Terms and Conditions

1. DEFINITIONS

Synergy - is ELSA members’ online platform that covers activities of ELSA across National and Local Groups as well as external co-operations of ELSA International, published as a part of either the Synergy Blog or the ELR Blog.

Site - Synergy’s site, available at: synergyblog.org.

Submission(s) - any content that you may submit to Synergy for reproduction and display on Synergy, subject to these Terms.

You – an adult individual with full legal capacity, who wants to submit an article

Us - ELSA (“The European Law Students’ Assocation) - non-political independent, not-for-profit association organised on a local, national and international level, e-mail: elsa@elsa.org, phone number: +32 2 646 2626, address: Blvd Général Jacques 239, Brussels B-1050, Belgium.

2. ORGANISATION OF THE ARTICLE SUBMISSION PROCESS

2.1. Submission form. Submissions are made using the submission forms available at:

https://synergyblog.org/submit-an-article-synergy

https://synergyblog.org/submit-an-article-elr

2.2. Deadlines. The dates will be announced by the Vice President in charge of Marketing of the International Board of ELSA via our social media channels.

3. SUBMISSIONS TO THE SYNERGY BLOG

3.1. Types of articles. We may post the following types of articles:

3.1.1. connected with activities of National and Local Group of ELSAs;

3.1.2. connected with external co-operations of ELSA International.

3.2. Word count. Submissions shall have between 500 and 1500 words. Submissions that are shorter or longer than the indicated word count will be considered for articles if they are considered to be of outstanding quality.

3.3. Referencing. All sources relied upon must be cited. The Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is the citation style of the Synergy.

3.4. Editorial standards. Posts published on Synergy's blog are not peer-reviewed. They are assessed and edited for publication by the Vice President in charge of Marketing of the International Board of ELSA who makes the decision on publication. The publication is always at the discretion of the Vice President in charge of Marketing of the International Board of ELSA may reject submissions which meet the article standards for any reason.

3.5. Confidentiality. You understand that the Submissions you submit to Synergy are not confidential and are intended to be published on the Synergy platform.

3.6. Personal Data. The personal data you provide in your Submissions will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. For more information on how we store and treat your personal data, please refer to that Privacy Policy.

3.7. Ownership. The publication of the submission shall assign intellectual property rights to ELSA International.

3.7.1. Assigning the copyright enables ELSA International to effectively manage, publish, and make your work available to the public and increase the visibility of your work through third parties.

3.7.2. After assigning copyright, you will still retain the right to be credited as the author of the publication.

3.8. Edits. While we may edit any given Submission for publication, our edits are never designed to materially alter the meaning of the Submission.

4. SUBMISSIONS TO THE ELR BLOG

5. FINAL PROVISIONS

5.1. Entry into force. These Terms and Conditions of Synergy enter into force on 11th of June 2024. ELSA reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice.