How to become a member of the ELI

Members of the ELI may come from academia, judiciaries, the various legal professions, government, legislatures, or other vocations.

Fellows

You can apply to become a Fellow of the ELI if you are a natural person and  actively engage, by your professional, vocational or scholarly activities, in European legal development. You must undertake to speak, vote and participate in activities carried out within the framework of the Association on the basis of your own personal and professional convictions without regard to the interests of particular stakeholders.

The annual membership fee for Fellows is 60 euro.

Fellow application form

Individual Observers

You can apply to become an Individual Observer if you are a natural person taking an active interest in European legal development. This status is appropriate, especially, if you cannot undertake to speak and vote without regard to the interests of particular stakeholders.

The annual membership fee for Individual Observers is 60 euro.

Individual Observer application form

Institutional Observers 

You can apply to become an Institutional Observer if you are an organisation, institution, business or network actively involved in European legal development.

For Institutional Observers, there is a graded fee. Non-profit organisations not representing the interests of particular stakeholders will pay a fee of 250 euro. Businesses and advocacy groups will be asked to pay from 500 euro, depending on the size of the business or organisation, subject to individual negotiations with the ELI. 

Institutional Observer application form