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20th State of the Network

Report

based on the results of

the 20th State of the Network Inquiry

submitted before the LXIX ICM Malta 2016

Dear Network,

I am proud to present you with the results of the 20th State of the Network Inquiry compiled

into the following Report.

I was very flattered to be given the task of organizing this important part of a massive “puzzle”

and would like to thank the Secretary General of ELSA International for the opportunity.

This Report is the outcome of the joint effort of the International Board and the whole ELSA

Network. Therefore, I would like to thank the 42 – out of 43 – National Groups that have

filled in and submitted the 20th SotN Inquiry, thus contributing to the acknowledgement of the

status quo of our Association.

This year we celebrate the 10th Anniversary and the 20th Edition of our State of the Network

Report, and therefore we included your evaluation on this important development tool.

Taking the Network’s pulse is absolutely vital in order to improve and develop a sustainable

growth.

“We cannot move forward if we do not know where we stand.”

Kind regards,

David Pereira

Director for Internal Management

ELSA International 2015/2016

20th State of the Network Report

Foreword

General Key Figures


Local Groups in the ELSA Network

18th SotN: 249

19th SotN: 254

20th SotN: 295


National Groups with no Local Groups: 6

Number of Local Groups in the National ELSA Networks

Part 1 of 4

240

245

250

255

260

265

270

275

280

285

290

295

300

18th SotN 19th SotN 20th SotN

Number of Local Groups in the

National ELSA NetworksPart 2 of 4


0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

0 0

6

0

6

21

4

0

43

2

4

13




0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

3

42

3 4 4

33

03

0 0

45

3

16

10

0




0

2

4

6

8

10

12

3

11

4

3

5

3

7 7

9

6

3

9

11

Law Faculties in Member National Groups covered by ELSA: 371

Total Number of Law Faculties in Members National Groups: 870

19th State of the

Network Report

Coverage of Law Facultiesby National Groups

Part 1 of 4

30%

70%

Coverage of Law Faculties

by National GroupsPart 2 of 5


1

4

6

4

9

4

4

5

4

3

5

13

3

4

0

1

2

5

0

0

0

0

1

47

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

ELSA Albania

ELSA Armenia

ELSA Austria

ELSA Azerbaijan

ELSA Belgium

ELSA Bulgaria

ELSA Croatia

ELSA Czech Republic

ELSA Denmark

ELSA Estonia

ELSA Finland

ELSA France

Covered Not Covered




14

40

3

8

4

40

9

3

1

1

3

20

10

5

7

0

2

8

14

2

1

0

0

0

4

4

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

ELSA Georgia

ELSA Germany

ELSA Greece

ELSA Hungary

ELSA Ireland

ELSA Italy

ELSA Latvia

ELSA Lithuania

ELSA Luxembourg

ELSA Malta

ELSA Norway

ELSA Poland

ELSA Portugal

Covered Not Covered



20

7

5

3

19

7

9

8

30

18

17

0

111

2

0

111

2

0

2

57

282

83

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

ELSA Romania

ELSA Russia

ELSA Slovak Republic

ELSA Slovenia

ELSA Spain

ELSA Sweden

ELSA Switzerland

ELSA the Netherlands

ELSA Turkey

ELSA Ukraine

ELSA United Kingdom

Covered Not Covered




3

5

3

2

6

3

1

11

2

1

0

4

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

ELSA Serbia

ELSA Republic of Moldova

ELSA Republic of Macedonia

ELSA Montenegro

ELSA Cyprus

ELSA Bosnia and Herzegovina

Covered Not Covered

Total Number of Individual Members: 50409

Active Individual Members: 6801


Individual Membersof the ELSA Network

Part 1 of 4

4400341999

50409

6311 56456801

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

55000

60000

18th SotN 19th SotN 20th SotN

Total Number of Individual Members Active Individual Members

Individual Members

of the ELSA NetworkPart 2 of 4


0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

ELSA Albania

ELSA Armenia

ELSA Austria

ELSA Azerbaijan

ELSA Belgium

ELSA Bulgaria

ELSA Croatia

ELSA Czech Republic

ELSA Denmark

ELSA Estonia

ELSA Finland

ELSA France

ELSA Georgia

ELSA Germany

150

250

4

165

3000

2500

200

420

900

237

2100

500

300

1000

15

110

180

52

120

100

50

270

110

39

100

100

120

11


Individual Members



0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500

ELSA Greece

ELSA Hungary

ELSA Ireland

ELSA Italy

ELSA Latvia

ELSA Lithuania

ELSA Luxembourg

ELSA Malta

ELSA Norway

ELSA Poland

ELSA Portugal

ELSA Romania

ELSA Russia

760

250

730

3500

170

300

140

400

3000

1500

297

1300

140

99

40

38

350

30

100

7

120

