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The ASLP Essay Competition is designed to encourage original research and writing in legal theory and philosophy of law by early career scholars around the world. The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of AU$1,000, plus a contribution of up to AU$500 towards the cost of attendance at the Society’s annual conference to present the essay as a paper.
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The competition is open to students currently enrolled in a postgraduate degree program (Master or Doctoral) in any discipline. Graduates in one discipline reading for a first degree in a different discipline (such as a Juris Doctor) are not eligible.
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Submissions may be on any topic in legal theory or the philosophy of law. Essays must be in English and not exceed 15,000 words (including notes, references, headings, etc).
It is a condition of being awarded the ASLP Essay Prize that the winning essay be submitted for publication in the next issue of the Journal of Legal Philosophy . Note that the essay will still need to go through the review process and that publication is not guaranteed.
Submissions for the 2023 Competition closed on 31 December 2023. The winner was Levin Güver (University College London), whose entry was entitled "Untangling the Gordian Know of Motive". Submissions for the 2024 Competition will open later in the year.
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ILS Essay Competition Winner Announced
15 december 2021.
The International Law Section (ILS), through its South Pacific Issues Committee, has instigated the holding of an essay competition to promote and encourage studies in international law with a particular focus on the South Pacific region, and with a view to promoting the calibre of lawyers and international legal research in the South Pacific. The winner was announced at the ILS AGM, on 6 December 2021.
The winning entry analysed the constitutional complexities involved in the requirement for ratification by the PNG government of Bougainville’s overwhelming referendum result in favour of regional autonomy. The judges were impressed by the originality of the author’s approach to the subject, and the clarity with which complicated and intertwined issues were addressed.
The essay succinctly navigated and explained the converging issues of international treaty obligations, human rights, cultural identity, self-determination, constitutional law and conflict resolution. In this process, the essay touched upon history, politics, mining rights, the environment and civil conflict, and also made reference to the role of women as agents for peace.
The essay contained recommendations for advancing and resolving the issues, including the role which can be played by Australia and the United Nations.
2021 Winner - Elizabeth Tomscoll
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It’s been hailed by his teachers as an “incredible” achievement. Shore student Aaron Rucinski – 16 and in year 10 at the time – has been unveiled as the winner of the 2021 Harvard Undergraduate Law Review essay contest.
While Aaron had won several school and domestic prizes, his history teacher Luis Siddall said “to win a prize in the USA in an international area, that’s a high honour and he should be very proud of what he’s achieved there”.
Aaron Rucinski, winner of the Harvard Undergraduate Law Review essay competition, at school at Shore. Credit: Flavio Brancaleone
The contest has been run annually since 2006 by Harvard for high school students to encourage a greater understanding of the law. Last year was the first time the contest was open internationally, with entries arriving from 42 schools. Aaron beat out John Chang, a year 12 student of Eton College in Britain, and Sienna Berreby, a year 11 student of École Jeannine Manuel, Paris.
“It was the first time I entered a competition like this, especially an international competition,” Aaron, of Paddington, told the Herald . “I was very surprised to win. Being in year 10, I wasn’t too sure if I’d win, but it was great news.”
Aaron came to know about the contest through a friend. “It was about two weeks before it was due. One of my friends told me … they knew I was interested in law. I loved the topic “Law in a Politicised World”; I found it really interesting,” he said.
Within two weeks, Aaron had picked his topic and constructed the prize-winning essay, titled “ Gerrymandering and its Meandering of our Democratic Ideals ”. His essay began: “There is no greater threat to America’s democracy than when the voters lack confidence in their political and legislative system.”
Aaron said he underwent “a lot of preliminary planning”, and “gathered [his] thoughts”.
“I landed on gerrymandering. I learnt about it first in debating,” he said.
“I think racial gerrymandering, where the different political parties in America were trying to cut out and minimise the voting process of minority groups in America, was really interesting.” He is passionate about “minority groups have[ing] their voices heard”.
His participation in public speaking and debating contributed to Aaron’s understanding of the judicial and legislative systems.
“I think the main focus of the essay was talking about the role of the judicial system in America,” he said. “I broke it up into the two gerrymandering that we see: racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering.
“Every single person has the same value for their vote; that people aren’t just marginalised for where they live or how they live. I think that every single person should have the same voting power if they choose to vote.”
