ELFA: Dedicated to legal education
The European Law Faculties Association (ELFA) was founded in 1995 in Leuven by more than 80 Faculties of Law located in different universities across Europe. The organisation today has more than 150 members from countries within Europe and beyond.
ELFA acts as an international forum for the discussion of legal topics related to legal education, and negotiates and signs cooperation agreements with governmental agencies and educational entities in Europe and internationally.
Every year ELFA organises its annual conference at which members are encouraged to participate in its plenary, workshops and round tables. To support researchers it organises its ELFA Award for the best Doctoral Thesis on European Law.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
Louis D. Brandeis

Mission
ELFA represents and promotes the interests of its members in the field of legal education and research vis-à-vis EU institutions, international organisations as well as associations of legal professionals.
ELFA CHRONICLE
2018 ELFA promotes the 1st International meeting of Law Faculty Associations
2017 ELFA calls to ensure that access to justice remain affordable and open to all
2017 ELFA calls to ensure EU funding to complement action by Member States
2015 The Chinese Association of Law Faculties indicates its interest in joining ELFA
2014 ELFA calls to ensure that Public sector law faculties are sufficiently funded
2013 ELFA considers teaching and research as their core tasks
2012 Cooperation agreements with the Association of American Law Schools and the Southeastern Association of Law Schools
2012 Launching of first ELFA Award for the best European Doctoral Thesis on European Law
2011 ELFA asks EU institutions and governments to discontinue budgetary reductions
2009 ELFA creates a list of experts dealing with the ECTS system
1995 Foundation of ELFA in Leuven by more than 80 faculties of Law across Europe


BOARD MEMBERS
The ELFA Board members and the current President
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