Professional Development
General Information for the Professional Development Key Area.
- Professional Development Open Calls:
- Book a call with the VP PD: Booking Calendar
- Professional Development Handbook (July 2023)
- International Contact Requests:
- Transition
Everything regarding ELSA Traineeships.
General
- ELSA Traineeships Calendar 2026/2027 (July 2026)
- ELSA Traineeships Handbook (July 2024)
- STEP Online System (SOS) Manual (July 2024)
- ELSA Traineeships Media Card 2026/2027 (August 2026)
- ELSA Traineeships Media Card 2026/2027 (Canva editable version)
Job Hunting
- Cost of Living Database (June 2024)
- TSF (Traineeship Specification Form):
- Template TNP Agreement:
- Digital Traineeships Guidelines (July 2024)
Student Hunting
Verification and Matching
- Verification & Matching Guidelines (April 2023)
- Artificial Intelligence Guidelines (April 2026)
Selection
- Selection Guidelines for TNP (July 2024)
- STEP Traineeship Providers’ manual (August 2019)
Reception
- Reception and Visa Handbook (June 2023)
- Traineeship Confirmation (Agreement between ELSA and Trainee)
- ELSA Traineeships Certificate Generator (July 2024)
- Join the ELSA Trainees Worldwide Facebook Group
Evaluation
- TNP Evaluation Form (EF)
- Pre-Traineeship Evaluation Form (Pre-TEF)
- Post-Traineeship Evaluation Form (Post-TEF)
Annual Reports
Supporting Material on Career & Job Fairs.
- Fairs Handbook (September 2025)
- Fairs Timeline & Checklist Template (September 2025):
Guidelines and information on National Traineeship Programmes.
National Traineeship Programme Guidelines (November 2025)
Information on Lawyers at Work Projects.
- Lawyers at Work Handbook (February 2026)
- Laywers at Work Checklist (February 2026)
- Lawyers at Work Organising Sheet (February 2026)
Information on Legal Clinic Projects.
- Legal Clinics Handbook (November 2025)
- Legal Clinics Checklist (November 2025)
- Template Partnership Agreement | Word Version (November 2025)
- Template Student Participation Agreement | Word Version (November 2025)
Information on Legal Tandem Projects.
- Legal Tandem Handbook (July 2024)
- Legal Tandem – National Bank Knowledge Survey
- Legal Tandem – Mailing List Guidelines (July 2024)
- Legal Tandem – To Do List (July 2024)
Information on Professional Development Workshops.
- Professional Development Workshops Handbook (November 2025)
- Professional Development Workshops Organising Sheet (November 2025)
- Professional Development Workshop Checklist (November 2025)
- Professional Development Workshop Database
Statistics from previous ELSA Traineeships Cycles.
2025/2026
First Cycle
Second Cycle
2024/2025
First Cycle
Second Cycle
2023/2024
First Cycle
Second Cycle
2022/2023
First Cycle
Second Cycle
2021/2022
First Cycle
Second Cycle
2020/2021
First Cycle
- Job Hunting Statistics
- List of Traineeship Providers
- Unpaid Traineeships
- Student Hunting Statistics
- Number of applications per Traineeship Provider
- Selection Results
Second Cycle
2019/2020
First Cycle
- Job Hunting statistics
- List of Traineeship Providers
- Unpaid Traineeships
- Student Hunting statistics
- Number of applications per Traineeship Provider
- Selection Results
Second Cycle
- Job Hunting statistics
- List of Traineeship Providers
- Unpaid Traineeships
- Student Hunting statistics
- Number of applications per Traineeship Provider (TBA)
- Selection Results
2018/2019
- Statistics for 2018/2019
- List of STEP traineeship providers in 2018/2019
- Selection results from the Second Cycle 2018/2019
- Selection results from the First Cycle 2018/2019
- Number of applications from the Second Cycle 2018/2019
- Number of applications from the First Cycle 2018/2019
- Unpaid Traineeships – explanation for the First Cycle 2018/2019
- Unpaid Traineeships – explanation for the Second Cycle 2018/2019
2017/2018
- Statistics for 2017/2018
- List of STEP traineeship providers in 2017/2018
- Selection results from the Second Cycle 2017/2018
- Selection results from the First Cycle 2017/2018
- Number of applications from the Second Cycle 2017/2018
- Number of applications from the First Cycle 2017/2018
- Unpaid traineeships – explanation (Second Cycle 2018/2019)
- Unpaid traineeships – explanation (First Cycle 2018/2019)
2016/2017
- Statistics for 2016/2017
- List of STEP traineeship providers in 2016/2017
- Number of applications 2016/2017
- Selection results from the Second Cycle 2016/2017
- Selection results from the First Cycle 2016/2017
2015/2016
- Statistics for 2015/2016
- Selection results from the Second Cycle 2015/2016
- Selection results from the First Cycle 2015/2016
2014/2015
- Statistics for 2014/2015
- Selection results from the Second Cycle 2014/2015
- Selection results from the First Cycle 2014/2015
Presentations by ELSA International will be added here throughout the term.
Open Calls
V. International Training Meeting
5. Pitch, Partner, Promote (Joint BEE, C, PD, S&C)
LXXXVIII International Council Meeting Helsinki
7. Many Collaborations, Great Success (joint w/S&C)
8. Capture the Flag (joint w/S&C)
Workshop Nr. 9 Explorer’s Toolkit was not held.
LXXXIX International Council Meeting Brno
2. PDers, a Short View Back to The Past
4. Leave Me Alone, I Know What I am Doing
5. Everyone Is A Ferrari Fan, Even If They Are Not, They Are A Ferrari Fan
7. Sometimes You Just Have To Lick The Stamp, And Send It
10. If You No Longer Go For VP, You Are No Longer An ELSA Person
12. Friedrich’s Wanderer Above Sea of Fog
14. For Those Who Thought I Left, I Never Left
15. All The Time You Have To Leave The Space
16. No, Hedin, No, This Is So Not Right
17. We Are On Different Strategies
Archive of old Professional Development Documents.
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