Welcome to the European Law Research Center
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The establishment of the European Law Research Center in 1991 was part of an effort to solidify and expand Harvard Law School's position as a leader among American universities in European legal studies. In the years since we have broadened our mandate to embrace new thinking about the structures of international governance which affect Europe and North America alike. To that end we have strengthened our work in comparative and international law and have focused our mission on the work of younger scholars bringing new ideas and perspectives to comparative and international legal study. The ELRC encourages the development of progressive and alternative ideas about international law, society and political economy by supporting intellectual work which contributes to the emmergence of new approaches to international law and global social justice.
During the 2008-2009 academic year we are sponsoring an array of workshops, lectures and conferences in the fields of European law, international law, and law and development.
We will continue to strengthen our Student Affiliates program in partnership with the international law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, and are currently accepting new applications. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton will also join us in sponsoring our annual Workshop on EU and US Antitrust Law. With the Real Colegio Complutense, we will hold our sixth annual Business Law Seminar. We will continue our dinner discussion series workshop on development and the politics of the global economy, and will continue to sponsor conversations about new directions in European Union law scholarship organized in cooperation with the student led Harvard European Law Association. The Center will also host one Senior Fellow, 3 Visiting Scholars, and 9 Visiting Researchers in 2008-2009.
The ELRC is particularly grateful to our Sponsors, who continue to show their faith in our efforts to provide a focal point for European, international and comparative law study at Harvard Law School.
- Co-Founder and Leading Sponsor: Real Colegio Complutense (Cambridge, Massachusetts, based affiliate of Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
- Leading Sponsor: Bank Austria (Vienna, Austria).
- Leading Sponsor: Garrigues (Madrid, Spain).
- Leading Sponsor: Anonymous Donor
- Sponsors and Friends: Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (New York, New York & Brussels, Belgium); Mautner Markhof Actiengesellschaft (Vienna Austria); and Gomez-Acebo & Pombo (Madrid, Spain)
Please check back often for updates on all our programs and initiatives.