KAM Prague3-7th SeptemberAA Workshop

Legal Research Group

Decition Book – AA part

- Group which does research on a specified topic of law with the aim

to make their conclusions publicly accessible.

- Outline: aims, timeline, guidelines for the written report and tasks

of the participants, examples

- People involved: coordinator, academic advisor, researchers etc.

Recent LRG history

• ELSA for Children

• Online Hate Speech

• Children Rights

• Social Rights

The European Law Students’ Association

Albania˙Austria˙Azerbaijan˙Belgium˙Bosnia and Herzegovina˙Bulgaria˙Croatia˙Cyprus˙Czech Republic˙Denmark˙Estonia˙Finland˙France˙Georgia˙Germany˙Greece˙Hungary˙Iceland˙Ireland˙Italy˙ Kazakhstan˙Latvia˙Lithuania˙Luxembourg˙Malta˙Montenegro˙The Netherlands˙Norway˙Poland˙Portugal˙Republic of Macedonia˙Romania˙Russian Federation˙Serbia˙Slovak

Republic˙Slovenia˙Spain˙Sweden˙Switzerland˙Turkey˙Ukraine˙United Kingdom

What did we learn?

Status quo?• Reports• Publication• Workshop

What have we learnt?

The perfect Legal Research Group- Is it possible?

Legal Research Group on Social Rights

”Austerity measures and its implications

The role of the European Social Charter in

maintaining minimum social standards in countries

undergoing austerity measures”

• Academic partner: Council of Europe

• Human resources

• International team: academic, English,

compilation, recruiter/contact person

• National team: national coordinator, academic

coordinator, researchers, academic supervisor,

legal English

• Outline

• Marketing materials, certificate

• Publication

• Conference?

Draft timeline2-7th September KAM – information

19-26th October ICM – launch of the project

1st November Call for National Coordinators

1st December Call for researchers

1st February Mid term deadline

1st April Final deadline report

April Launch of essay competition

April Compilation of report

May Launch of report

May Deadline competition

June Announcement of winner

August Prize?

Predictability in Academic activities

• What can we do?

• Should LRG become an annual project?