Law students

Join through your student association 

Law students should contact their student association to become members of the Association of Finnish Lawyers.  Law student associations Artikla, Codex, Judica, Justus, Lex, Stadga and Pykälä are members of the Association of Finnish Lawyers.  

The student membership is free of charge. 

As a student member, you have access to almost all of the member benefits and services. The mobile membership card also provides access to benefits offered by Akava. 

Instructions for downloading the mobile membership card can be found here (in Finnish). 

Unemployment Fund for Lawyers and Medical Practitioners (LL-Kassa) 

Membership of the Association of Finnish Lawyers does not automatically include membership in an unemployment fund. The Unemployment Fund for Lawyers and Medical Practitioners accepts students as members. 

Membership in the unemployment fund is useful if you are unable to find employment after graduation. If you are a member of the fund and you meet the condition regarding previous employment, you are entitled to an earnings-related unemployment allowance instead of the basic unemployment allowance or labour market subsidy paid by Kela. 

After graduation 

When you join your student association, you can choose whether your membership in the Association of Finnish Lawyers will automatically continue after graduation or not. 

If you choose to continue, your membership will continue without interruption. All the benefits and services available to regular members will be available to you as long as you remember to update your information with your graduation date. 

Update your information in the member portal.

If you choose not to automatically continue your membership after graduation, your membership will end when you graduate. You can continue your membership by filling out the membership form in the member portal. 

Reduced membership fee 

Recent graduates are entitled to a reduced membership fee for three years from the date of graduation. You do not need to submit any proof of graduation. 

Read more about reduced membership fees (in Finnish).