May 21st, 2021|Announcement|
ELFA's website is now open to all Members! ELFA's website has a new page section called cooperation, which is open for the exchange of information about academic events and activities organised by ELFA Members. It hopes to become a useful tool for ELFA Members, regarding both staff and students, ultimately enhancing cooperation among our Members. Please access the cooperation page in order to see all additional information for sharing your most interesting activities!
February 15th, 2021|Announcement, Annual General Meeting, Conference|
During the last ELFA Annual General Meeting, which was held online on 16 October 2020, it was announced that the next AGM and Conference would take place in Warsaw (Poland) from 21 to 23 April 2021. However, at the time of writing, the restrictive measures imposed by most countries in order to contain the COVID-19 pandemic are still in force, and, unfortunately, they are unlikely to be lifted in the short term. The circumstances are causing great uncertainty, affecting not only the feasibility of organising an on-site event in Warsaw but also the Association’s Members’ own [...]
February 1st, 2021|Announcement|
In line with the aim of consolidating and strengthening the symbols of our Association, the ELFA Board of Directors has promoted the registration of the ELFA logo at the EU Intellectual Property Office. Thereby, we would like to inform you that as of 8 January 2021, the ELFA logo has been recorded as a EU trade mark in the Register of European Union trade marks with the number 018305594.
November 4th, 2020|Announcement, Annual General Meeting|
On 16 October 2020 took place the first Annual General Meeting of our Association held entirely online. The President Marek Grzybowski and the other members of the Board presented the 2019-2020 annual report of activities as well as the 2019 financial report and the budget for 2020. They also explained their proposal to extend the term of the Board members until the next 2021 AGM and Conference, due to the current exceptional situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The attendants to the meeting had the opportunity to ask questions and provide comments and feedback. During the [...]
September 17th, 2020|Announcement, Annual General Meeting|
Dear ELFA Members, As you know, the Annual General Meeting and Conference of our Association, which were scheduled to take place in Warsaw from 22 to 24 April 2020, had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Currently, a number of restrictive measures remain in force in most countries, and circumstances do not make it feasible to organise a new on-site event during this year 2020. However, according to Dutch law, which governs ELFA’s activity, our Association must hold an annual general meeting in order to comply with the requirements of the law and provisions of [...]
July 20th, 2020|Announcement, Annual General Meeting|
The ELFA Board would like to inform all Members of the following: "Dear ELFA Member, As you know, the Annual General Meeting and Conference of our Association, which were scheduled to take place in Warsaw from 21 to 24 April, had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 disease outbreak. Currently, a number of restrictive measures remain in force in most countries, and the circumstances do not make it feasible to organise a new on-site Conference in 2020. Therefore, and according to the provisions of Dutch law, the 2020 Annual General Meeting that our Association must [...]
July 13th, 2020|Announcement|
“ELFA is one of the best examples of success in international legal training cooperation. For 25 years their members have been working in a joint project to improve the preparation of future European generations of jurists. Congratulations to all the institutions involved in this always updating purpose! Together we contribute to offer better legal training for the needs of our changing world.” Josep Maria de Dios Marcer Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ELFA President, 2017-2018
June 25th, 2020|Announcement|
“The European Law Faculties Association has been an excellent forum for law professors, mostly deans or “dekans" not only from Europe but from all around the world, to discuss problems facing law faculties, ranging from admissions policies to various teaching methods, curriculum, cooperation projects or joint research. Now, 25 years after the foundation of ELFA, and in the extraordinary circumstances we are currently living, we can recall what was stated in the 2015 Istanbul Conference Resolution, that law faculties in Europe and elsewhere find themselves at the crossroads of directions for their future development to respond [...]
June 22nd, 2020|Announcement|
“Since the first time I participated in Graz in 2005, I have attended all of the ELFA General Conferences to date. ELFA was then a relatively young organization, but its function was already proving to be relevant in the process of implementation of the European Higher Education Area. Nevertheless, after the culmination of this process, ELFA has also continued to offer great advantages to its members, providing a privileged forum for reflection, debate and exchange of knowledge, information, experiences and contacts, personal and institutional, on a European scale that responds perfectly to the phenomena of increasing [...]
June 17th, 2020|Announcement|
“Many congratulations on the first 25 years of excellent work for the Law Faculties of Europe. ELFA promotes a widening of perspectives and increased cooperation; it encourages Law Faculties to work together to address common issues and stimulates academics to develop new initiatives and networks. With the success of the annual ELFA Thesis Award, ELFA also stimulates and rewards excellent research. Ad multis annos!” Laurence Gormley University of Groningen ELFA President, 2015-2016
