Institutional Members
ELI currently has approximately 180 Institutional Members, comprising legal entities that represent organisations, institutions, or networks actively involved in European legal development. Institutional Members may join either as Institutional Fellows (with voting rights) or as Institutional Observers (without voting rights), at the institution’s discretion. For further information, please see the Important Links table on the right.
Full List of ELI Institutional Members
EU Institutions and International Organisations
- The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA)
- The European Parliament
- The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
- The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
- The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Courts
- The Constitutional Court of Belgium (Cour constitutionnelle)
- The Constitutional Court of Hungary
- The Constitutional Court of Montenegro
- The Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand
- The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republikas Satversmes Tiesa)
- The Council of State of France (Conseil d’État)
- The Court of Cassation of Belgium (Hof van Cassatie)
- The Court of Cassation of France (Cour de Cassation)
- The Court of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia
- Curia of Hungary (Kúria)
- The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (Bundesgericht, Tribunal fédéral, Tribunale federale, Tribunal federal)
- The High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania (Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție)
- The Maritime and Commercial High Court of Denmark (Sø- og Handelsretten)
- The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (Korkein hallinto-oikeus)
- The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania
- The Supreme Court of Albania (Gjykata e Lartë)
- The Supreme Court of Cassation Bulgaria (Върховен касационен съд)
- The Supreme Court of Croatia (Vrhovni sud Republike Hrvatske)
- The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic (Nejvyšší soud České republiky)
- The Supreme Court of Italy (Corte di Cassazione)
- The Supreme Court of Justice of Austria (Oberster Gerichtshof)
- The Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal (Supremo Tribunal de Justiça)
- The Supreme Court of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Aukščiausiasis Teismas)
- The Supreme Court of Luxembourg
- The Supreme Court of Montenegro
- The Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden)
- The Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia
- The Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia
- The Supreme Court of Singapore
- The Supreme Court of Spain (Tribunal Supremo de España)
- The Supreme Court of Ukraine
- The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Professional Associations
- The Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ)
- The Association of Notaries of the Republic of Poland
- The Austrian Bar (Österreichischer Rechtsanwaltskammertag, ÖRAK)
- The Austrian Chamber of Civil Law Notaries (Österreichische Notariatskammer)
- The Bar Association at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation (Ordre des avocats au Conseil d'État et à la Cour de cassation)
- The Bar European Group (BEG)
- The Bar of Ireland
- The Bucharest Chamber of Notaries Public
- The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (Conseil des Barreaux Européens, CCBE)
- The Council of the Notariats of the European Union (CNUE)
- The Danish Bar and Law Society ('The Society')
- The European Centre for Dispute Resolution (ECRS)
- The European Circuit of the Bar
- The European Judicial Training Network
- The European Land Registry Association (ELRA)
- The European Law Faculties Association (ELFA)
- The European Network of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ)
- The European Union of Judges in Commercial Matters (UEMC, EUJC)
- The European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA)
- The Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Bar)
- The French Brussels Bar (Ordre francophone du Barreau de Bruxelles)
- The General Council of the Bar of England and Wales (The Bar Council)
- The General Council of Spanish Lawyers (Consejo General de la Abogacia Española)
- The German Association of Judges (Deutscher Richterbund, DRB)
- The German Civil Law Notaries (Deutsche Bundesnotarkammer, BNotK)
- The German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer)
- The High Council of French Notariat (Conseil Superieur du Notariat, CSN)
- The International Academy of Family Lawyers
- The International Bar Association
- The International Union of Judicial Officers (Union Internationale des Huissiers de Justice, UIHJ)
- The Kenya Union of Judiciary Workers
- The Law Society of England and Wales
- The Law Society of Libya
- The Law Society of Ireland
- The Law Society of Northern Ireland
- The National Chamber of Commissioners of Justice
- The Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union
- The Public Corporation of Property Rights and Commerce Registrars of Spain (Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad y Mercantiles de España)
- The Paris Bar Association
- The Society of Comparative Legislation (Société de Législation Comparée)
- The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
