Academy of European Law

Fostering research in European and international law

Introduction

Academy of European Law

The Academy of European Law (AEL) was founded in 1990 by the late Professor Antonio Cassese and Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler to promote teaching and scholarship in the fields of European Union Law and Human Rights Law.

The Academy offers advanced-level summer courses in Human Rights Law and The Law of the European Union, manages several important research projects, and runs a publications programme.

Current directors of the Academy: Neha Jain, Claire Kilpatrick, Sarah Nouwen, Joanne Scott.

The coordinator of the Academy is Joyce Davies.

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Academy Summer Courses

2-week advanced-level courses offering a challenging and stimulating learning experience. Next year's summer courses on Human Rights Law and The Law of the European Union will both be held on 19-30 June 2023.

Publications

The publications programme includes the Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law series, based on the Academy summer courses, published by Oxford University Press.

ESIL-SEDI

The Academy hosts the Secretariat of the European Society of International Law/ Société européenne de droit international. Staff members at the Secretariat are Hélène Debuire Franchini & Maria Grazia Dusina.

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Research Projects

The Academy coordinates several research projects, and organizes conferences, workshops and symposia linked to the projects. Most recent project: the Court of Justice in the Archives.

Latest AEL publication

Data at the Boundaries of European Law

Data at the Boundaries of European Law represents an original and engaged piece of scholarship in an important and fast developing field of policy and research.

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AEL offers free online participation in 2023 summer courses

The EUI Academy of European Law is offering a limited number of places free of charge for its 2023 hybrid summer courses.

ESIL Research Forum: International Law in Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Eurasia

This year's Research Forum, organised by the European Society of International Law (ESIL), will take place in Estonia in April 2023.

Data at the Boundaries of European Law

The Academy of European Law (AEL) published a new volume in its Collected Courses series, based on the specialised courses of the 2019 AEL summer course on 'The Law of the European Union.'

Neha Jain receives American Journal of International Law's Francis Deák Prize

Neha Jain, Professor of Public International Law at the EUI Law Department and Co-Director of the Academy of European Law, has been awarded the Francis Deák Prize from the American Journal of International Law.

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