Workshop-Student Comp

Student Paper Competition

Students: win a trip to the 2011 NACLE conference in Washington, DC.  Submit a paper for NACLE’s annual student paper competition. Selected winners will present their work to top international legal scholars and practitioners.

Through NACLE’s paper competition, students from NACLE member institutions compete to win an opportunity to present their written work at the annual NACLE faculty workshop.  Competition winners receive an invitation to present their paper in an academic setting, engage top scholars and practitioners from Canada, Mexico and the United States and develop relationships with other student winners.  Each NACLE member institution may select one student to attend the conference.  NACLE covers the travel expenses for student winners.    

Paper Competition Instructions

• Student requirements
  
  • You must be enrolled in a NACLE member law school:
    • Canada:  Dalhousie University, McGill University, University of Ottawa, University of British Columbia
    • Mexico:  Universidad Panamericana, UNAM-IIJ, Monterrey Tec, CIDE
    • United States:  University of Houston, University of Arizona, George Washington University
  • Candidate may be enrolled in a initial law degree or Master of Laws program

• Paper requirements
  
  • Must address a comparative aspect of North American law or NAFTA
  • Must be unpublished
  • Must be written during the current academic year for either course credit or independent study
  • Must be written in English, French or Spanish
  • Must be submitted to the NACLE faculty representative at the student’s law school.

• Winner selection
  
  • Each NACLE member school will select a winning paper.
  • All winners will receive an invitation to present their papers at the annual NACLE conference. 
  • NACLE covers travel expenses, including hotel and airfare, to the annual conference.