In the LEG can participate any high school, vocational training or university student.

The LEG was born on March 26, 2011, at the Faculty of Law of Santiago de Compostela,[1][2] after a rupture of more than 150 militants of the Comités[3] with this organization.

The splitters accused the Comités of antidemocratic practices and of being totally controlled by the Galician People's Union.

[6] Since its foundation the LEG has called for several student strikes, including 5 along with the other galician nationalist unions, AGIR and Comités.

The Galician Student League has clear ideological position and rejects apoliticism.