150

1500

89

600

100


Individual Members



0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

ELSA Slovak Republic

ELSA Slovenia

ELSA Spain

ELSA Sweden

ELSA Switzerland

ELSA the Netherlands

ELSA Turkey

ELSA Ukraine

ELSA United Kingdom

300

400

1000

2172

1014

2209

2108

580

30

200

47

95

114

70

243

66

75

10

Total Individual Members Active Members

Individual Members


0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600

ELSA Serbia

ELSA Republic of Moldova

ELSA Republic of Macedonia

ELSA Montenegro

ELSA Cyprus

ELSA Bosnia and Herzegovina

20

30

100

22

45

40

1500

65

300

22

200

150

Total Individual Members Total Active Members

Full National Board elected: 24

No full National Board elected, but all vacant positions have been covered: 10

No full National Board elected, but some vacant positions have been covered: 5

No full National Board elected and no vacant position has been covered: 3


National Boards

57%

24%12% 7%

Full board elected.

No full board elected, but all vacant positions have been covered.

No full board elected, but some vacant positions have been covered.

No full board elected and no vacant position has been covered.

Transition Receivedas evaluated by the National Boards


5.5 5.45.2 5.3

4.6

5.14.9

5.5

6.1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

General BEE IM FM MKT AA MCC S&C STEP

National Boards with a One Year Operational Plan: 32

National Boards without a One Year Operational Plan: 10


One Year Operational Plan

31%

21%3%

16%

12

We all have written our area OYOPs (and perhaps have put them together in a document)

We are in the process of creating it

We will not create one.

We have written a common OYOP

We have both a common and all area ones

Communication between National

and their respective Local Boardsas evaluated by the National Boards

* National Groups with no Local Groups marked 0.


0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

No LocalGroups

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

8

1 1

9

8

10

5

Communication between National

Boards and the International Boardas evaluated by the National Boards


0

2

4

6

8

10

12

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

1 1

5

8

12

8

7

Strategic Goals 2018


National Boards with a yearly planning influenced by the SG’18: 24

National Boards with a yearly planning NOT influenced by the SG’18: 18


Influence of the Strategic Goals

on the national yearly planning

57%

43%

Yes No

National Groups with a National Trainers’ Pool: 6

National Groups without a National Trainers’ Pool: 36


National Trainers’ Pools

6

17

19

Yes No No, but we plan to create one

National Groups with such an online archive: 12

National Groups without such an online archive: 30


Online Archive

available to all ELSA Officers

12

12

18


National Boards with an External Contacts’ Database: 21

National Boards without an External Contacts’ Database: 21


External Contacts’ Database

21

10

11


National Boards that issue an Electronic Newsletter: 14

National Boards that do NOT issue an Electronic Newsletter: 28


Electronic Newsletter

16

12

14


Familiarity of (Local) Officers

with ELSA International’s

projects and events

(1-not familiar to 5-very familiar)


0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

One Two Three Four Five

4

14

17

7

National Networks organising Legal English Trainings: 11

National Boards NOT organising Legal English Trainings: 31


Legal English Trainings

11

18

13

Yes No No, but we plan to organise

National Networks organising Trainings on Effective Fundraising: 17

National Boards NOT organising Trainings on Effective Fundraising: 25


Trainings on Effective Fundraising

17

15

10

Yes No No, but we plan to organise

National Boards that have a Strategy for obtaining Grants: 16

National Boards that do NOT have a Strategy for obtaining Grants: 26


Strategy for obtaining Grants

16

13

13


National Boards that have a PR Strategy: 21

National Boards that do NOT have a PR Strategy: 21


Public Relations Strategy

21

12

9


National Boards that are in compliance with the CI: 28

National Boards that do NOT know if they are in compliance with the CI: 10

National Boards that are NOT in compliance with the CI: 4

• Why?: Lack of knowledge


Corporate Identity of ELSA

284

10

Yes No We do not know

National Boards with an updated website: 32

National Boards that have NO updated website: 10


Constantly Updated Website

10

32

No Yes

Annual Evaluation of the Human

Resources Strategy of ELSA (HRS)


