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SUMMARY:BILBAO 2026
DESCRIPTION:ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference\, Bilbao\, 15–17 April 2026 \nThe European Law Faculties Association held its Annual General Meeting and Conference 2026 at the University of Deusto in Bilbao from 15 to 17 April\, bringing together academics\, legal educators\, practitioners and students from across Europe and beyond. Under the theme Artificial Intelligence and Legal Education: Exploring the impact of AI on legal education and professions\, the event offered three days of rich intellectual exchange and productive networking\, all framed in one of Spain’s most vibrant and culturally distinctive cities. \nParticipation this year was notably broad. Delegates attended from universities and institutions spanning more than 30 countries\, reflecting the truly international character that ELFA has steadily built since its foundation in 1995. \nThe Conference opened on the evening of Wednesday\, 15 April\, with a welcome reception at the Bistró Guggenheim Bilbao\, located within the iconic Guggenheim Museum\, one of Europe’s most celebrated contemporary art spaces. \nThe academic sessions on Thursday took place at the historic Paraninfo of the University of Deusto\, beginning with an institutional welcome from the Rector of the University\, Juan Jose Etxeberria\, the Dean of Deusto Law School\, Jose Ramon Intxaurbe\, and ELFA President Gema Tomás. The keynote address\, which opened the Thursday programme\, was delivered by Ricardo Devis\, founder of Bilbao AI\, under the title “Are We Asking the Right Questions? Rethinking Legal Education in the Age of AI”\, a vibrant and intellectually stimulating provocation that set the tone for two days of substantive debate. \nThe intellectual core of the conference was structured around four thematic panels\, each addressing a different dimension of the relationship between artificial intelligence and law. \nThe first panel\, on Thursday morning\, examined AI and legal learning in law schools. Speakers explored how law faculties are already integrating AI tools into their teaching environments and what pedagogical adjustments this integration demands. \nThe second panel\, held on Thursday afternoon\, addressed the potential\, risks and challenges of AI in law schools. This session brought together perspectives ranging from the experience of large private law schools to that of institutions operating in more constrained regulatory environments. The discussion engaged with questions of academic integrity\, critical thinking\, and the risk that over-reliance on AI-generated content may undermine the very analytical skills that legal education is designed to develop. \nA new feature of this year’s Conference was the Collaboration Hub\, an open networking session held on Thursday afternoon at the Auditorio Cloister. Designed to facilitate connections between member faculties for joint research projects\, Erasmus partnerships and other academic initiatives\, the Hub gave concrete expression to one of ELFA’s central purposes: not merely to convene\, but to build lasting cooperation between institutions. It is an initiative ELFA intends to develop further in future editions. \nThe programme also included the presentation of the ELFA Award\, coordinated as in previous years by Professor Laurence W. Gormley of the University of Groningen\, ELFA’s former President. Congratulations are due to this year’s prize winners\, and sincere thanks go to Professor Gormley and the members of the jury — including Professor Markus W. Gehring of the University of Cambridge — for their commitment to recognizing excellence in legal scholarship. \nThe day closed in equally memorable fashion: delegates sailed along the river Nervión on the Bilbao estuary to the conference dinner at the Real Club Marítimo del Abra. \nOn Friday morning\, the third panel turned to legal experience with the use of AI\, in which speakers shared concrete examples of how AI is already being used -or resisted- in legal practice\, research and teaching. \nThe fourth and final panel considered the legal professions facing the AI challenge. The discussion ranged from the experience of in-house legal departments managing AI tools to broader questions of accountability\, transparency and the protection of fundamental rights in AI-assisted legal decision-making. \nThe Annual General Meeting took place on Friday\, 17 April\, and addressed a full agenda of institutional matters. \nThe President’s Report for 2025–2026 was presented and approved. The financial report for 2025 and the budget for 2026 were both presented by the Treasurer and approved without objection. The AGM also formally adopted the ELFA Resolution 2026\, which represents the Association’s collective response to the challenge posed by artificial intelligence to legal education and the legal professions. The Resolution was approved\, with the addition of comments offered by members present. \nRegarding Board elections\, the AGM elected Barbara Pozzo (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria) as the new President of ELFA for 2026–2027\, and Izabela Kraśnicka (University of Bialystok) as First Vice-President. Elif Küzeci (Bilkent University\, Turkey) was elected as a new member of the Board in the position of Vice-President. Lukas Rass-Masson\, Lana Bubalo and Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru remain in their respective positions as Vice-President Treasurer\, Vice-President Secretary\, and Vice-President. \nOutgoing President Gema Tomás expressed gratitude to the entire Board and Secretariat\, and to the University of Deusto for hosting an event that\, by any measure\, achieved its ambitions. She specially thanked Jivko Draganov\, ELFA President 2024-2025\, who now leaves the Board. \nThe Bilbao Conference demonstrated\, once again\, that legal education in Europe -and indeed beyond- is a living\, contested and collaborative enterprise. The questions raised over these three days will not be resolved quickly\, but they were asked with rigour\, honesty and a genuine sense of shared responsibility. ELFA looks forward to continuing this work with its members in the year ahead. \nThe Bilbao Conference demonstrated\, once again\, that legal education in Europe -and indeed beyond- is a living and collaborative enterprise. If anything\, the scale of AI-driven change makes that spirit of cooperation more necessary than ever. Yet perhaps the most enduring lesson of these three days was that no algorithm substitutes the connections that are made in person and that lay the groundwork for genuine long-term collaboration. ELFA looks forward to continuing this work with its members in the year ahead. \n\nYou can access below the full conference programme\, the agenda of the Annual General meeting\, the ELFA President’s report and the 2026 ELFA Resolution.\n\n\nConference and AGM Programme\nConference and AGM Programme \nAgenda Annual General Meeting\nAgenda Annual General Meeting \nELFA President's Report 2025-2026\nELFA President’s Report 2025-2026 \nELFA Resolution 2026\nhttps://elfa-edu.org/elfa_resolution/
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/bilbao-2026/
LOCATION:Deusto University\, Campus Bilbao\, Avda. de las Universidades\, 24.\, Bilbao\, Bizkaia\, 48007\, Spain
CATEGORIES:AGM + Conference,Event
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SUMMARY:SOFIA 2025
DESCRIPTION:ELFA 2025 Conference in Sofia: Reflecting on 30 Years of Legal Education \nThe European Law Faculties Association (ELFA) marked a major milestone in 2025 with the celebration of its 30th Anniversary during the Annual General Meeting and Conference held from 23 to 25 April at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia\, Bulgaria. Under the theme “Legal Education between Traditions and Modernities”\, the conference brought together legal scholars\, educators\, and institutional representatives from across Europe and beyond to reflect on the evolution of legal education and explore its future in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. \nThe event began on Wednesday evening with a warm and elegant welcome reception at the Panorama Restaurant “Pri Orlite\,” offering guests spectacular views over Sofia and a convivial start to the days ahead. The official programme opened on Thursday morning with welcoming remarks from UNWE’s Rector Dimitar Dimitrov\, Dean Miroslav Dimitrov\, and ELFA President Jivko Draganov. A keynote address by Judge Diana Kovatcheva of the European Court of Human Rights set the tone\, emphasizing the central role of human rights in contemporary legal education. \nOver two days\, participants engaged in five substantive panels that examined a wide range of issues on legal education\, from all the perspectives involved: from the role of legal traditions and the impact of emerging technologies to the relationship between legal research and professional practice\, the evolving expectations of students\, and the influence of European integration and international cooperation. Speakers represented law faculties and