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Writing Competitions for Law Students: International Insolvency

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International Insolvency

2024 Prize in International Insolvency Studies (described as: the "III Prize")

  • Sponsor: International Insolvency Institute
  • Topic in 2024 was: "Prize is awarded for original legal research, commentary or analysis on topics of international insolvency and restructuring significance and on comparative international analysis of domestic insolvency and restructuring issues and developments."
  • Format in 2024 was: "Entries must not have been published and must be available to be posted on the International Insolvency Institute website at www.iiiglobal.org."  "Submissions are traditionally scholarly length law review articles or chapters of a manuscript.  Full-length manuscripts would not be appropriate; any submission more than 20,000 words will not be considered."  "Articles or research in preparation for publication are eligible as long as they were not published."
  • Eligibility requirements in 2024 stated: "The Prize Competition is open to full and part-time undergraduate and graduate students and to practitioners in practice for five years or less."
  • Prizes in 2024 were: "The Gold Medal Prize will be US $3,000; the Silver Medal Prize will be US $2,000; the Bronze Medal Prize will be US $1,000." "The Gold Medal Winner will be invited to attend the next in-person III Annual Conference to present their work and the III will cover his/her reasonable travel expenses. All Medal Winners may attend that Annual Conference and their Conference registration fees will be waived."
  • Deadline for submission in 2024 was: March 31, 2024.