ELSA London

Between 8 – 12 June 2013, the ASHA Centre (an international NGO based in Gloucestershire) will host a seminar on Education for Sustainable Development, funded by the European Union’s Youth in Action Training and Co-operation Plan (TCP). Selected participants will have the opportunity to take part in field trips across the Forest of Dean and to engage [...]

UCL / ILA (British Branch) Lecture Could the prevailing view that genocide is the ultimate crime be wrong? Is it possible that it is actually on an equal footing with war crimes and crimes against humanity? Is the power of the word genocide derived from something other than jurisprudence? And why should a hierarchical abstraction [...]

The Open Society Foundations/University of Essex Scholarships in Human Rights provide opportunities for independent postgraduate study in the United Kingdom for students who are engaged in or intending to pursue postgraduate work in their own country. Applicants must demonstrate both academic excellence and the potential to become leaders in their own countries. The scholarships will [...]

The Student Association for International Co-operation (SAMS) is organising its first Model UN next year. The MUN will be held in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. There will be 2 committees at this MUN: the Security Council and Human Rights Council. There will be room for 60 delegates. Download Application here. •  DATE: Monday 18 – Friday [...]

In February and March 2013, the ASHA Centre (an international NGO based in the Forest of Dean) will host a seminar for UK youth workers, youth leaders and volunteers on sustainable development issues, funded by the European Union’s Youth in Action Training and Co-operation Plan (TCP). Selected participants will attend one of the two workshops. The aim of [...]

Model NATO Youth Summit (MoNYS) is the only simulation of NATO’s decision-making process held in Europe and the largest one in the world. MoNYS aims to promote NATO’s structures and mechanisms, while creating a platform for the young generation to debate on current social and political international issues. This simulation will take place in Brussels, [...]

ELSA needs your help! ELSA is supporting Fraternite 2020 (F2020) Citizens’ Initiative. We have to get 55,000 UK signatures in the next 12 months. The petition is aimed at increasing financial support for EU exchange programmes so that citizens can study, work, live in member states. Instead of the EU spending so much money on [...]

Sir Rabinder Singh is a High Court judge who as a barrister was involved in many leading cases, including on Iraq. A unique opportunity to put your question to a highly respected barrister and judge. Ask your question and join the debate @LSELaw. The Hon. Mr Justice Singh is an English High Court judge of [...]

Students have until Friday 2 November to apply for a BPTC scholarship at one of the four Inns of Court. Each Inn runs various scholarship awards, giving away millions of pounds every year. The Inns share the 2 November deadline for students to submit their applications for an award in relation to the 2013-14 BPTC [...]

RECEPTION An opportunity to meet Gareth Henry, Ian McKnight and Dane Lewis Dear Friends, Please join the Human Dignity Trust for a drinks reception, kindly hosted by Doughty Street Chambers, which will be an opportunity to meet LBGT rights campaigners from Jamaica. The Human Dignity Trust, as lawyers for two petitioners (Gareth Henry and human [...]