institutions from countries including Spain\, the United States\, Bulgaria\, Turkey\, Kosovo\, Georgia\, Romania\, and the United Kingdom\, offering rich and diverse perspectives. \nDuring the academic sessions\, the conference celebrated the presentation of the ELFA Award by the former ELFA President and ELFA Award Coordinator Laurence W. Gormley\, recognizing excellence in legal scholarship on EU Law. This was followed by an update on the European Journal of Legal Education (EJLE)\, highlighting its continued growth and relevance within the academic community. In the evening\, participants had the opportunity to visit the National Museum of History in Sofia\, an optional cultural excursion that enriched the conference experience. The day concluded with a festive gala dinner at Vodenitsata Restaurant in the Dragalevtsi district\, where colleagues enjoyed traditional Bulgarian hospitality and strengthened academic and personal ties in an informal setting. \nThe Annual General Meeting\, held on Friday\, provided an opportunity for members to review the Association’s recent activities and approve its financial and strategic plans. The President’s report\, the 2024 financial report\, and the proposed budget for 2025 were each presented and approved unanimously. A Resolution synthesizing the themes and contributions of the conference panels was also adopted. In terms of governance\, Gema Tomás Martínez was elected as the new President of ELFA\, succeeding Jivko Draganov\, who was warmly thanked for his leadership. Barbara Pozzo was elected First Vice-President\, Lana Bubalo became Vice-President Secretary\, and Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru (Romania) joined the ELFA Board as a new Vice-President. Finally\, it was announced that the 2026 ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference will take place in Bilbao\, Spain\, hosted by the University of Deusto Faculty of Law from 15 to 17 April 2026. The meeting concluded with a welcome to the new members who have joined the association. \nThroughout the three days\, the ELFA community not only engaged in thoughtful academic exchange but also celebrated its shared commitment to advancing legal education across Europe. The Association extended its deep appreciation to the UNWE for hosting an excellently organized event\, and paid tribute to outgoing Board members\, including Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm\, for their dedicated service. The Sofia conference reaffirmed ELFA’s role as a dynamic forum for collaboration and innovation in legal academia. \nThe ELFA Board and the organizing team would also like to thank all those who attended and participated in this annual conference. We are very much looking forward to meeting you in Bilbao next year! \nFinal Programme\nhttps://elfa-edu.org/elfa_agm-2025_final-programme/Final Programme \nRegistration Form\nRegistration Form \nELFA President Report\nELFA President Report \n2025 ELFA Resolution\n2025 ELFA Resolution
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/sofia-2025/
LOCATION:University of National and World Economy (Sofia\, Bulgaria)\, Studentski Kompleks\, ul. "8-mi dekemvri" 19\, 1700\, Sofia\, 1700\, Bulgaria
CATEGORIES:AGM + Conference,Event,Upcoming Conference
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SUMMARY:EDINBURGH 2024
DESCRIPTION:EDINBURGH 2024\n\nOn 17-19 April 2024 Edinburgh Law School hosted the Annual Conference and AGM of the European Law Faculties Association.  ELFA has over one hundred and fifty members in forty-nine countries. Fulfilling its mission of advancing the quality of legal education in Europe\, ELFA is open to Law Schools from other regions. Following this inclusive ethos ELFA has become a global forum for legal education\, promoting fruitful collaborations between European Law Schools and Law Schools in other regions. \nThe conference\, addressing the theme of “The Future of Global Legal Education” was attended by delegates representing ELFA Members from twenty-nine countries across four continents\, bringing together over one hundred and thirty distinguished delegates. \nFollowing the institutional welcome by Professors Jo Shaw (Head of School)\, Soledad Garcia Ferrari (Dean Internationalisation CAHSS) and Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (President of ELFA)\, the conference started with the Keynote Address by the Hon Lady Sarah P L Wolffe KC on “Legal Education and the Making of Global Citizens”. After this insightful opening\, the rest of the conference adopted the modality of roundtable discussions on five selected topics: “Approaches to Global Legal Education”; “Legal Education and Global Challenges”; “Global Legal Education – Values\, Ethos and Skills”; “Global Legal Education in the Digital Age”; and “Internationalisation of Legal Education – The Role of Networks”. These sessions enabled the participation of over thirty speakers in a format that fostered diversity of approaches\, dynamism\, and engaging dialogue. Several associations that cooperate with ELFA were represented during the conference\, including the European Law Students Association (ELSA)\, the Council of Europe\, the European Law Institute (ELI)\, the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS)\, the Law Schools Global League (LSGL)\, the South-Eastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS)\, and the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). \nOn Thursday\, the winners of the 2023 ELFA Award were announced by the ELFA Award coordinator\, Professor Laurence Gormley : Moritz Schramm and Mariza Avgeri (joint First Prize) and Aurélie Villanueva\, Proxime Accessit (see the special post on this website). In the evening\, delegates enjoyed a Gala Dinner at the Playfair Library of Old College. \nThe Annual General Meeting of the Association took place on Friday 19 April. Members approved the activity report presented by President Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm\, as well as the annual financial report and budget. A Resolution was also adopted\, reflecting the spirit and conclusions of the conference proceedings. Professor Jivko Draganov Draganov\, from the Faculty of Law at the University of National and World Economy\, was elected as the new President of ELFA\, Professor Gema Tomás Martínez\, from the Faculty of Law at the University of Deusto\, as the new First Vice President\, and Professor Lana Bubalo\, from the University of Stavanger School of Business and Law\, as a new member of the ELFA Board of Directors. The President introduced and welcomed the new members who have joined the Association during her term of office\, and thanked Professor Andreas Ziegler\, from the University of Lausanne\, for all his work and commitment to the Association. \nFinally\, the location for the next Annual Conference was announced\, to be held in Sofia\, Bulgaria\, from 23 to 25 April 2025. \nThe ELFA Board sincerely thanks all attendees for their participation in ELFA Edinburgh 2024 and for their contribution to make the event a success. \nWe look forward to seeing you all next year in Sofia! \n\nInvitation letter by ELFA President Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm\nhttps://elfa-edu.org/invitation-letter_edinburgh/ \nFinal Programme\nhttps://elfa-edu.org/elfa-agm-edinburgh-2024_final/ \n2024 ELFA President Report\n\nELFA President Report AGM 2024 \n\n2024 ELFA Resolution\nhttps://elfa-edu.org/elfa-resolution-2024/ \n2024 Annual General Meeting - Agenda\nhttps://elfa-edu.org/elfa-annual-general-meeting-2024-agenda/
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/edinburgh2024/
LOCATION:Bizkaia
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SUMMARY:LAUSANNE 2023
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Annual General Meeting and Conference of the European Law Faculties Association\ntook place in Lausanne\, Switzerland\, from 12 to 14 April 2023. More than one hundred\nparticipants\, among members and speakers\, contributed to a highly interesting and successful\nevent. \nThe initial gathering was on Wednesday 12 April in the Lausanne City Hall\, where\nrepresentatives of the municipality welcomed the participants and presented them a historical\noverview of the city of Lausanne. After that\, an “apéritif” was offered to the attendants in the\n‘Salle des pas perdus’\, where they could taste some of the excellent local wines. \nOn Thursday 13 April the Conference started at the University of Lausanne\, with the institutional welcome from Vice-Rector Liliane Michalik and ELFA President Andreas Ziegler. In the opening speech\, Ambassador Franz Perrez\, Chief Negotiator for Climate Change at the Swiss Ministry of the Environment\, focused on the urgency of facing the challenges posed by climate change and the important role of Law Schools. \nAfter a coffee break\, Greta Bosch\, Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Legal Education\, updated the participants on the latest news about the journal promoted by the Association. She also chaired a panel discussion on the newest trends and developments in legal education\, with the contributions of Iris