Collaboration in Education

The ELS Academy aims at educating a new generation of law students and researchers about the meaning of empirical legal research for legal scholarship and the law, and its theory and methods. Dutch universities are committed to further strengthening the collaboration, as they have joined forces to build a countrywide network of educational resources. Part of the collaboration is that the partner universities allow for their PhD students (and sometimes also other staff) to follow the graduate school courses offered at other partner universities free of charge. Scroll down for the Graduate School Course overview!

Moreover, the various law schools share knowledge and experience as well as course materials with regard to empirical methods in legal research. Our purpose is to develop courses that contribute specifically to the education of a new generation of empirical legal scholars who are able to do empirical research and translate said research findings into implication for legal norms.

This page is currently being updated for the 2025-2026 academic year.