11. March 2026
author:
Birga Köhler |
Benedikt Liebig
How we work at the Center for Legal Drafting
Nowadays, hardly any new regulation can be implemented smoothly and fully digitally from the outset. For years, the National Regulatory Control Council (NKR) has warned that when regulations are adopted without taking technical realities and those affected into account, the result is bureaucracy instead of relief, and frustration instead of trust in the rule of law. At the same time, legislators face growing pressure to regulate increasingly complex issues as comprehensively and in as much detail as possible, often under tight deadlines. In doing so, they encounter a patchwork of working aids, checklists, and guidelines that is more overwhelming than genuinely helpful. If the state is to remain capable of acting, legislation must be modernized. This is exactly where the Center for Legal Drafting comes in. We show how we develop and implement the services offered by the center.
Birga Köhler
is Acting Head of Department SBII3 for “Better Regulation, Center for Legislation” at the Federal Ministry of Digital and Public Service. Strengthening democracy and its credibility is her guiding principle. She draws on many years of diverse experience in companies, associations, parliaments, and public administration. In her private life, she enjoys working in her garden.
Benedikt Liebig
is a Senior Product Manager and Project Lead at DigitalService. He was a fellow of the 2020 Tech4Germany cohort. Since then, he has been supporting the digital projects of federal public administration – with an iterative, data-driven, and human-centric view. He creates spaces in which administration, design, IT, and law work as a team in an interdisciplinary and fun way to provide a service. In his personal life, Bene is often on the road with his racing bike and is committed to a climate-resistant forest.
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