Goldner Lang\, from the University of Zagreb\, Izabela Kraśnicka\, from University of Bialystok and ELFA Vice-president and Andreas Ziegler from the University of Lausanne. \nAfterward\, Jivko Draganov\, ELFA Vice-President and Laurence Gormley\, former ELFA President and coordinator of the ELFA Award\, announced the names of the winners of the 2022 edition of the prize. This year\, the Jury awarded the First prize to Dr. Sophia Ayada\, for her thesis “From contesting gender stereotypes to questionning anti-stereotyping. A critical analysis of the CJEU gender equality jurisprudence”\, and the Proxime Accessit to Dr. Eun Hye Kim\, for her thesis “The Advocate General as an Actor of Change – or Consolidation – in EU Competition Law”. Laurence Gormley delivered the First prize to Dr. Sophia Ayada\, who attended the ceremony in person and who briefly explained the purpose and relevance of her doctoral thesis. \nIn the afternoon\, ELFA Vice-president Jivko Draganov from the University of National and World Economy Sofia chaired a panel debate where Janis Grasis from Rīga Stradiņš University\, Barbara Pozzo\, from University of Insubria and ELFA Vice-president and Marjolaine Viret  from the University of Lausanne focused on the necessary interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to Law. Subsequently\, Ana María Daza Vargas\, University of Edinburgh\, Leo Martinez\, American Association of Law Schools\, Hastings College of Law\, Pierre-Dominique Schupp\, Vice-President\, from the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe\, CCBE and Yuri van Steenwijk\, President of the European Law Students Association\, chaired by Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm from the University of Edinburgh and ELFA First Vice-president discussed the role of networks in the teaching of Law\, highlighting their necessity and their relevance. \nIn the evening\, all participants enjoyed a dinner on the premises of the Olympic Museum\, on the shores of the breathtaking Lake Léman. \nOn Friday 14 April\, the morning session started with an important discussion on the challenges of teaching foreign law in American and European law schools. This roundtable was chaired by Gema Tomás\, ELFA Vice-president and Treasurer and Patrick R. Hugg\, Loyola University\, with presentations by Gregory Bowman\, Roger Williams University and Russell L. Weaver\, SEALS\, University of Louisville. The audience actively participated in the debate\, sharing their experiences and proposals in relation to this topic. \nAfter the coffee break\, the ELFA Annual General Meeting took place. The attendant members approved the President’s Report for 2022-2023\, the Final Resolution\, the Financial Report for 2022 and the budget for 2023. \nDuring the meeting\, Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm was elected as the new president of ELFA\, Jivko Draganov as the new First Vice-President\, and Lukas Rass-Masson from Toulouse Capitole University was appointed as a new member of the Board of Directors. Finally\, it was also announced the place and date of the 2024 AGM. Next year meeting will be held in Edinburgh\, Scotland\, United Kingdom\, from 17 to 19 April 2024\, so save the date!. \nFinal Programme\nELFA AGM Lausanne 2023_Final programme \nAgenda Annual General Meeting\nELFA Annual General Meeting 2023 – Agenda \n2023 ELFA Resolution\n2023 ELFA Resolution \n2023 ELFA President Report\n2023 ELFA President Report
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/lausanne-2023/
LOCATION:Faculty of Law\, Criminal Justice and Public Administration University of Lausanne – Dorigny Campus\, Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne Bâtiment Anthropole – Room 1129\, Lausanne\, CH-1015\, Switzerland
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SUMMARY:WARSAW 2022
DESCRIPTION:From 20 to 22 April 2022\, in Warsaw (Poland) ELFA finally resumed its Annual General Meeting and Conference in a face-to-face format\, after two years of celebrating it online due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. \nAfter a welcome drink on Wednesday evening in the beautiful “Sala Kolumnowa” at the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw (Poland)\, on Thursday 21st April the sessions of the Conference began. The event started with some welcoming words by Alojzy Z. Nowak\, Rector of the University of Warsaw\, Tomasz Giaro\, Dean of the Faculty of Law\, and Marek Grzybowski\, President of ELFA. \nThe key note speech “Current problems relating to human rights protection in Poland” was offered by Marcin Wiącek\, Polish Human Rights Ombudsman. After that\, the ELFA Award ceremony took place\, in which Laurence Gormley presented the First Prize thesis\, entitled “Integration through Law and its Discontents Unveiling the distributive impact of judge-made law in the EU”\, by Dr. Leticia Díez Sánchez\, and the Proxime Accessit thesis\, “Till Residence Card Do Us Part? The Concept of Marriages of Convenience and EU Free Movement Law: The Case of the United Kingdom”\, by Dr. Aleksandra Jolkina. \nAfterwards\, the morning session was devoted to the European Journal of Legal Education\, the ELFA flagship platform for lecturers and educators in law sciences (www.ejle.eu). Greta Bosch\, Editor-in-Chief of the EJLE\, and Izabela Krasnicka\, Deputy Editor\, presented the 3rd Issue of the Journal (you may find the presentation below)\, and led the Panel discussion “Developments in Legal Education – Online Legal Education\, Learning and Teaching”. \nIn the afternoon\, two interesting panel sessions took place\, the first dedicated to “Innovative Practices and Modern Trends in Legal Education”\, and the second to “Artificial Intelligence and the Law”. After that\, in the evening\, all participants enjoyed the gala dinner offered at the magnificent halls of the Royal Castle\, located in the Warsaw historical centre. \nThe session on Friday morning started with a stimulating round table on the “Trends and Challenges of American Model of Law School”\, with the participation of members of SEALS. \nFinally\, the ELFA Annual General Meeting took place. During the meeting\, among other issues\, the date of the 2023 AGM was announced: it will take place in Lausanne from 12 to 14 April 2023 (save the date!). Andreas R. Ziegler was elected as new president of ELFA and Barbara Pozzo and Izabela Kraśnicka were appointed as two new members of the Board of Directors. \nThe members representatives attending the meeting\, above other decisions\, agreed to suspend the membership of the Russian universities that signed the statement of the Russian Union of Rectors supporting the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Their membership will remain suspended until they comply again with the core values of ELFA. \nYou may check below the final programme including the full list of speakers. \nDefinitive Programme\nELFA Conference & AGM Programme  \nELFA President Report\nPresident Report \nELFA AGM Resolution\nELFA AGM Resolution \nAgenda of the Annual General Meeting (AGM)\nELFA_Warsaw_AnnualGeneralMeeting_Agenda \nPresentation of the EJLE\nPresentation of the EJLE \nVenues\nElfa Warsaw Venues
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/warsaw-2022/
LOCATION:Plac Zamkowy 4\, Warsaw\, Poland\, Plac zamkowy 4\, Warsaw\, 03-401\, Poland
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SUMMARY:TURIN 2019
DESCRIPTION:Integration and Diversity in European Legal Education \nThe 2019 ELFA Conference and AGM took place from the 10th to the 12th April in Turin\, Italy. \nThe Conference began on Thursday morning\, 11th of April with a welcome by the Rector of the University of Turin\, the Director of its Law Department and the President of ELFA; afterwards a keynote speech was addressed by the President of the European University Institute in Florence. \nThe plenary session was devoted to analysing\, on the one hand\, Comparative Law at the Supreme Courts in Europe  and\, on the other hand\, to exploring the European Jurist Project; After the plenary session took place\, participants were able to attend two parallel sessions addressing the academic career in a changing environment and the role and perspectives of European journals. \nThe session on Friday morning commenced with a round table on transatlantic data flows\, cyber security\, and privacy protection; and later the ELFA Annual General Meeting took place. \nYou may check the final programme including the full list of speakers below. \nTurin 2019: Some Practical Tips!\nHere you have some practical information. \nOn Wednesday\, 10th of April\, there was an open reception and welcoming drink. This took place at the wonderful building of April Collegio\, located in downtown Turin\, in Carlo Alberto Piazza Arbarello 8. \nOn Thursday and Friday\, the AGM and Conference were held at the main Hall of the Campus Luigi Einaudi\, which is located along the banks of the Dora river\, in the former Italgas industrial area. The address is Lungo Dora Siena 100. \nThe Conference Dinner  was set for 20.15h on Thursday at the restaurant Circolo della Stampa\, at Corso Stati Uniti\, 27. \nFurther to the Programme of the AGM and Conference\, below you may find the Annual Report of the ELFA President and the Financial Report. The ELFA Resolution will be ready in just a few days!. \nTurin 2019 was a great success! \nProgramme of AGM and Conference\nProgramme of AGM and Conference \nReport of the ELFA President\nPresident Report \nELFA Resolution\n2019 ELFA Resolution \nFinancial Report\nFinancial Report
