2022 Phanor J. Eder Prize: Call for Papers
July 28, 2022
The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law (YCC) is pleased to invite submissions for the Phanor J. Eder LL.B./J.D. Prize in Comparative Law, in connection with its Eleventh Annual Conference. That event will be held on October 7-8, 2022, at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. The Phanor J. Eder Prize is named in honor of the first president of the American Society of Comparative Law.
Subject Matter and Eligibility
The YCC will award the Phanor J. Eder Prize to the best comparative law paper submitted by an LL.B. or J.D. student; one or more honorable mentions may also be awarded.
Papers will be accepted on any subject in public or private comparative law from students currently enrolled in a J.D. or LL.B. program. To wit, eligible authors cannot have received their J.D. or LL.B. prior to September 1, 2022.
Submissions from graduate students enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs are not eligible for this prize but these students may participate in a separate prize competition. Information on other YCC opportunities that may interests these students is available at https://ascl.org/prizes/
Submission Instructions
To submit an entry, students should send an email to the Chair of the Affiliates and Engagement Advisory Group, at ycc@ascl.org with the subject line: “Submission for Phanor J. Eder Prize”. The email should state each author’s name and law school contact information, the title of the paper, and a certification that each author satisfies the eligibility criteria set out above. The paper should be attached to this email in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Papers must be no more than 15,000 words (excluding footnotes). Submissions should reflect original research that will not yet have been published by the time of the conference, although it may have been accepted for publication. Applicants to the prize do not have to apply to the 2022 YCC conference to be considered.
The deadline for submission is September 16, 2022.
Scholars may make only one submission. Co-authored submissions will be accepted, provided that all authors satisfy the eligibility criteria and provide a certification to that effect.
Selection & Notification Process
The winning author(s) will be invited to present their paper at the YCC’s Annual Conference. The author(s) of the winning submission and any honorable mention recipients will be notified no later than October 1, 2022.
The Phanor J. Eder Prize is administered by the YCC’s Affiliates and Engagement Advisory Group. Please direct any questions to the Chair of the Affiliates and Engagement Advisory Group, using the address above (viz., ycc@ascl.org).
Affiliates and Engagement Advisory Group
Yueh-Ping (Alex) Yang (NTU), Chair
Akshaya Kamalnath (ANU College of Law)
Tamar Groswald Ozery (HUJI)
Sergio Gramitto (NYU)
YCC Committee
Vera Korzun (Akron), Co-Chair
Sara Ross (Dalhousie), Co-Chair
Michael Da Silva (Southampton)
Alyssa King (Queen’s)
Claudia Haupt (Northeastern)
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