Sponsors/facilitators of student writing competitions provide more detailed instructions and rules at their websites. Students need to review the information and rules available at these websites.
Sponsors: Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, in conjunction with the University of Iowa College of Law International and Comparative Law Program
Topic: "[W]orld affairs" "Any contemporary international business or economic concern." Website provides examples of recent winning submission topics.
Format requirements in 2024 Competition included: "Essay" "There is no minimum page requirement. The essay must not exceed 50 pages, including footnotes."
Eligibility requirements for 2024 Competition included: "All students currently enrolled in law or graduate degree programs."
Prize in 2024 Competition was: "The winning essay will be published in Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a journal of the University of Iowa College of Law. TLCP reserves the right to work with the winner to edit the winning submission in order to meet the standards necessary for publication. "[A] $2,000 cash prize paid upon publication of the winning submission."
Deadline for submission in the 2024 Competition was: March 17, 2024.