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/turin-2019/
LOCATION:Campus Luigi Einaudi\, Main Hall\, Lungo Dora Siena 100\, Turin\, Lungo Dora Siena 100\, Turin\, 10153\, Italy
CATEGORIES:AGM + Conference
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SUMMARY:BARCELONA 2018
DESCRIPTION:Legal Education: Knowledge and Skills\nOn Thursday 26 April\, the ELFA Conference will take place at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). It will commence with its first plenary session\, which will be devoted to “Legal argument in legal education.” Moreover\, the presentation of the ELFA Award will take place\, as well as the presentation of Hein Online\, the Internet database service specializing in legal materials. \nAfter the lunch\, there will be the parallel sessions on Law teaching. Panel 1 is entitled Double majors or major + master degree? Whereas Panel 2 is devoted to Transnational Education (Le juriste européen/ Le juriste global). \nLater on there will take place the parallel sessions on research. Panel 3 is focused on International research agreements whereas Panel 4 is entitled: Multidisciplinary research (jurists and non jurists). \nOn Friday\, the session will be held at the Barcelona BAR Association.  First\, there will be a round table with representatives of international law school associations. The ELFA General Assembly will take place afterwards. A lunch and drink will close the Conference and AGM. \n  \nPractical details\nEvery day we will discover a great and different location in the Barcelona area. The locations of the Conference and AGM are the following: \nOn Wednesday\, the Opening Reception and Welcoming Drink will take place at the Recinte de l’Escola Industrial\, in the centre of Barcelona. The address is Recinte de l’Escola Industrial\,  Sala Noble\, Edifici del Rellotge. c/Urgell\, 187\, Barcelona. \nOn Thursday\, the Conference will take place at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)\, Casa Convalescència Building\,  at 171 Sant Antoni M Claret St\, Barcelona. \nThe Conference session on Friday and the AGM will be hosted by the Barcelona Bar Association\, located in the centre of Barcelona\, at Carrer de Mallorca\, 283\, Barcelona. \n  \n  \nConference Programme\nELFA AGM and Conference  \nWednesday 25th.  \nPlace: Sala Noble\, Edifici del Rellotge: Recinte de l’Escola Industrial.  c/Urgell\, 187\, Barcelona \n19:00 Opening reception – Welcome drink  \nWelcome Address. Excma. Mrs. Mercè Conesa i Pagès. President of Diputació de Barcelona and Mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès \nThursday 26th  \nPlace: Autonomous University of Barcelona\, Casa Convalescència Building\, c/ 171 Sant Antoni M Claret. \n09:00-09:30 Registration  \n09:30-10:15 Institutional welcome  \nSr. Josep Ros. Vice-Rector of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona \nExcma. Mrs. Mercè Conesa i Pagès. President of Diputació de Barcelona and Mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès \nIlma. Esther Zapater Duque. Dean of Law Faculty\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona \nIlm. Sr. Stefaan Hermans; EU Commission\, DG Education\, Youth\, Sport and Culture \n10:15-10:45 Plenary session – Conference: Legal argument in legal education \nModerator: Prof. Marek Grzybowski \nFirst speaker: Prof. Manuel Atienza (Universidad de Alicante) \n10:45-11:15 Coffee Break \n11:15-11:45 Plenary session – Conference: Legal argument in legal education \nModerator: Prof. Marek Grzybowski \nFirst speaker: Prof. Sun Xiao Xia. (Fudan University) \n11:45-12:15 Plenary session – Debate \n12:15-12:45 Plenary session – ELFA Award 2017: Announcement\, and Winners Speech.  \nThe awards will be delivered by Mr. Ferran Tarradellas\, Director of the EU Commission Office in Barcelona \n13:15-14:45 Lunch  \n15:00-16:30 Parallel sessions on teaching law:  \nPanel 1. Double majors or major + master degree?  \nChair: Prof. Věra Kalvodová \nProfessor Julian Lonbay (Birmingham Law School) \nMrs. Marta Isern (CCBE) \nProfessor Esther Zapater (Dean\, Faculty of Law UAB) \nStudent (alumni) of a double degree (to be confirmed)  \nPanel 2. Transnational Education (Le juriste européen/ Le juriste global).  \nChair: Prof. Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm \nProf. Sylvaine Poillot Peruzzetto (Cour de Cassation – Université de Toulouse) \nProf. Toni Jaeger-Fine (Fordham University Law School) \nMr. Jan Willem de Haan (De Haan & Mulder\, Barcelona /Amsterdam) \nProf. Paul James Cardwell (University of Strathclyde) \n16:30-16:50 Coffee Break  \n17:00-18:30 Parallel sessions on Research:  \nPanel 3. International research agreements. Effects of Brexit on research.  \nChair: Prof. Andreas R. Ziegler \nProf. Sjef Van Erp (Vice-President ELI. Secretary General International Association of Legal Science. Maastricht University) \nProf. Armand Sánchez (Vicerector of Research\, UAB) \nProf. Nigel Duncan (The City Law School\, London) \nPanel 4. Multidisciplinary research (jurists and non jurists).  \nChair: Prof. Louis Lemkow Zetterling \nProf. Jennifer S. Bard (Penn State University\, USA) \nMr. Stefaan Hermans (European Commission) \nProf. Isabel Pont Castejón (UAB) \nProf. Harm Schepel (University of Kent) \nProf. Kasey McCall-Smith (University of Edinburgh) \n21:00 Conference Dinner \nSalon Imperial. The Imperial Barcelona. Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 670 (Palace Hotel building) \nFriday 27th  \nPlace: Barcelona Bar Association: c/ de Mallorca\, 283\, Barcelona. \n9:00-9:15 Welcome Address. Excma. Mª Eugènia Gay Rosell (President\, Barcelona Bar Association)  \n9:15-10:30 Plenary session – Round table on Joint teaching and international legal education  \nModerator: Prof. Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm \nRepresentatives of International Law School associations: \n\nEuropean Law Faculties Association (ELFA): Prof. Andreas R. Ziegler\nAssociation of American Law Schools (AALS): Prof. Leo P. Martinez\nSoutheastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS): Prof. Russell L. Weaver\nAsociación de Facultades\, Escuelas e Institutos de Derecho de América Latina (AFEIDAL): Prof. Máximo Carvajal\nChina Association of Legal Education: Prof. Han Dayuan\nAustralian Law School Deans Association: Prof. William McNeil\n\n10:30-11:00 Coffee break  \n11:00-13:00 ELFA General Assembly \n13:15-14:45 Lunch time / Closing drink \nELFA President's Report\nEvery year\, in the course of the ELFA General Assembly\, the President of the Association presents her/his report\, in order to present and submit to the approval of the ELFA members the activity of the Board during last year (art. 28.4 of the ELFA articles of incorporation). This activity embraces different tasks of which the Board has to inform all members of the General Assembly. \nIn compliance with this requirement\, I am pleased to submit to the further debate and to the approval by the ELFA General Assembly the ELFA annual President’s report regarding to the activities conducted during my Presidency April 2017-April 2018. \nThe ELFA Board activities carried out in this period could be summarized in two big sections: Board meetings and agreements; and representational activities. \nA. Board meetings and agreements \nIn this context\, the Board has held three meetings: one in Lisbon\, another in virtual form\, and the third in Barcelona. \n\nMeeting in Lisbon\n\nOne of the objectives of my presidency was to try to bring ELFA closer to their Associated Members and to introduce our Association to other eventual future members. In this sense the new Board decided to have their first meeting at the University of Lisbon in consideration for its long tradition attending ELFA conferences\, and its commitment with the ELFA goals. \nThe meeting was held at the Faculty of Law of the Universidade de Lisboa on 26 and 27 June 2017. On the first day the Board discussed on eight important questions: \n\nTo recover the European Journal of Legal Education. Professor Marek Grzybowsky has been the responsible for this activity\, and after several debates with Professor Nigel Duncan and with the Assistant Professor Greta Bosch\, the Board has decided to start this project. Even though several financial and technical aspects have still to be decided\, the Board agreed that the new EJLE should work\, in principle\, in open access\, and decided also to nominate an Editorial Board chaired by professor Grzybowsky\, and composed by Professors Anne Klébes-Pélissier; Halûk Kabaalioglu; Jacek Petzel; Manuel Bermejo; and Laurence Gormley.