[1] Its purpose was to strengthen the relationship between the corporations and to support education about Estonian history, language, and literature.

Fraternitas Ucuensis joined EKL on December 1, 1961; it was previously associated with an Estonian university that closed in 1949 and is now based in New York in the United States.

Similarly, Korporatsioon Väinla (Wäinla) is no longer based in Estonia.

[3] All academic corporations were disbanded and their property was confiscated, leading to EKL going inactive.

[1] Governance of EKL rotates between its member organizations, in charter date order.