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Opportunity for students in private international law: Contributing to the ILA Reporter
The ILA Reporter, the official blog of the International Law Association (Australian Branch), is currently calling for submissions on private international law to be published on the website.
The Reporter provides leading analysis, commentary and discussion on public and private international law issues, which have a bearing on Australia and the wider region. The length of contributions is flexible – anywhere between 500 and 1,500 words is ideal, and we frequently publish multi-part article series.
Would you or any of the postgraduate students in the law school be interested in publishing in the ILA Reporter?
Terms and conditions for the submissions are available here, and submissions should conform to the ILA Reporter’s Style Guide here.
Virtual Workshop on October 4: Sabine Corneloup on Migrants in Transit or Under Temporary Protection
On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the Hamburg Max Planck Institute will host its 26th monthly virtual workshop Current Research in Private International Law at 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. (CEST). Prof. Sabine Corneloup (Paris-Panthéon-Assas University) will speak, in English, about the topic
Migrants in Transit or Under Temporary Protection: How Can Private International Law Deal With Provisional (But Not Necessarily Short-Term) Presence?
An increasing number of migrants are provisionally present in the territory of a State other than their State of origin, be it because they are granted temporary protection until they can return to their country of origin (4 million refugees from Ukraine registered for Temporary Protection in Europe), or because migration policies – notably externalization measures – prevent them from accessing the territory of their State of destination. As a result, many migrants are blocked for months if not years in transit countries at the external borders of Europe, before being able to resume their migratory route. Their provisional presence, which initially was meant to remain transitional and short-term, often becomes indefinite. In the meantime, life goes on: children are born, couples marry and divorce, parental child abductions take place etc.
How can Private International Law deal with these situations? The presentation aims to explore PIL connecting factors, such as nationality, habitual residence and mere presence, and assess their appropriateness for migrants on the move or under temporary protection. The 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention, which requires that the personal status of refugees be governed by the law of domicile or residence, does not provide an answer to all difficulties.
The presentation will be followed by open discussion. All are welcome. More information and sign-up here.
If you want to be invited to these events in the future, please write to veranstaltungen@mpipriv.de.
Call for submissions: Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize
Sydney Law School is pleased to announce the inaugural Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize. For more information, see here.
Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize 2022: Rules
- The Kim Santow Law and Social Justice Essay Prize is open to any student enrolled in an LLB or JD degree program at an Australian tertiary institution at the time of submission or within the previous six months.
- Essays must have been written in the 12 months before the submission deadline. A person may not submit more than one essay to the Competition in any given year.
- Essays must respond to the following proposition:
The NDIS is described as a shift from a welfare system to a market-based system, but there may be limitations in relying on competition and choice in the provision of disability support. Discuss. - Essays must be no more than 3,000 words. Essays exceeding this word limit will not be accepted. Footnotes if used, and bibliographies (required), are not included in the final word count.
- Essays must be submitted as a .pdf document by email to <law.reform@sydney.edu.au>.
- The deadline for submission of essays is 5.00 pm (AEDT) on Monday 31 October, 2022. No extensions will be allowed.
- Essays must meet the highest standards of academic integrity, and be fully and accurately referenced according to a recognised referencing standard (eg, AGLC, Harvard, MLA).
- Each person submitting an essay must declare that the essay is the person’s own original work. By submitting an essay, a person agrees that Sydney Law School may conduct an integrity check for copyright infringement or plagiarism.
- An essay that is submitted to the Competition must be accompanied by a separate cover page stating:
a. the author’s name, contact email and telephone number
b. a declaration of enrolment (see rule 1)
c. a declaration of time (see rule 2)
d. a declaration of integrity (see rule 7) - A submitted essay must not include any information – for example in a header or footer – that identifies the author, so that it can be marked anonymously.
- Eligible essays will be reviewed by a panel of experts against the following criteria:
1. Novelty: does the essay address a cutting-edge issue and/or contribute a novel perspective or analysis to the question
2. Argument: is the argument clear, compelling, well-developed and supported by evidence?
3. Clarity and structure: is the essay written clearly and concisely, and organised in a logical and effective way?
4. Accuracy: is the essay presented neatly and legibly, with few or no content, typographical, grammatical and referencing errors? - The best essay will be announced on 1 December, 2022 at the Kim Santow Experts Panel on Social Justice to be hosted at the Sydney Law School. The decision of the judging panel is final.
- The judging panel may in its discretion decline to award prizes.
- Subject to rule 13, the author of the Winning Essay will each receive a prize of AU$1000.
- The author of the Winning Essay will be offered academic support and advice to revise their work for submission for publication.
- The author of the Winning Essay agrees that if their essay is published (by any means, in any forum), that its publication will be accompanied by an acknowledgment that the essay won the Prize in the relevant year.
Please direct any inquiries to Mr Josh Pallas at <law.reform@sydney.edu.au>.