Academic Activities are a tool for providing legal information and assist the development of the legal profession in Europe. Through the Academic Activities ELSA makes a direct contribution to legal education.
During the years ELSA has developed a considerable number of different projects. Competitions such as ELSA Moot Court Competition (EMC2) - www.elsamootcourt.org - and ELSA Essay Competition - www.elsaessaycompetition.org - are the ones on the international level. EMC2 is a worldwide prjoect that is being run in the ELSA Network . On the national level Ord. Prof. Dr. Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoglu Moot Court Competition - www.elsa-kdy.org - and two Essay Competitions are being organized each and every year with a growing success under ELSA Turkey
In order to enable individuals to make use of the widespread ELSA network to obtain scientific legal information that may not be available in their own countries ELSA focuses on legal research. This research can be done with the help of the Legal Research Groups.
As a publication ,ELSA Selected Papers on European Law (ELSA SPEL) is one of the most important activities within ELSA. ELSA SPEL gives students the opportunity to contribute to legal education. High quality papers concerning law with European aspects are written by students as well as academics. Not only contributing but on the other hand ELSA SPEL provides an international readership . To see previous contributions ,please visit www.elsa.org
Moot Court Competition :
The idea of moot court comes from the Anglo-Saxon academic tradition. Originally they came from American universities where they are a constant and official part of legal education. Nowadays many other countries have adopted this kind of legal education as well.
The aim of a moot court is to improve the legal knowledge of students. It is of primary importance to prepare and train them for proper and successful acting in court, the use of rhetoric gestures, speaking without notes, self confidence and intellectual flexibility. A moot court will teach the kind of knowledge that is important for the practical aspects of a lawyer's life - to create links between theory and practice.
Moot Courts are a very good exercise in which students can put the academic knowledge acquired at the universities to practice while enhancing their presentation and public speaking skills. It is for this reason that ELSA encourages moot court competitions.
Every year several national moot court competitions are organised by national ELSA Groups. Competitions taking place at local level are even more numerous. Furthermore, ELSA International arranges an international
ELSA moot court competition.
For more information on national and/or local competitions please contact the respective ELSA group.
For information about the international competition please contact
ELSA International.
