The European Law Institute (ELI) is an independent non-profit organisation established to initiate, conduct and facilitate research, make recommendations and provide practical guidance in the field of European legal development with a goal of enhancing the European legal integration.The idea of an ELI was inspired by the activities of the American Law Institute (ALI), founded in 1923 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ELI has individual and institutional members, some of whom have voting rights. Members of ELI include law professors, attorneys, judges and other professionals in the legal industry.
Pascal Pichonnaz, Professor for Swiss contract law, Roman law, as well as European consumer law and comparative contract law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Fribourg, was elected as President of the ELI in February 2021 and took office in September 2021, succeeding Christiane Wendehorst, Professor of civil law at the University of Vienna, who served as ELI President for two consecutive terms, from 2017–2021.
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