- The South East European Law School Network (SEELS Network)
- The Swedish Bar Association
- Swiss Lawyers' Association (Schweizerischer Juristenverein, SJV)
- The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA)
- The Vojvodina Bar Association
Academic
- The Al-Taqwa Institute of Higher Education
- The Babeș-Bolyai University (Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, UBB)
- Catholic University of Louvain (JUR-I) (Institut pour la Recherche Interdisciplinaire En Sciences Juridiques)
- The Centre for Democracy and Law Miko Tripalo
- The Centre for Legal Research of the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto (CIJ-FDUP)
- The Centre of European Law, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College
- Centro de Estudos Avançados em Direito (CEAD) - Francisco Suárez
- The Department of Business Law at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics & Business
- The European Legal Studies Institute (ELSI) (Juristische Fakultät Universität Osnabrück)
- The Faculty of Law of Belgrade University
- The Faculty of Law of Bilkent University
- The Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University
- The Faculty of Law of Galatasaray University
- The Faculty of Law of Girona University
- The Faculty of Law of University of Innsbruck
- The Faculty of Law of Izmir University of Economics
- The Faculty of Law of University Jean Moulin Lyon 3
- The Faculty of Law of Luxembourg University
- The Faculty of Law of Lyon Catholic University
- The Faculty of Law of Maastricht University
- The Faculty of Law of Pîrî Reis University
- The Faculty of Law of Sarajevo University
- The Faculty of Law of Toulouse 1 Capitole University
- The Faculty of Law of Trnava University
- The Faculty of Law of University of Fribourg
- The Faculty of Law of University of Plovdiv
- The Institute of Comparative Law, Belgrade
- The Institute of Social Sciences, Centre for Legal Research
- Keele University Law School
- The Koç University Dr Nüsret – Semahat Arsel International Trade Law (NASAMER)
- The Kopaonik School of Natural Law
- The Ludovika University of Public Services
- The Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology, Centre for European Law
- The National University of Political Sciences and Public Administration (SNSPA) (Școala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative)
- The Portucalense Institute for Legal Research (IJP)
- The Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov)
- The School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool
- The School of Law, Bocconi University
- The School of Law, European University Cyprus (EUC)
- The School of Law, Jagran Lakecity University
- The School of Law, University Carlos III of Madrid
- The School of Law, University of Nicosia
- The School of Law, University of Utrecht
- The Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law (SCCL), Faculty of Law, Stockholm University
- The Suleyman Demirel University (SDU), Kazakhstan
- The Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin (UCD)
- The University Institute of European Studies (IUSE)
- The University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR)
- The University of Galway
- The University of Georgia
- The University of Latvia
- The University of National and World Economy
- The University of Opole
- The Western University 'Vasile Goldiș' of Arad (Universitatea de Vest 'Vasile Goldiș')
Other Members
- The Academy of European Law (ERA)
- The Access to Justice in Eastern Europe (AJEE)
- The American Constitution Society
- The Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde)
- The Asian Law Institute (ASLI)
- The BlockchainEdu Association (Blockchain Education Network Italy)
- The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
- The Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law (BCNL)
- The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)
- Center for Legal Examination and Legislative Initiatives
- Clubul de la Cheia Victor Dan Zlătescu
- The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC)
- The European Justice Forum
- The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Austria
- The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Belgium
- The European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) International
- The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Italy
- The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Portugal
- The European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Switzerland
- The Federal Competition Authority of Austria
- The Foundation for Research on Law and Business (FIDE)
- The Foundation for the Study of Historical and Regional Law of Vasconia (Iura Vasconiae)
- The Foundation Research on the (Dutch) Judicial System
- The GEMME Europe
- The Georgian Lawyers for Independent Profession (GLIP)
- The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
- International Association of Legal Science (IALS)
- MiKK eV International Mediation Centre for Family Conflict and Child Abduction
- The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea
- The National Alliance of Ghana Law Students (NAGLS)
- The Romanian Institute for Human Rights (RIHR)
- The Società Italiana per la Ricerca nel Diritto Comparato (SIRD)
- The Uniform Law Conference of Canada (ULCC)