ELSA is active through its three key areas:

• Academic Activities (AA) are a tool for bridging theory and practice and the programmes in the area of AA are helping law students to develop there academic skills. Through Academic Activities ELSA makes a direct contribution to legal education. ELSA has during the years developed a considerable number of different projects. Publications such as ELSA Selected Papers on European Law (SPEL) and ELSA Guide to Legal Studies in Europe (GLSE) are an important part of ELSA’s activities. The GLSE is also a part of the Studies Abroad Programme, which has as objective to encourage students to study in foreign countries. Furthermore, there are competitions such as Moot Court Competitions and Essay Competitions, and events organised with professional life in mind within the Lawyers at Work events.

• Seminars and Conferences (S&C): ELSA is organising a more than 50 conferences and seminars every year on local, national and on international level. Furthermore we organise Bilateral Study Visits. In Hungary the local groups have already organised a number of events. For example ELSA Budapest organised international criminal law conference, or ELSA Pécs had two times its international law school on European law. ELSA Szeged organised successful visits to the Hungarian parliament or to the High Court of Justice.

• STEP: STEP is an abbreviation and it stands for: Student Trainee Exchange Programme. STEP enables law students and young lawyers to spend a period of time working abroad in a law related area. Thus introducing them to a different legal system and enabling them to gain valuable professional experience. Find out more about the available traineeships here, or ask you local Vice President for STEP!