Karoline Hengelhaupt studied law at the University of Bremen, specializing in labor and social law in an international and supranational context. Even while she was a student, she gained practical experience at a law firm in Bremen that specializes in labor and medical law. There, she focused in particular on labor law issues.

Karoline Hengelhaupt completed her legal clerkship in the district of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, with her primary assignment at the Mönchengladbach Regional Court. During her administrative rotation, she worked at the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where she focused in particular on occupational safety and health issues. She completed her litigation rotation in the healthcare practice group of a national commercial law firm. During her elective rotation at TIGGES, she gained further practical legal experience and has been part of the team as an attorney since April 2026.

She gained further practical experience as a research assistant at the Duisburg Regional Court.