Unifying International Conferences of ELSA Establishing the legal framework and quality standards for the International Conferences of ELSA was a priority for the term 2019/2020, with regards to this Flagship Project of ELSA. Since International Conferences of ELSA are characterised as highly academic and international projects, the main focus was put on ensuring an interesting, advanced and diverse academic programme of the event. With the establishment of the mentioned set of standards already in Autumn 2019, International Conferences of ELSA became an aspiring leading source of high quality legal education, organised and gathered by law students and young lawyers, for legal professionals coming from all over the world. To find out more about International Conferences of ELSA, please visit conferences. elsa.org. ELSA Law Schools Keeping ELSA Law Schools Up to Standards A huge step towards ensuring high quality of the biggest Flagship Project of ELSA, organised annually in more than 60 european destinations, was taken during the term 2019/2020. The first ever ELSA Law School pre-visit was conducted in February, to Milan and Rome, the venues of one of a few winter editions of ELSA Law Schools, organised this year. The pre-visit was not only a quality control mechanism for ELSA International. Most importantly, it was a unique opportunity for the organisers to receive individual training on global project management and guidance
on how to even more improve and flawlessly run this pannational event. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this very Winter ELSA Law School had to eventually be cancelled. Nevertheless, the organisers already await participants for the next edition of the event. Converting challenges into opportunities The summer edition of the week long events, combining academic, social and cultural programmes, faced unique challenges this year. Over 45 motivated project teams from across the continent decided to put the health and safety of their colleagues and prospective participants of their Summer ELSA Law Schools above everything else, thus cancelling summer events, they have been working on from the very first day in the office. Even though the decision, coordinated by ELSA International, was not easy, as a socially responsible association, it was the only right one, in the current circumstances. Notwithstanding, shortly after the cancellation of this Flagship Project, an online alternative (ELSA Webinars Academy) was created and presented to ELSA’s members and external stakeholders.
