Patricia Trapp studied law at the University of Passau, where she specialized in EU law. During her studies, she was awarded scholarships both by the
Max Weber Program of the State of Bavaria and the
German Academic Scholarship Foundation. For two years, she was a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Christoph Herrmann, LL.M. (London), who holds the Chair for Constitutional, Administrative, European, European and International Economic Law at the University of Passau. As part of her doctoral studies, which were also funded by the
German Academic Scholarship Foundation, she spent two months working in the cabinet of the United Kingdom's judge at the EU General Court in Luxemburg, Sir Ian Forrester. Patricia has published articles in a number of journals and has presented at conferences on aspects of EU competition and trade law.