Nils Oberstadt studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University Münster, the Háskóli Íslands in Reykjavík, Iceland and at the University of Leipzig. After his first state exam, he was a research assistant at the department Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Economic Criminal Law at the University of Leipzig. Nils Oberstadt completed her legal trainship at the Higher Regional Court Dresden. He is now working as a lawyer for the Aderhold Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Leipzig since summer 2022.