\n\n\nTo prepare a document for the future ELFA summer courses programme. Professor Andreas Ziegler has been elected the new responsible for this initiative\, which has to be addressed to offer courses on EU or international and comparative law issues. The Board decided to require to the applicants some specific characteristics: Courses have to be offered by ELFA members; in these courses there must participate at least three ELFA member law schools; and ELFA will provide publicity and the “ELFA support label”.\n\n\nTo prepare ELFA for an eventual future incorporation as a Lobby member in the EU. This is a big job and responsibility for which the Board has commissioned Dr. Begum Bulak Uygun.\n\n\nTo prepare a new ELFA webpage in order to make more visible the Association and to be more transparent. The website has been finished in April 2018 and presented during the ELFA General Assembly.\n\n\nTo promote the internationalization of our association. The responsible of this activity has been Professor Verónica Ruíz Abou-Nigm\, and she has had different contacts and meetings with Ms. Diana Wallis\, former president of ELI\, and with Christiane Wendehorst\, current president of this institution. Thanks to her efforts\, ELFA and ELI have prepared a joint group to work together in a project on the European Jurist. From ELFA this group is led by Professor Ruíz\, and from ELI the responsible is Professor Van Erp.\n\n\nELFA Award. Professor Michele Graziadei\, and Professor Laurence Gormley have been the responsible for the new edition of the ELFA Award. In this edition two thesis have been selected for the first award\, and the Board decided to contribute 3000€ for each one. The awarded candidates have been Francisco Joel Reyes y Ráfales\, from the University of Bonn\, and Zane Rasnaca from the European University Institute of Florence.\n\n\nELFA Conference Barcelona 2018. During the meeting the Board has debated and approved the main title of the conference (Legal Education: Knowledge and skills)\, and the program\, and the members have suggested different names for the panels.\n\n\nFinally\, the Board has also been informed by Professor Ziegler about the economic issues and about the budgetary aspects.\n\nOn our second day in Lisbon\, the Board has had the opportunity to debate on Legal Education among different Portuguese Law School representatives\, invited by the Universidade de Lisboa. \nThe Board wants to thank the Law School of the Universidade de Lisboa for its valuable contribution and its generous support in the organization of both meetings. \n2. Virtual Meeting \nThe second Board meeting has been a virtual meeting\, exchanging information and documents online. All the members have debated on seven different questions: \n\nThe first point on the agenda has been the ELFA Conference\, and in this point all members have informed about contents\, speakers and organization. All the speakers contacted had accepted their contribution to the Conference.\n\n\nIn this debate we have also included the organization of a previous conference among other international law schools associations. The Board has agreed to organize in Barcelona\, on 24 April\, previous to the ELFA Conference\, a meeting with these other international law schools associations. We have invited Associations from Australia\, Central and Latin America\, China\, USA and Europe (ELFA and ELI).\n\n\nThe third point discussed has been the ELFA new website\, and the Board\, after having received different proposals\, has chosen the one who has thought the best.\n\n\nThe fourth point to discuss has been ELFA Award\, and Professor Graziadei has informed about the number of applications\, and the management of the members of the tribunal. In this point\, the cooperation of professor Gormley has been also essential.\n\n\nIn the fifth point\, Professor Marek Grzybowsky has informed the members of the Board about their contacts and exchanging information with Professor Nigel Duncan\, and he has provided information about possible costs of this project. The Board has considered that for this year we cannot assume these expenses\, and we will postpone the start of the project.\n\n\nFor the sixth point\, Professor Ruiz has informed about her contacts with representatives of European Law Institute (ELI).\n\n\nFinally\, Professor Ziegler has informed all Board Members about budgetary questions.\n\n3. Meeting in Barcelona \nThe Third meeting of the Board has taken place in Barcelona\, in February\, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The main object of this meeting has been to debate and to finish all the details of the two April meetings in Barcelona: the first one with the International Law Schools Associations\, and the ELFA Conference and AGM. All of the members have informed about their different responsibilities in the organization of the meeting\, and an important debate on invoice payments by ELFA members has taken place. From the ELFA Administration a payments analysis has been made\, and the Board has concluded that a large number of associated members have not paid their invoices during the past 2-3 years. The Board has decided to apply the ELFA rules for these cases\, according to which membership ends when a members fails to pay the membership fee for two consecutive years. \nB. Representational activities \nFrom the representation point of view\, the ELFA Board members have attended different meetings and have participated in several congresses and seminars: \n\nParticipation in the SEALS Annual Conference in Boca Raton\, in August 2017. ELFA has been represented by Professors Andreas Ziegler and José Ma. De Dios.\n\n\nFirst meeting in Edinburgh between ELI and ELFA\, in September 2017. ELI was represented by its President Ms. Diana Wallis\, and ELFA by its Vice President Professor Verónica Ruíz Abou-Nigm.\n\n\nMembers of two Committees for the Evaluation Law Programs in Georgia\, invited by the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (NCEQE). Professor Ziegler has been member of one of these Committees in November 2017\, and Professors Anne Klebes-Péllissier and José María de Dios of another Committee in December 2017. After this experience\, ELFA and NCEQE have signed a cooperation agreement on 27 April 2018 in Barcelona. NCEQE was represented by its Director\, Ms. Tamar Sanikidze\, and ELFA by its President\, José María de Dios. Vid. Annex I as regards the text of the Agreement.\n\n\nMeeting between ELI and ELFA in Vienna. In February 2018 three members of the Board (Verónica Ruíz Abou-Nigm\, Andreas Ziegler and José María de Dios) have attended a meeting at the ELI headquarters. During this meeting both institutions have decided to cooperate in a future project on European jurist.\n\n\nVisit to Odessa University\, Law School. In March 2018 José María de Dios has been invited by the Dean of the National University Odessa Law Academy A. Neugodnikov to visit the University and the Law School and to talk on international cooperation with different university members. He has had also the opportunity to present ELFA to other Law Schools.\n\n\nMeeting among different International Law Schools Association held at the Autonomous University of Barcelona on 24 April. In this meeting all the attendants agreed to cooperate under the working group named Global Legal Education Associations Consortium (GLEAC). The programme of the Conference and the list of the attendants are in the Annex II of this report.\n\nC. New ELFA Members MAY 2017 – MAY 2018 \n\nKOSOVO\n\nUniversity of Business and Technology Kosovo\, Faculty of Law\n\n\nUNITED STATES\n\nFordham University School of Law\n\n\nTURKEY\n\nAtilim University\, Faculty of Law\nIzmir University of Economics\, Law Faculty\n\n\nPORTUGAL\n\nUniversidade do Minho\, Escola de Direit\n\n\nIRELAND\n\nUniversity College Dublin\, Sutherland School of Law\n\n\nRUSSIA\n\nVoronezh State University\, Law Faculty\n\n\nGEORGIA\nUniversity of Georgia\, Law School\n\nAnnex 1 to the President's Report\nCooperation Agreement ELFA – NCEQE\nAnnex 2 to the President's Report\nMeeting of the Law Schools Associations  (GLEAC) \n  \nProgramme Meeting  24th APRIL 2018 \n  \nLIST OF ATTENDANTS: \n\nAFEIDAL (Asociación de Facultades\, Escuelas e Institutos de Derecho de América Latina)\n\nMáximo Carvajal\n\n\n\n\nSEALS (Southeastern Association of Law Schools)\n\nRussell Weaver\nRichard Meyer\n\n\n\n\nChina Association of Legal Education\n\nHan Dayuan\nHan Liyu\n\n\n\n\nCouncil of Australian Law Deans\n\nWilliam Mc. Neil\n\n\n\n\nELI (European Law Institute)\n\nErp Van Sjef\n\n\n\n\nELFA (European Law Faculties Association)\n\nJosep Ma. De Dios Marcer\nMarek Grzybowski\nVerónica Ruíz Abou-Nigm\nMilagros Orozco Hermoso\n\n\n\nINVITED PEOPLE \n\nSun Xiaoxia (Fudan University)\nToni Jaeger Fine (Fordham University)\nBlanca Vilà (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona\, and former ELFA president)\n\nPROGRAMME \n10:00. Welcome remarks \nMàrius Martínez\, Vice-rector of international affairs of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona \nEsther Zapater\, Dean of the Law Faculty of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona \n10:20 Presentation of the Session \nJosep Ma. De Dios\, ELFA President \n10:30 Presentation rounds of the participants and of their represented associations (10 minutes for each representative) \n11:30 Coffee Break \n12:00 Presentation and debate about possible future institutional cooperation \nPossible participation in the respective Congresses \nPossible cooperation between all of the associations for training in common new jurist generations: A common academic curricula for training a global jurist? \nPossible cooperation between all of the associations for organizing common courses in legal long life education for students and professionals: short spring or summer joint courses in specific subjects organized with bar associations? \nPossibility to organize common activities to facilitate contacts and agreements between the members of each association: Possible model agreement? \nFor the future: Would it be convenient to think to create a committee to organize future common activities? \n13:30 Lunch. \n15:15 Resuming of the morning session \n17:00 End of the session \n  \n  \n  \nELFA Resolution & Financial Report 2018\nElfa Resolution 2018\nELFA Financial Report