National Boards familiar with the HRS : 36

National Boards that do NOT promote the HRS: 6


National Boards’ Familiarity with

the Human Resources Strategy

14

22

6

Yes Yes, but not the whole Board No

National Boards implementing the HRS : 20

National Boards that are NOT implementing the HRS: 22


Implementation of the Human

Resources Strategy

8

126

12

4

Yes

Yes, but only some of its aspects

No

No, but we plan to

No, because we do not know what it is.

National Boards with a HRS position: 12

National Boards WITHOUT a position: 30


Creation of a position mainly responsible for Human Resources in the

National Board

30

102

No, the Secretary General is responsible

Yes, we have a Director for Human Resources

Yes, we have a Vice President for Human Resources.

Board Management,

External Relations and Expansion


Frequency of Board Meetings

of National Boards


0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Once a week Once everytwo weeks

Once everythree weeks

Once a month Less than oncea month

Others

12

10

1

11

5

3

National Boards focusing on both quality and quantity expansion: 18

National Boards focusing only on quality expansion: 11

National Boards focusing on quantity expansion: 2

National Boards NOT focusing on expansion: 11


Expansion

18

11

2

11

Focus on quality and quantity

Focus on quality

Focus on quantity

No

Internal Management



National Council Meetings

per National Network

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

None One Two Three

3

10

27

2

National Groups that have National Officers’ Meetings: 10

National Groups that do NOT have a National Officers’ Meeting: 32


National Officers’ Meetingsper National Network

24%

76%

Yes No


Tools for keeping track

of individual members

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

Paper-basedSystem

Excel(Spreadsheet)

Access(Database)

Online System Other

8

22

6

9

2


Alumni

19th SotN

20th SotN

20

35

20

5

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Alumni Association

Yes No

Database

22

20

10

32

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Yes

No

Yes

No

20

thSo

tNA

lum

ni

Dat

abas

eA

lum

ni

Ass

oci

atio

n


Trainings since August, 1st

2 2

43

15

21 1

01

3 34

16

10

2

8

0

2

0 0 00 0

2

0 0 0 0 0 0 01

0 0 01

0 01

0 0 0 0 00

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Trainings in total ITP Trainers


Trainings 2015/2016Part 2 of 3

100

10

40

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15

21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 005

101520253035404550556065707580859095

100105

Trainings in total ITP Trainers

0 0

2

7

1

0 0

2

0

1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Cyprus Montenegro Macedonia Moldova Serbia

Trainings in Total ITP Pool

Trainings 2015/2016Part 3 of 3

Financial Management



Aim of a possible EDF Application

9

7

12

45

12

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Organisingprojects (AA,

MCC and S&Cevents)

Organisinginternal

meetings (ICM,IPM, SAM,

KAM)

Organisingtraining events

National Boardmembers'travels to

training events

Trainers'Travels

Travels andaccommodation

for NationalBoard members

attendingstatutory

meetings (ICMand IPM)

We are notconsidering

sending an EDFapplication this

year.


Status of the financial record-keeping

6

166

7

5 2

NOT OBLIGED to use double-entry bookkeeping, NOT INTERESTED in it.

NOT OBLIGED to use double-entry bookkeeping, INTERESTED in it, FREE programs andtrainings for it.

NOT OBLIGED to use double-entry bookkeeping, INTERESTED in it, willing to PAY for programsand trainings for it.

NOT OBLIGED to use double-entry bookkeeping, already USE it.

OBLIGED to use double-entry bookkeeping and USING it.

OUTSOURCED


Fee raise needed for the organisation of

S&C events (excluding ELSA Law Schools)

and International Internal Meetings

185

7

4 6

No need

€1-7 per day

€8-14 per day

€15 or more per day

Fees are low, but wemanage to fundraisefrom other sources.


