Application Critical Legal Training Program

We are reviewing applications to the Critical Legal Training three times a year.  

To learn more about the program, including earliest possible start dates, read through the CLT website. For detailed information about application requirements, requested documents and process, please consult the FAQ document. 

Our application forms are currently closed! (To prepare your application, you can check the questionnaire in the FAQ document.)

We will open the online forms during the following application cycles: 

February 1 to March 1 
May 1 to June 1 
October 1 to  November 1 

(The deadline is 11:59 p.m. (Berlin, UTC+1) on the last day of each cycle) 

You can expect a response within six to eight weeks of the last deadline. 
Please note: An internship can begin no earlier than two months after you submit your application. The deadlines above are not directly related to the next available start dates for each program area (see the CLT website). We therefore ask that you plan your application accordingly. 

Scholarships are an important tool of the CLT to reduce barriers due to financial and immigration restrictions. We circulate scholarship calls for our individual program teams ahead of each regular application cycle. They will be published here.

Students who wish to claim a traineeship allowance from the ECCHR (see FAQ) and do not have access to other sources of funding will be asked to complete an additional questionnaire after a successful application, based on which a needs-based internship stipend between €0 and €1,050 will be calculated.

Our online forms meet high security standards. Further information on the storage and processing of your application data and documents can be found in the data protection overview. 

 If you have questions about the application, problems with the online forms, or special requirements regarding the application process, please contact application@ecchr.eu.