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SUMMARY:BRNO 2017
DESCRIPTION:Legal Education in Changing Europe\nThe 2017 ELFA Conference took place at the Špilberk Castle\, Brno\, the second  largest city in the Czech Republic by population and area\, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. \nThe first day of the Conference included the plenary sessions chaired by Assoc. Prof. Věra Kalvodová\, from Masaryk University and by Prof. Michele Graziadei\, from University of Turin. \nThe 2016 ELFA Award was also announced at the Conference. \nThe Conference also included a number of Parallel Sessions regarding the following topics: Assessment of Law Faculties\, Central European Experience in Legal Education\, Cooperation in Legal Research and Training Lawyers for International Mobility. \nOn Friday\, the session included a panel session entitled Guardians of the Bar as well as some panel reports before the 2017 ELFA Annual General Meeting took place. \n\n  \n\n  \nAnnual General Meeting\nThe Annual General Meeting took place on 21 April 2017. \nThe agenda included a number of issues including the presentation of both the President and the Treasurer‘s Reports and the approval of the 2017 Budget. \nThe AGM elected the new President as well as a new First-Vicepresident and a new Board Member. \nFurther plans for the future were discussed. \n  \n\n2017 AGM and Conference Programme \n     \n„Legal Education in Changing Europe” \nWednesday\, April 19\, 2017 \n18.00 – 19.30              Opening Reception \nLocation: Špilberk Castle\, Brno \nThursday\, April 20\, 2017 \n9.00 – 9.30                 Registration \n9.30 – 9.45                Welcome Addresses \nJUDr. Robert Pelikán (Minister of Justice\, Czech Republic) \nAssoc. Prof. Mikuláš Bek (Rector\, Masaryk University) \nAssoc. Prof. Markéta Selucká (Dean\, Masaryk University) \n9.45 – 11.15                Plenary Session \nChair: Assoc. Prof. Věra Kalvodová\, Masaryk University \nProf. Jaroslav Fenyk (Vice-President of the Czech Constitutional Court\, Professor at Masaryk University): Theoretical and Practical Aspects within Legal Education \nProf. Diana Wallis (President of the European Law Institute): The European Law Institute; Developing European Law in Challenging Times \nAssoc. Prof. David Kosař (Head of the Judicial Studies Institute\, Masaryk University): Recent Challenges to Judicial Independence \n11.15 – 11.30             Coffee Break \n11.30 – 12.45             Plenary Session \nChair: Prof. Michele Graziadei\, University of Turin \nProf. Laurence Gormley (University of Groningen): Implications for law faculties and the legal profession \nProf. Josep Maria De Dios Marcer (Autonomous University of Barcelona): Brexit and Academia \nELFA Award 2016 Announcement \n12.45 – 14.00             Lunch \n14.00 – 15.30             Parallel Sessions \nAssessment of Law Faculties \nChair: Prof. Andreas R. Ziegler\, University of Lausanne \nProf. Leo P. Martinez (Albert Abramson Professor of Law\, University of California): U.S. Legal Education Through the Looking Glass: Education Standards \nProf. Nigel Duncan (City\, University of London): Assessment of Law Faculties in the UK \nCentral European Experience in Legal Education \nChair: Prof. Marek Grzybowski\, Warsaw University \nAssoc. Prof. Izabela Krasnicka (University of Bialystok): (Legal) education challenges for young students with Autism. Comparative Perspective \nDr. Ondrej Blažo (Vice-Dean\, Comenius University): Central European Legal Education: Comenius University in Bratislava \nProf. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean (University of Gdańsk): The role of law in ecological education \nProf. Iurii Barabash (Vice-Rector\, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University): Legal training reform in Ukraine \n15.30 – 16.00             Coffee Break \n16.00 – 17.30             Parallel Sessions \nCooperation in Legal Research \nChair: Assoc. Prof. Begüm Bulak Uygun\, Yeditepe University \nDr. Pamela Gorini (European Commission for the Research Executive Agency): EU-funded opportunities for researchers: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions \nAssoc. Prof. Michal Radvan (Vice-Dean\, Masaryk University): Foreign instructors as the base for legal research cooperation \nTraining Lawyers for International Mobility \nChair: Prof. Michele Graziadei\, University of Turin \nProf. Barbara Pozzo (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria): Training Lawyers for International Mobility \nProf. Anne Klebes – Pelissier (University of Strasbourg) \nMark Maxwell (Deputy Legal Councel\, U.S. Africa Command): Perspectives of Training Lawyers to build Governance \n19.00                           Conference Dinner \nLocation: SONO centrum\, Brno \nFriday\, April 21\, 2017 \n9.00 – 10.30               Panel SEALS \nGuardians of the Bar \nChair: José Maria De Dios Marcer\, Autonomos University of Barcelona \nProf. Richard V. Meyer (Director of the Foreign Master of Laws Programme\, Mississippi College\, School of Law): A Comparative Look at How U.S. States and other Countries Restrict Access to the Practice of Law \nDr. Marta Isern (Deputy General Director and Director of life-long learning program\, Barcelona BAR Association): Do Bars restrict access to the practice of law? \n10.30 – 11.00             Coffee Break \n11.00 – 11.30             Panel Reports \n11.30 – 12.30             Annual General Meeting \nChair: Assoc. Prof. Věra Kalvodová\, Masaryk University \nAgenda: \nAdoption of the Resolution \nPresentation and Approval of the President’s Report \nPresentation and Approval of the Treasurer’s Report \nPresentation and Approval of Budget 2017 \nElection of the New President \nElection of the First Vice-President \nElection of the New Board Member \nFuture Plans \nPresentation of Membership Certificates to the new Members and Affiliated Members \nAny other Business \n12.30 – 13.30             Lunch \n14.00                           Social Programme \nGuided Tour in the Historic Centre of Brno  \n\nELFA President's Report 2016-2017 \nDear ELFA members\, \nDuring my Presidential year the following events have occurred. \nI have had the honour to represent ELFA at two major conferences. In August 2016\, me and former ELFA President\, Laurence Gormley\, attended the Annual Conference of SEALS (the Southeastern Association of Law Schools) in Amelia Island\, Florida. We visited number of panels with specialized legal focus as well as those\, devoted to the issues of education. Within this conference\, there was a meeting with representatives of SEALS where repeated organization of SEALS panel on the 22nd ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference 2017 in Brno and arrangement of ELFA panel on the SEALS Conference 2017 in Florida were agreed. Thus\, I may conclude that cooperation commenced years ago by Prof. Haluk Kabalioglu continues successfully and enables a very valuable exchange of knowledge and experience. \nFurthermore\, I attended the 111th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) that was held in San Francisco\, in January 2017. Here\, ELFA in conjunction with Leo Martinez from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco\, organised a panel on “Current Issues Affecting Rule of Law and Legal Education in Europe”. Besides me\, Prof. Haluk Kabalioglu\, Prof. Laurence Gormley\, Prof. Jose Maria De Dios Marcer and Prof. Karsten Thorn delivered their presentations here. This panel was rewarded with a very positive reaction of its participants and brought a brisk discussion about presented contributions. We agreed to continue in this form of cooperation with AALS\, the next meeting will take place in San Diego\, in January 2018. \nThere has already been the fourth year of ELFA Award\, the competition for excellent dissertation thesis focused on the topic of European law. Due to a continuously pleasing number of submitted works as well as their high quality\, this year was undoubtedly a success so the Board has decided to continue in ELFA Award for 2017. I