The ELI Turns Seven Today

01.06.2018

Today, the European Law Institute (ELI) marks its seventh birthday. With currently over 1,400 Individual Members (including academics, judges, lawyers and other legal professionals) and over 100 Institutional Observers (EU institutions, international organisations, courts, law firms and professional associations) from Europe and beyond, the ELI is steadily growing.

Since its last birthday, the ELI has completed another three Projects: the Rescue of Business in Insolvency Law; Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants and the Rule of Law; and the Principled Relationship of Formal and Informal Justice through the Courts and Alternative Dispute Resolution (conducted with the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary, ENCJ). The latter was approved by the ELI Council in February 2018 and by the ENCJ today.

Since its founding in 2011, the ELI has completed a total of nine Projects and currently has nine ongoing and three prospective Projects. Within the last seven years, the ELI has proven its ability to offer comprehensive solutions with immediate practical utility for legislative bodies, judiciaries and other interested parties. We all very much look forward to observing the Institute’s further growth in the year ahead.