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Writing Competitions for Law Students: International Insolvency

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International Insolvency

2025 Prize in International Insolvency Studies (described as: the "III Prize")

  • Sponsor: International Insolvency Institute
  • Topic in 2025: "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 requirements in 2025 include: "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."  "The article or research must be on an international or comparative insolvency topic and must be submitted in English." 
  • Eligibility requirements in 2025 include: "Candidates must be full or part-time undergraduate or graduate students, researchers or practitioners in practice for less than five years.  A CV should display the candidate's status."
  • Prizes in 2025: "The Prize in International Insolvency Studies comprises a Gold Medal Prize for the winning submission as well as a Silver Medal Prize and a Bronze Medal Prize." "The Gold Medal Winner will be invited to attend the next in-person III [International Insolvency Institute] 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: March 15, 2025.