Anand Bi-Annual International Law Essay Competition

The objective of the competition is to promote a wider understanding of international law and encourage publication of relevant and original work on the subject. A panel of family members of late Prof. R.P. Anand and eminent scholars of international law will evaluate the essays.

Prizes

First Prize: INR 50,000/- OR USD 800

Second Prize: INR 30,000/- OR USD 500

Third Prize: INR 20,000/- or USD 300

The award prize and a certificate would be sent to the winning participants.  (There will be no participation certificate for non-winning participants).  The winning essay entries will also be published on the website.

Theme

The theme is open

Deadline

30 May, 2015.

Guidelines

• Results will be announced on June 15th, 2015.
• AWARDS(Given for each Bi-Annual competition) Winners may send a picture or video of themselves reading the essay. We recommend sending a video clip of your reading for favorable consideration. (up to 15 minutes)
• The winning essay entries will be published on VCIL website after the winners have been announced for each competition. Other entries may also be published under a separate banner if deemed relevant to International Law. The participant is free to publish it elsewhere also.
• Submissions should be sent as soft copies uploaded to the website(requires authenticated email id and registering a userid/pw on the website) in .doc or .docx format only. The essay text can also be pasted directly into an essay content field which can be done by any registered user of the website.
• The deadline for submissions is 30th May 2015 (12 noon) and 30th November, 2015 for each respective competition.
• The essay should be preceded by an abstract.
• The length of the essay should be between 5000 and 7500 words including footnotes. All submissions should adhere to the following requirements:

# Font Times New Roman

# Font Size 12

# Line Spacing 1.5

# Footnote Font Size 10

# Footnote Spacing (within footnotes) 1.0

• Any clarifications should be sent with the title “Essay Competition Query” to webadmin@publicinternationallaw.in.
• Joint submissions are not permitted.
• The competition is open to any post-graduate student of International Law anywhere in the world. The winners will have to submit proof of enrollment and transcripts of their post-graduate work.
• The author should give an undertaking that the essay sent for the competition has not been submitted for any other competition or publication.
• The marking criteria for the entries shall be as follows:

# Originality and insights on the subject

# Quality of research

# Structure and Clarity and Potential for Problem Solving

# Quality of endorsement by a Professor of International Law.

• Please provide these details on a separate page and not in the text of the essay:  (A new submission form will be created shortly to allow this information to be entered online).

1. Name
2. Age
3. Address
4. E-mail
5. Details of a Professor of International Law who is endorsing your essay. We recommend you only seek endorsements of faculty from your own university.  A signed document or direct email with details will be required from the professor on the essay submitted.  This information should be directly verifiable with contact details.
6. Relevant documents pertaining to your post-graduate admission in International Law.

Inquiries

EMAIL YOUR questions/submissions to webadmin@publicinternationallaw.in

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