Call for papers: 2019 Baxter Family Competition on Federalism
平特五不中鈥檚 Faculty of Law and the Peter Mackell Chair in Federalism are proud to announce that the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will be returning for a second edition in early 2019. This prestigious bi-annual competition is made possible through the generous support of Rachel Baxter (BSc鈥�84, BCL鈥�88) and Colin Baxter (BCL鈥�90, LLB鈥�90), who both practice law in Ottawa.
The overarching goal of the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism is to advance research and foster informed debate on federalism by young jurists (including law students, law PhD Candidates, junior legal scholars and junior lawyers) from around the world.
In 2017, we received close to 40 high-quality submissions, with authors originating from nine countries. We are confident that the 2019 edition will again attract a rich diversity of contributions.
The three competition finalists will be given the unique opportunity to present their papers at a Symposium in May 2019. First-, second- and third-place winners will receive prizes of $5000, $3000, and $1000 respectively. The prizes are awarded by an international jury.
Participants are invited to submit an original essay related to any aspect of federal theory or practice, by February 11, 2019. Comparative angles to federalism are particularly encouraged.
2019 Submission Guidelines
Author eligibility
- All law students, as well as PhD candidates, junior legal scholars or junior lawyers with five years of experience or less, from anywhere around the world.
- To be eligible, authors must either
- Be currently enrolled in a BCL, LLB, JD, LLM, DCL, or PhD program in law (or their local equivalents);
- Hold a law degree and have obtained their most recent degree (in law or otherwise) after February 11, 2014;
- Have been admitted to the Bar (or the local equivalent) afterFebruary 11, 2014.
Criteria for submission
- Original text in English or in French;
- Maximum of 8,000 words, including footnotes, for texts in English;
- Maximum of 8,800 words, including footnotes, for texts in French;
- Not yet submitted for publication as of February 11, 2019;
- Written in 12 points font, double-spaced, with 2.5 cm margins on all sides;
- Numbered in the upper right corner;
- Submitted in MS Word format;
- Include complete references, following the 听;
- Introduced by a separate document that includes:
- title
- author鈥檚 name
- contact information (email, phone, address)
- statement affirming the eligibility for the competition (date of graduation)
- unpublished status of the paper;
- Include an abstract summarizing the main question and main conclusions (maximum 200 words).
Deadline for submission of Essays: February 11, 2019, at 13h00, Eastern Standard Time (Montreal time).
Submissions are to be emailed to Professor Johanne Poirier, Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism, at johanne.poirier3 [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Baxter%20Competition) 聽with 鈥淏axter Competition鈥� as the email subject line.
The Prize winning papers of the 2017 edition of the Baxter Family Competition in Federalism may be found at: mcgill.ca/law/research/essay-contests/baxter-competition.