Internal Auditors of the National Groups

14

25

4

3

13

Elected, regularcommunication

Elected, butcommunication is aproblem.

Elected, communicationonly during Audit

Not elected, we usuallydo elect.

Not elected, because oflack of human resources

Not existing

Marketing



Events promotedby the National Groups

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

18

40

23 23

3633

19

37

24

2

19 19

69

23

5

Yes No


Channels of Promotion

30

42

11

15

3

21

12

19

50

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45


Use of Synergy Magazine

28

18

14 14

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Distributed atthe faculties

Distributed atevents formembers

Distributed atevents forpotentialmembers

Brought tomeetings with

partners

Academic Activities


Total number of planned AA events: 1209

Estimated number of AA events on the local level: 975

Estimated number of AA events on the national level: 234


AA events in the Networkfor the term 2015/2016

81%19%

Estimated number of Local AA events

Estimated number of National AA events


AA events in the Network

1060

1209

1128

Total number of AAevents 14/15

Planned number ofevents 15/16

Number of eventsorganised so far

Total number of AA events for the last term: 914

Estimated number of AA events on the local level: 779

Estimated number of AA events on the national level: 135


AA events in the Networkfor the term 2015/2016

85%15%

Estimated number of Local AA events

Estimated number of National AA events


AA activities organised on the local level

14

22

1921

23

33

14

21

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35


AA activities organised on the national level

13

25

1614

10

18

6

17

0

5

10

15

20

25

30


Satisfaction with the promotion of the

ELSA Day and its impact in each country

34

8

Satisfied Not Satisfied

Moot Court Competitions


National Groups that are interested in organising a RR of the EMC2: 3

National Groups that are NOT interested in organising a RR of the EMC2: 39


Regional Round of the EMC2

7%

93%

Yes No

National Groups that have a National Moot Court Competition: 24

National Groups that do NOT have a National Moot Court Competition: 18


National Moot Court Competition

19

5

10

8

Yes, it is organised by the National Board

Yes, it is organised by a Local Group

No, we do not have any Moot Court Competitions

No, we only have Local Moot Court Competitions

National Groups in which the Vice President for Moot Court Competitions is

responsible for Moot Court Competitions: 11

National Groups in which the Director for Moot Court Competitions is responsible for

Moot Court Competitions: 10

National Groups in which the Vice President for Academic Activities is responsible

for Moot Court Competitions: 21


Responsible for Moot Court Competitions

26%

24%

50%

VP MCC Director MCC VP AA

Seminars and Conferences


Institutions that are an academic

advisor/partner of the S&C projects


36

14

29

42

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

University PublicInstitution

Law Firm ResearchCentre

Associationsand NGO's

S&C events in the Network

from August 1st, 2015 so far


716

ELSA Law Schools

during the term 2015/2016(estimated)


77Estimated number of

ELSA Law Schools to

be organized by

National

or Local Groups

(19th SotN)

54Estimated number of

ELSA Law Schools to

be organized by

National

or Local Groups

(20th SotN)

Student Trainee

Exchange Programme


Number of Employers

Approached


25

5 54

2

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Less than 10 11 to 25 26 to 50 51 to 100 More than100

Satisfaction with the Job Hunting

results from the 1st Cycle


26

16

Yes No

Satisfaction with the Student Hunting

results from the 1st Cycle


30

12

Yes No

Evaluation of the quality of communication between the

National Group and the responsible for your National

Network Assistant for STEP Development of ELSA

International


8

7

8

6

4

3

2

1

0

3

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

20 Editions of the State of the

Network Inquiry and Report


SotN Inquiry and Report as

valuable tools for ELSA

36

6

Yes No

SotN Inquiry and Report as

valuable tools for ELSA

18

18

6

Yes, for ELSA International

Yes, for ELSA International and National Groups

No

National Groups sending out a questionnaire and

issue a report similar to the SotN ones

30,6%

36,1%

33,3%

Yes

No

No, but we are thinking of establishing one

National Groups sending out a questionnaire similar to the SotN: 11

National Groups that do NOT issue a questionnaire: 25

End of the 20th State of the Network Report

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