Annual General Meeting

ELFA Boad Meeting in Milan

December 3rd, 2023|Announcement, Annual General Meeting, Board Meeting, Conference, Event|

On the 27th of November, the ELFA Board of Directors held a meeting in Milan. Among other matters of ordinary management of the association, the Board members focused particularly on preparations for the upcoming Annual General Assembly and Conference scheduled to take place in Edinburgh from 17 to 19 April 2024. We are confident that the content of the Conference, which in this edition will be devoted to the Future of Global Legal Education, will be of great interest to all ELFA members. The Board is planning a dynamic and participatory event, which will address the [...]

2024 ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference

October 29th, 2023|Announcement, Annual General Meeting, Conference, Event|

The 2024 ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference will take place at the Edinburgh Law School from 17 to 19 April 2024. The theme of this year's Conference is "The Future of Global Legal Education". In this post you may find an invitation letter by ELFA President Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, the Schedule of Events and the registration form, as well as a list of suggested hotels in Edinburgh. The registration period is open until 31 January 2024. To participate and register for the Conference please send the registration form by email to the address elfa.agm@gmail.com. We [...]

CCBE amicus curiae contest 2024

September 7th, 2023|Announcement, Event|

We are pleased to announce the next edition of the CCBE amicus curiae contest 2024, an initiative organized by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which is closely link with ELFA's purpose of promoting progress and improvements in the field of legal education. The CCBE amicus curiae contest is a yearly competition, which is addressed to law student and trainee lawyers, in CCBE countries’ members. The contest consists of a fictitious amicus curiae brief submitted by participants to be selected on a competitive basis. The contest aims at raising awareness of the [...]

New ELFA Summer Courses Regulation

June 2nd, 2023|Announcement, ELFA Summer Courses|

The Board is pleased to announce a new version of the ELFA Summer Courses Regulation. One of the ELFA main aims, according to article 6.2 of its Articles of Incorporation, is the gradual development of a common European dimension in the different areas of legal education and research in general, and education and research in European Union law and comparative law of the EU Member States in particular. In this sense, ELFA wants to become a bridge to promote joint research and learning between Faculties of Law of different Universities and their teaching staff and researchers. [...]

ELFA Summer Course: Modern Features of Human Rights Protection in the Countries of Three Seas

May 18th, 2023|Announcement, ELFA Summer Courses|

The Faculty of Law at the University of Białystok and the Baltic International Academy are looking forward to welcoming students as well as young scholars and researchers from different countries to participate in the International Summer School on Human Rights. This course is officially recognised as a Summer Course by the European Law Faculties Association. In the course, experts from five Universities of Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Georgia and Ukraine will introduce participants to various aspects of human rights in the EU. The course will present a variety of perspectives on various aspects of human rights protection [...]

ELFA Summer Course in Insubria University

May 16th, 2023|Announcement, ELFA Summer Courses|

We are glad to inform all Members about the ELFA Summer School that the University of Insubria is organising on “Critical Topics In Environmental Law In Comparative Perspective: Sustainability Transition, The Role Of Information And The Challenges Of The New Silk Road”. This programme provides the opportunity for Law students, Law graduates and legal professionals to study Environmental Law by examining and comparing different environmental law policies and regulatory regimes. The course is organised within the University of Insubria's Ph.D. programme in Law and Humanities and in collaboration with the University of Marseille/Aix-en-Provence (France), the Utrecht University (The [...]

Registration to the 2023 Annual General Meeting and Conference

February 18th, 2023|Announcement, Annual General Meeting, Conference, Event|

We are glad to announce that the registration to the next ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference is already open. This year's meeting will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland from the 12th to the 14th of April 2023. To participate and register for the Conference please send the registration form by email to the address: elfa.agm(AT)gmail.com, not later than the 17th of March 2023. The event is organised by the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration of the University of Lausanne and the main Conference is entitled “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Legal Education”. We are [...]

Programme of the Annual General Meeting and Conference in Lausanne

February 17th, 2023|Announcement, Annual General Meeting, Conference, Event|

We are delighted to announce the preliminary Programme of the next ELFA Annual General Meeting and Conference that will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland from the 12th to the 14th of April 2023. This year’s meeting will be entitled “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Legal Education” and the event will be organised by the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration of the University of Lausanne. The Conference and AGM venue will be the Dorigny Campus, Bâtiment Anthropole, in Room 1129. On Wednesday 12 April, there will be a welcoming reception for all members wishing to attend. [...]

2023 Annual General Meeting and Conference in Lausanne

January 19th, 2023|Announcement|

Dear ELFA colleagues and friends, As agreed in the last Annual General Meeting held in Warsaw in April 2022, the next Annual General Meeting and Conference of our Association will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland from the 12th to the 14th of April 2023. As in former editions, the event will start with a welcoming reception in the afternoon on Wednesday, 12th of April and it will finish at noon, on Friday the 14th. The Board at ELFA is working on finishing the programme and it will be published soon. Please note that hotels can be [...]

ELFA at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting

January 10th, 2023|Announcement|

Dear all ELFA Members, Happy New Year to all of you!. May this year be full of happiness and good health, and may all your resolutions be fulfilled. With the beginning of the year, ELFA President, Dr. Andreas R. Ziegler was happy to represent ELFA at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). This year's meeting took place on January 3-7, 2023, in San Diego, California under the title "How Law Schools Can Make a Difference.” Prof. Ziegler also intervened in a Panel entitled “The Comparative Classroom”, organised by the Comparative Law Section of the AALS [...]