Opportunities for Law Students through ELSA
ELSA has been increasing international
understanding and co-operation between law students and young lawyers since
its foundation. By developing cultural understanding and management
skills of the students and by providing a select core of leadership
potential to business, ELSA is a positive force for global development and
understanding between young people with diverse national and cultural
backgrounds.
ELSA is commited to:
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Create opportunities for exposure and interaction between young people of
different cultures and nations;
• Complement the
students‘ theoretical education with practical business
experience;
• Provide opportunities for law students
and young lawyers to develop their management and teamwork skills in safe
environment;
• Make companies and students more
conscious and responsive to the economic, social and environmental development
in their communities.
ELSA members are open-minded, internationally
oriented/targeted and multilingual and acquire a broader cultural understanding
than other law students. They gain direct experiences with foreign legal systems
and business practices through the wide range of activities and international
cooperation of ELSA.
" ELSA gave me an opportunity to test my limits as a person and a professional in a safe but challenging and international environment. Through my time and experiences in ELSA I learned to respect people from other countries, people from my country as well as myself"
- Antti Husa, Secretary General of ELSA International 08/09
