HiiL Law of the Future Young Talent Essay Competition

The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) invites young scholars and graduate students to enter into the “HiiL Law of the Future Young Talent Essay Competition” by submitting original, scholarly written essays on how they think law will look like in 20-30 years.

Please note that while the object of study is “law”, the prism through which it is looked at can be legal, political, economic,
or social. The essay should attempt to answer the following:

“What do you see as the most significant challenges for the development of the law (within one or more of the tracks mentioned above and/or in relation to other tracks)? What developments are we likely to see in the coming two to three decades? What do those developments mean for national legal systems as a whole?”

Of the essays submitted pursuant to this Call, HiiL will select
(a max. of) 10 nominees, from which the winning essay will be chosen. The author of the best essay will receive the HiiL Young Talent Award. In addition, the winner will:

• receive a prize of €750 (to be spent for academic purposes, such as books and/or attending a conference or a summer school abroad);
• be invited to participate in events leading up to the HiiL Law of the Future Conference 2011, in particular a preparatory academic workshop (to be held in The Hague on 3 September 2010);
• be invited to present the winning essay at the high-profile HiiL Law of the Future Conference 2011 itself (to be held in The Hague on 23-24 June 2011).

For further information please send an email to: youngtalent@hiil.org.