would like to give many thanks especially to Prof. Laurence Gromley for organization of the whole competition procedure. The fifth year of ELFA Award has been already announced on the ELFA website. \nAfter the ELFA AGM and Conference in Groningen\, the Board met twice in previous year – in Brno (July 2016) and Barcelona (January 2017). These meetings were devoted to current issues of ELFA and mainly to preparations of the ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference 2017 in Brno. They could be characterized as beneficial\, factual and effective. \nELFA as an organization has continued to attract new members and associate members. It is a great pleasure for me to announce that ten law faculties joined ELFA during passed year: \n– LATVIA\, The University of Latvia \n– UNITED KINGDOM\, University of Edinburgh \n– ITALY\, Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa \n– MONTENEGRO\, University of Montenegro \n– ITALY\, University of Bergamo \n– CROATIA\, Josip Juraj Strassmayer University of Osijek \n– SPAIN\, University of Las Palmas \n– MONTENEGRO\, University of Montenegro \n– UKRAINE\, National University “Odessa Academy of Law” \n– SPAIN\, Universitat de Les Illes Balears \nIn conclusion\, I would like to thank all the Board members who have served with me during this year – and indeed\, during the whole period of my membership in the Board. I would also like to thank my Secretary\, Katarina Kandova\, for her wonderful work that has enabled smooth functioning of ELFA in previous year and as I believe\, to the content of all its members. It only remains for me to wish my successor a great year as the President. \nVera Kalvodova Brno\, April 2017 \nPresident \n\n2017 ELFA Resolution \nTHE EUROPEAN LAW FACULTIES ASSOCIATION \nAt its Annual General Meeting held in Brno on 21st April 2017\nAdopted the following RESOLUTION on \nLEGAL EDUCATION IN CHANGING EUROPE: \nWhereas Law Faculties in Europe and elsewhere find themselves faced with continuing challenges as to their future development to respond to changes in the demand for and type of legal services provided to European Citizens and other market participants;\nWhereas the proper safeguarding of legal systems governed by the rule of law demands well educated\nlaw graduates who are capable of understanding and responding to changing developments in society;\nWhereas the independence of the judiciary and a high level of expertise of the judiciary are essential to the proper functioning of the rule of law;\nWhereas the independence of the judiciary has been under serious attack in certain Member States of the Council of Europe\nWhereas the academic freedom of Central European University in Budapest has been seriously threatened by recent legislative developments; \nThe EUROPEAN LAW FACULTIES ASSOCIATION \nCalls upon its members and all European Law Faculties:\n– to ensure that respect for the rule of law and for the independence of the judiciary is emphasized in law teaching;\n– to emphasize the need for judges to be highly competent and properly trained;\n– to set a good example in mooting\, particularly at national and international level by ensuring that those judging moots are highly competent in the subject-matter under discussion;\n– to take full account of the need to ensure that law graduates are properly educated to a high intellectual standard;\n– to press for adequate funding of law faculties to ensure that law students are properly educated in critical legal skills;\n– to ensure that new law faculties which open are properly staffed by highly qualified law teachers\, and that the value of the title ‘University’ is not compromised;\n– to ensure that their legal education is either subject to an accreditation system recognized as conforming to best practice or\, where such a system is not yet available\, that their legal education curriculum and delivery responds at least to the requirements of their national (or regional in federal systems) judiciaries and Bar Councils (without preventing the curriculum from including a wider range of legal subjects and allied subjects) and is externally evaluated;\n– to encourage joint and double degrees\, both with law faculties in other countries and with faculties in other disciplines\, recognizing that law graduates do not operate in a vacuum and that increasing internationalization and the development of transnational relations faces legal education with new and exciting challenges;\n– to ensure that law graduates understand the role of whistleblowers in uncovering abuses that go to the heart of the integrity of the legal system and the rule of law;\n– to ensure that law graduates are well-equipped with an understanding of the challenges of the digital age\, and of the need to respect individual privacy;\n– to encourage law graduates to stand up for the freedom of speech and democratic society in the terms recognized in the European Convention of Human Rights.\nCalls upon the Institutions of the European Union and of the Council of Europe and the Member States of both of these bodies:\n– to continue to strive for respect for and maintenance of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in all European countries\, and to take all legal steps available to react to actions by governments which threaten these core values of European integration and cooperation;\n– to ensure that legal education is provided in universities which are entitled to full academic liberty to encourage freedom of thought and expression as well as academic mobility;\n– to ensure that in their funding programmes projects designed to foster the rule of law and respect for the fundamental rights of individuals receive a high priority;\n– to ensure that European funding is available to complement action by the Member States to maintain and develop the highest quality of legal education in European countries as an essential contributor towards the maintenance of the rule of law;\n– to take appropriate steps to ensure that university academic freedom is not diminished by politically motivated interests. \nCalls upon the Bar Councils and Law Societies of Europe and major law firms\n– to fund or continue to fund new initiatives in legal education aimed at responding to the changing naturof the provision of legal services and to the changing nature of legal instruments affecting individuals and business\, which are increasingly European in origin and pan-European in their consequences;\n– to do all in their power to ensure that access to justice remains affordable\, open to all\, and that the right to effective remedies is not eroded.
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/brno2017-2/
LOCATION:Špilberk Castle\, Brno\, Špilberk 210/1\, 662 24\, Brno\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:AGM + Conference
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SUMMARY:GRONINGEN 2016
DESCRIPTION:Sustainable Law and Sustainable Legal Education\nThe 2016 Annual General Meeting and Conference was located at the Academy Building of the University of Groningen. \nAfter the welcome by Prof. Dr. J.B. Wezeman\, Dean of the Faculty of Law there was the Keynote Address by Professor Sabino Cassese\, Emeritus Justice of the Italian Constitutional Court and Professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. The presentation of the 2015 ELFA Award Winner and Proxime Accessit took place afterwards. \nThe parallel sessions included sessions about the following topics: European Environmental Law: a Sustainable Environment\, chaired by Prof. Dr. Andreas R. Ziegler (University of Lausanne); Borders between Public and Private Law\, chaired by Prof. Dr. Josep Maria De Dios Marcer (Autonomous University of Barcelona); Distance Learning and Privacy and Academic Law\, chaired by Prof. Dr. Věra Kalvodová\, (Masaryk University); and the Needs of the Profession: Qualifications for Law Teachers\, chaired by Prof. Dr. Michele Graziadei (University of Turin). \nThe afternoon session commenced with the presentation of Hein Online\, the online database containing more than 150 million pages and 200\,000 titles of legal history and government document. \nThe Plenary Session\, which was entitled Europe in Crisis\, Financial nightmares and migration tragedias was chaired by Prof. Dr. Laurence W. Gormley  (University of Groningen). \n  \n\nCuba and the US: a changed relationship\nOn Friday\, the plenary session\, organised by SEALS was entitled Cuba and the US: Implications of a changed relationship. It was chaired by Professor Patrick R. Hugg\, John J. McAulay Distinguished Professorship\, Loyola University New Orleans\, College of Law. \nFinally\, the ELFA Annual General Meeting took place at the Academy Building University of Groningen.  The ELFA 2016 Resolution was adopted and both the President and the Treasurer’s Report were presented and approved. The Budget 2016-2017 was also approved. Afterwards\, it took place the presentation of Membership Certificates to the new Members and Affiliated Members and further future plans were discussed. \nThe Annual General Meeting elected the New President\, a new First Vice-President and a New Board Member. \n \n\n  \nProgramme \nProgramme_Gronningen_2016 \n  \n\nReport \nThe Report is currently not available \n\nELFA Resolution 2016 \nThe Resolution is currently not available \n\n 
