Helena Kaim studied political science and law at the University of Münster and at the Université de Bordeaux in France. She graduated in 2024 with a focus on international and European law and French law.

She wrote her academic seminar paper on »Public Interest Environmental Litigation in India and The Role of Judicial Activism«.

Since March 2025, she has been a doctoral student and project collaborator at the Center for Diversity in Law, which is located at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg and is headed by Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh and Prof. Dr. Iris Canor.