ELSA London

A Junior Chamber International (Osaka branch) event What have Al Gore, Bill Clinton, John F Kennedy, Kofi Annan and half of the Japanese parliament got in common? They were all members of JCI – the Junior Chamber International. In the UK the JCI is also known as  the Junior Chamber of Commerce or the British [...]

Organised by King’s College Grad students The seventh annual International Graduate Legal Research Conference (IGLRC) will be held on the 8-9 April 2013 at King’s College London, home of one of the top 25 law schools worldwide and located in the heart of London’s legal district. This two-day conference has a reputation for being a [...]

Public Interest Environmental Law (PIEL) UK Conference The conference, currently in its 7th year, is aimed at students, academics, professionals, activists and members of the public. ‘Land grabbing’ is the large scale (and often transnational) acquisition of land for agriculture, mining and other development. Land grabbing raises a range of environmental, legal, social, economic and [...]

The Brazilian government has created a Truth Commission that started its two-year mandate in May of 2012. Charged with investigating human rights abuses committed by state agents in the period 1945-1988, the Truth Commission has generated considerable controversy. This conference proposes to examine the first year of the Truth Commission’s work by placing it in [...]

Dear Friends and Colleagues, With great pleasure and honour, we are proud to announce a very first session of Wrocław International Model United Nations, which will take place in Wrocław, Poland from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th October 2012. Three committees are going to be simulated this year: United Nations Security Council topic: 2012 South [...]

Our friends in Berlin are organising a Model United Nations (MUN) simulation in August 2012. This is their inaugural event and the English Law Students’ Association (ELSA) is very happy to support their efforts. Below is an invitation from the secretariat addressed to any student or graduate who is interested in the UN and would [...]

A summer school organised by the European Law Students’ Association in Romania. Our friends, ELSA Bucharest are hosting their annual Law is Better than War summer school, Wednesday 18 – Sunday 29 July 2012. This will be the 9th year running and, as always, ELSA Bucharest will be very happy to see some UK students at this [...]

Are you able to travel to France during the last week of  next term (24 -31 March)? Are you interested in the workings of the EU? Are you fed up of mooting or MUN? Would you like to try a different kind of simulation?  If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then [...]

On Saturday 25 February 2012, LawCareers.Net is sponsoring the CityLawLIVE conference, when 200 students will have the chance to meet partners from a fantastic group of London-based international law firms to learn what lies in store for those who take this career path. TheCityLawLIVE conference is open to both law and non-law students, so make [...]