Oliver Lepsius (born 2 February 1964) is a German professor of jurisprudence at the University of Bayreuth.His public profile was raised in 2011 by the scandal involving Germany's Defence Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
It was determined that the youthful minister's doctoral dissertation, awarded in 2007, had been over-dependent on plagiarism.
The university revoked the doctorate and the minister resigned.
In public interviews Oliver Lepsius, the university's professor of jurisprudence expressed his anger very powerfully over the affair.