Professional Development

General Information for the Professional Development Key Area.

• Professional Development Open Calls: PD Open Call Calendar / Open Call Overview (2025/2026)
• Book a call with the VP PD: Booking Calendar
• Professional Development Handbook (July 2023)
• International Contact Requests: Contact Approval Form/Contact Evaluation Form

Everything regarding ELSA Traineeships.

General

• ELSA Traineeships Calendar 2025/2026 (July 2025)
• ELSA Traineeships Handbook (July 2024)
• STEP Online System (SOS) Manual (July 2024)
• ELSA Traineeships Media Card 2025/2026 (August 2025)
• ELSA Traineeships Media Card 2025/2026 (Canva editable version)

Job Hunting

• Cost of Living Database (June 2024)
• TSF (Traineeship Specification Form): online form / editable pdf / printable pdf / printable docx
• TSF Contract (T&C) + Annex for online Traineeships
• TEMPLATE Agreement between the TNP and Trainee
• Digital Traineeships Guidelines (July 2024)

Student Hunting

• Terms and Conditions for ELSA Traineeships Applicants

Verification and Matching

• Verification & Matching Guidelines (April 2023)

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)

Information regarding the Career Launch Event.

Career Launch – Network Guidelines

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 (July 2023)

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)

Statistics from previous ELSA Traineeships Cycles.

2023/2024

First Cycle

• Job Hunting Statistics 
• Student Hunting Statistics 
• Selection Results

Second Cycle

• Job Hunting Statistics 
• Student Hunting Statistics
• Selection Results

2022/2023

First Cycle

• Job Hunting Statistics
• Student Hunting Statistics

Second Cycle

• Job Hunting Statistics
• Student Hunting Statistics

2021/2022

First Cycle

• Job Hunting Statistics
• List of Traineeship Providers
• Unpaid Traineeships
• Student Hunting Statistics

Second Cycle

• Job Hunting Statistics
• Student Hunting Statistics
• List of Traineeship Providers

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

• Job Hunting Statistics
• List of Traineeship Providers
• Unpaid Traineeships
• Student Hunting Statistics

2019/2020

• Annual Statistics

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

1st Open Call

2nd Open Call

3rd Open Call

V. International Training Meeting

1. Developing Professionalism

2. Professional Projects

3. Hunting to Hire

4. Seeking Students

5. Pitch, Partner, Promote (Joint BEE, C, PD, S&C)

6. Dream, Dare, Develop

Archive of old Professional Development Documents.

ELSA Traineeships (STEP)

• STEP Week Guidelines
• Become a STEP Traineeship Provider checklist (August 2019)