The Legal Research Society

Call for Papers The Legal Research Society is organizing an Essay Competition and invites all postgraduate law students from the University of Aberdeen to participate. – Engage in Research! – Submit an excellent Essay! – Win a valuable Prize (worth of £100)! – We welcome essays in the areas of EU Law , Private and Commercial Law and Public International Law . The essays should be of approximately 3,500 words and they should be sent to k.bashir@abdn.ac.uk by February 14th, 2009 . All taught and research postgraduate law students are eligible to participate provided that they have not graduated by the time of the deadline of submission. Essays will be assessed on the basis of excellence and depth of analysis, of critical thought, of evidence of extensive reading and of superior understanding of the issue. The winners in each subject area will be chosen and proclaimed in the beginning of March 2009 and a celebratory event will be held shortly afterwards. The prizes to be won a...

Conflictoflaws.net is running an essay competition for students of private international law. The first prize is $500 plus $300 worth of books. The best essays will also be considered for publication in the Journal of Private International Law . Further information can be found here .