Schindler. In 2011 he became a partner in the regional and later national law firm Schindler Elmenthaler Attorneys. Since 2017, he has been a specialist lawyer in labour rights.

Political career During his studies, Schindler was involved in the Socialist University Association (SHB) at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and in the student council of the law faculty. At the University of Duisburg-Essen he was a member of the Left List and speaker for higher education policy in the General Students' Committee. Schindler was a member of the youth association JungdemokratInnen/Junge Linke; from 1999 to 2002, he was a member of its federal executive board. He was re-elected to this position in February 2021.