Dr Siddall taught Aaron for four years and described his work ethic as “first-rate”. He admires Aaron for submitting himself for the contest in what he described as a “combination of intellectual adventure and intellectual integrity that has come together nicely for him”.
Aaron is now in year 11 and focusing on the HSC. He found that the experience allowed him to “look beyond Australia for university” as well as “maybe pursuing a degree in law”.
“At this point law is up there, and politics and economics,” Aaron said.
“I think it [the legislative and judicial system] has a really meaningful impact on society.”
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The BSANZ Medical Student Reflective Essay Competition
The balint society of australia and new zealand has announced the winners from the 2023 medical student reflective essay competition..
There were a record 89 entries this year, with a very high standard of writing covering a wide range of topics. After several rounds of reviewing, the reviewers are pleased to announce the top 12 essays as listed in the table below.
Congratulations to Megan Torpey and Taneka Tezak who received The Lawrence Gilbert Memorial Prizes. Runners up were Geetika Malhotra, Alisha Sethi, Dikshya Parajuli and Tuyen Pham. Links to all these essays will be listed in due course.
Our thanks go to the local and international group of essay reviewers who did an amazing job this year.
| Megan Torpey | Its OK Gary I’ll listen to you | University of New South Wales |
| Taneka Tezak | Griffith University | |
| Geetika Malhotra | Monash University | |
| Alisha Sethi | A Difficult Patient | University of Sydney |
| Dikshya Parajuli | As much an Art as it is a Science | University of Otago |
| Tuyen Pham | An Unexpected Friend | Monash University |
| Tamarangi Keerthipala | Our Bridge to Marta | University of Adelaide |
| Zayn Al-Timimi | Beneath the Surface | University of New South Wales |
| Madi Randall | He Tangata | University of Auckland |
| Samuel Verschaffelt | Life, Death and Football | University of Otago |
| Elise Drum | I’m just the medical student | University of New South Wales |
| Eleanor Andrew | Where do I fit in? | University of Western Australia |
Results and essays from previous competitions can also be accessed through the links listed below.
Essay requirements for the next competition in 2025 are listed as well, with a submission date expected to be in July 2025. We look forward to hearing from you then.
Hamish Wilson (Dunedin, NZ) and Alexa Gilbert-Obrart (Sydney Australia) Conveners on behalf of the BSANZ
2025 Essay Requirements for Medical Student Writing Prize
Medical Student Writing Prize 2021 Results
There were 45 entries in 2021, with a very high standard of writing. Congratulations to Madison Booth and Stephanie Lee who received The Lawrence Gilbert Memorial Prizes.
We would like to congratulate all the students for their perceptive essays about their interactions with significant patients, as well as for their insights about the nature of clinical training and medical practice. Four essays from the 2021 competition were published in medical journals (Journal of Primary Health Care (NZ) and The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine (US)).
Many thanks to students and our reviewers who have made this essay competition such a success.
Alexa Gilbert-Obrart and Hamish Wilson On behalf of the BSANZ.
Winning essays from 2021
Too Momentous for Words , by Madison Booth (University of Queensland)
Beyond the Medical , by Stephanie Lee (Bond University)
An unexpected journey , by Thomas Swinburn (Auckland Medical School)
Homecoming , by Rebecca Gandhi (Auckland Medical School)
Further information about past winners of the Medical Student Reflective Essay Competition is available here.
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2021 yale law journal student-essay competition.
The Essays in this Collection won the fifth annual Yale Law Journal Student Essay Competition on emerging issues in employment and labor law. In Solidarity, Legitimacy, and the Janus Double Bind , J. Colin Bradley analyzes labor organizing and civic trust. In Unemployment Insurance for the Gig Economy , Benjamin Della Rocca proposes extending unemployment benefits to gig-economy workers.
Solidarity, Legitimacy, and the Janus Double Bind
Janus ’s failure to recognize a state interest in labor organizing contained a twofold mistake. Organizing develops a culture of civic trust. In turn, civic trust is necessary for citizens to accept the sorts of accommodations raised by conscience-based exemptions claims—like Janus’s—that the state m…
Unemployment Insurance for the Gig Economy
Historically, U.S. unemployment insurance has excluded workers lying outside the conventional employer/employee binary. That should change. This Essay argues for extending benefits to gig-economy workers, via structures fashioned after states’ existing unemployment programs. It grounds its argument …
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