The Our Rule of Law Academy (the Academy) is an academic mentorship program for the future generation of rule of law defenders. Between January and March 2023, 45 Bachelor students from 25 Member States conducted research on and developed policy proposals in the area of European Law under the supervision of 22 rule of law experts. 

The aim of the project was to educate young students of law and related disciplines through educational democracy- and rule of law-related activities, draw upon their international and intercultural background, and encourage them to get personally involved in the fight for European democracy.

The participants were divided into eleven working groups which were mentored by two experts in the respective field. Each group tackled a particular issue of the European rule of law crisis (see list below) and developed a policy proposal designed to tackle the select issue. In this way the combined efforts of all the participants and mentors lead to a holistic policy response report to the rule of law crisis.