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/groningen2016/
LOCATION:Academy Building University of Groningen\, Senate Room\, Broerstraat 5\, Groningen\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:AGM + Conference
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SUMMARY:ISTANBUL 2015
DESCRIPTION:Law Faculties at the Crossroads \nThe ELFA General Assembly Meeting and Conference “Law Faculties at the Crossroads” was held in Yeditepe University\, Faculty of Law between 16 and 19 April 2015 under the presidency of Prof. Dr. Haluk Kabaalioğlu\, Dean of Yeditepe University Faculty of Law. \nA record number of members attended the meeting\, including many law faculties from outside Europe\, including faculties from USA\, China\, Australia\, Mexico\, Bahrain\, and Pakistan. More than 200 deans of law faculties\, law professors\, and senior executives as the representatives of 103 universities and professional organizations from 35 countries of the world attended the programme. \nThe ELFA General Assembly Meeting and Conference Programme commenced with a “Welcome Reception” at “Büyük Kulüp – Cercle d’Orient” on 16 April 2015 by Mr. Bedrettin Dalan\, founder of Yeditepe University and former mayor of Greater Istanbul and welcome words included Prof. Dr. Haluk Kabaalioğlu\, President of ELFA and Dean of Yeditepe University Faculty of Law\, and Prof. Dr. Laurence Gormley\, First-Vice President of ELFA and EU Law Professor at University of Groningen. \nThe Conference Programme started with welcome addresses and a plenary session held in the İnan Kıraç Hall at Yeditepe University Rectorate Building. After the opening speech of Prof. Dr. Nurcan Baç\, Rector of Yeditepe University\, the session continued with Prof. Dr. Haluk Kabaalioğlu reading a speech prepared by the Rt. Hon. Bedrettin Dalan. \nBefore the panel started\, Assoc. Prof. Dr. İslam Manafov\, Academic at Yeditepe University and Founder of the Yeditepe Chamber Orchestra and the Yeditepe Symphony Orchestra\, gave a short piano recital. \nAfter the opening speech by Prof. Dr. Haluk Kabaalioğlu\, the chair of the plenary session\, the session started with a speech by Hon. Judge Marc Jaeger\, the President of the General Court of European Union and Chairman of the University of Luxembourg\, explaining “The Role of the General Court in the EU Judicial System”. \nProf. Philip McConnaughay\, the American-national Dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law\, talked about his experiments with legal education in China explaining why China is “One Step Ahead of EU and US”. \nNext Prof. Leo Martinez\, Former President\, Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and Former Dean & Albert Abramson Professor of Law\, University of California\, Hastings College of Law\, presented a paper concerning the crisis legal profession faces in the US\, Prof. Ilsur Salikhov of Kazan Federal University focused on legal education in Russia and Prof. Erika J. Techera\, Dean at University of Western Australia\, presented a paper entitled “Internationalisation and Research Collaboration: an Australian Perspective”. \nParallel sessions in the afternoon continued with the great interest of participants. A panel entitled “Challenges for Lawyers with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Treaty: What is for Legal Profession” was chaired by First Vice-President of ELFA Professor Laurence Gormley who is a Jean Monnet professor at University of Groningen. The distinguished panel included Professor Henry Gabriel\, US delegate to UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT\, Professor Harm Schepel of Kent University\, Professor Vahit Polat of University of St. Etienne\, and Professor Ulaş Gündüzler of Eastern Mediterranean University from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. \nA panel on “International Double degrees\, Joint and Double degrees” was chaired by Professor Josep Maria De Dios Marcer\, featured Professor Anne Klebes-Pelissier\, former President of ELFA and Director of International relations of Strasbourg University\, Ms. Marta Isern\, representative of the Barcelona Bar association\, Professors Erika Techera (Australia)\, and Jennifer Bard\, Director of Health Law and J.D./MD Dual degree programs at Texas Tech University and who will be next Dean of Cincinnati Law School next July. \nProfessor Dr. Vilenas Vadapalas\, professor of EU Law at Yeditepe University\, Istanbu\, andl who served nine years as judge at the ECJ\, presented a paper to the panel entitled “European Criminal Law\, Recent Experience and next 10 years.” The panel was chaired by Professor Vera Kalvodova\, member of ELFA Board of Directors (Masaryk University)\, and featured Professor Gerhard Fiolka from University of Fribourg and Professor Barış Erman from Yeditepe University. Professor Ümit Kocasakal\, who is the President of Istanbul Bar Association\, a member of Yeditepe University and Galatasaray University Faculty of Law offered his apologizes as he could not attend the panel as speaker due to the extraordinary meeting of the Mediterranean Bar Associations\, convened after the recent attacks at Milano and Istanbul Justice Palaces and sent a message to all participants wishing success for the conference. \nThe second part of the parallel sessions featured two panels. In cooperation with the Southeastern American Law Schools (SEALS)\, ELFA organized a panel entitled “Edward Snowden’s Disclosures: Whistleblower\, Spy\, Patriot or Traitor?” with the participation of Professors Pat Hugg and Dane Ciolino (Loyola\, New Orleans)\, Richard Meyer (Mississippi College of Law)\, David Ritchie (Mercer Law School)\, and Jon Garon (Nova Southeastern Shepard Law Center). \nMoreover\, two judges from the ECJ (General Court)\, Hon. Irena Wiszniewska-Bialecka and Hon. Savvas Papasavvas\, presented papers on recent case law in trademark and competition law cases. The presentation was followed by Professor Maria Pilar Canedo\, who is the President of Basque Antitrust Authority and Jean Monnet Chair on Transnational Law of Deusto University in Bilbao\, and by Professor Santos-Rodriguez from CEU San Pablo University\, in a panel chaired by Professor Michele Graziadei of Torino University. \nAfter the panels\, participants had an Official Dinner at Moda Deniz Kulübü. \n  \n\n  \n20 th  Anniversary of ELFA\nOn 18 April 2015\, the programme continued with one panel and the ELFA General Assembly Meeting. The last panel on law school entrance requirements was chaired by Professor Marek Grzybowski of Warsaw University\, together with Professor Jacek Petzel of the same university and former ELFA president\, Professor Julian Lonbay of Birmingham Law School\, Professor Leo Martinez of University of California\, Hastings\, and Prof. Oleksiy Kresin of Volodymyr Koretskyi Institute of State and Law. \nAfter the panel\, delegates of the ELFA Members attended the ELFA General Assembly Meeting which was held at Blue Meeting Room (Mavi Salon) in Yeditepe University Rectorate Building. At the beginning of the general assembly\, the chairs of each panel submitted their panel reports. \n  \nGlobal representation \nThe General Assembly Meeting started with the speech by President Haluk Kabaalioğlu. The speech summarized the works completed under the presidency of Dr. Kabaalioğlu\, and emphasized that ELFA aims at having a more global representation and therefore ELFA has improved its collaboration with many institutions outside Europe such as the Southeastern American Law Schools (SEALS)\, the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) the Australasian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) and law faculties from US to Pakistan; from Bahrain to Mexico. \nAs a result of these efforts ELFA has added 40 new members to its ranks within 10 months\, its reputation spread not only to Europe but also to other continents and it has even started to appear in Google searches in the first page even though there are thousands of different institutions named ELFA. \nAfter approval of the ELFA Resolution\, Prof. Dr. Laurence Gormley\, EU Law Professor at University of Groningen and First-Vice President of ELFA\, was elected as the new president of ELFA; Prof. Dr. Andreas Ziegler\, Full Professor and Director LLM Program at University of Lausanne\, was elected as a new board member by the general assembly. \nOn 19 April 2015 the participants had a group visit to Topkapı Palace and thereafter had a free time to visit Istanbul. \n\n  \n\n  \nConference Programme \nProgramme Istanbul 2015 PDF  \n\nELFA President's Report \nThe President’s Report is currently unavailable \n\nELFA Resolution \nThe ELFA Resolution is currently unavailable \n\n 
URL:https://elfa-edu.org/event/istanbul2015/
LOCATION:Yeditepe University\, Faculty of Law\, İnönü Mah\, Kayışdağı Cd. 326A\, 34755\, Ataşehir/Maltepe\, Turkey
CATEGORIES:AGM + Conference
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