Elisabeth Hruschka, born on 6 September 1935 in Steinheim (Westfalen, Germany), has concluded her studies in jurisprudence at the Universities of Marburg, München and Freiburg im Üechtland (Switzerland). In 1961 and 1966 she passed the two stages of the German juridical state examinations, before receiving her doctorate at the University of Freiburg in 1967.