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ELSA Law Review

ELSA Law Review. KAM Münster, September 2016. Jakub Čája Vice President for Academic Activities, ELSA International 2016/2017. What is ELSA Law Review. Legal Writing as a key to become a successful lawyer. An advantage for you on a job market

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ELSA Law Review

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  1. ELSA Law Review KAM Münster, September 2016 • Jakub Čája • Vice President for Academic Activities, ELSA International 2016/2017

  2. What is ELSA Law Review

  3. Legal Writing as a key to become a successful lawyer • An advantage for you on a job market • One of the necesarry skills for professional carreer • Development of research skills • Legal English development • Proof of your legal knowledge • The result of work is another legal source • Opportunity to be cited by other students and professionals

  4. Opportunities with ELSA Law Review • Our academic business card • Possibility to attract new partners • Space for advertisement (fundraising tool) • Raise awareness about ELSA in new target groups • Expand outside of the Europe

  5. History of Legal Publications in ELSA(How did we come up with this idea?) • 1985-1989 European Yearbook of Law • 1987-1997 ELSA Law Review • 1994-2007 Guide to legal studies in Europe • 1997-2010 SPEL (Selected Papers on European Law) • 1997 Handbook of ELSA and the ICC • 1998 Updated Handbook of ELSA and the ICC • 2014 reborn of ELSA Law Review

  6. Recent development • Spring 2014 Call for Articles for the 1st Edition • 2014-2015 Reviewing and selection of Articles • November 2015 Publication of 1st Edition & Call for 2nd Edition • Spring 2016 Reviewing and selection of Articles • Spring 2016 New publishing partner • July 2016 Publication of 2nd Edition • August 2016 Call for 3rd Edition

  7. What we have achieved so far? 2nd edition • 85 submissions • Academic review by Catolica Global School of Law – research for more academic partners • Acquirement of ISSN code • Cooperation with ALSA / promoting Asian-European legal cooperation [interdisciplinary perspective] • New partnership with Wolf Legal Publishers • Contribution by notable people (J.M. Barroso) 1st edition • 43 submissions • Academic review by Catolica Global School of Law • 15 printed copies • Foreword by the Secretary General of CoE, Thorbjorn Jagland • 12 published articles

  8. How does the structure work?

  9. The call Promote! :)

  10. Become a member of Editorial Board(We want you!!) Selection criteria: • Good working knowledge of the English Language; • Previous experience in editing journals/ publishing articles; • Basic computer skills; • Time management skills; • Experience working in a team. Responsibilities: • word processing; • tracking the publication process; • researching; • communicating with authors;

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