Events and Announcements: January 13, 2013

Calls for Papers

• Applications are due this week on January 15 for a workshop on European and transnational rulemaking in Amsterdam between July 1-5, 2013. More information can be found here.
• The Committee of Non-State Actors of the International Law Association (ILA), The Institute
  for Transborder Studies (ITS) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the Leuven Centre for
  Global Governance Studies, Oxford Brookes University, in collaboration with the ILA-
  Canada, the Flemish Scientific Research Fund (FWO, ‘the network’), and the Canadian Bar Association – British Columbia Branch invite papers on the responsibilities of non-state actors in international law for a conference in Vancouver on 27-28 June 2013. A paper abstract should be submitted by 10 February 2013. The organizers will get back to the author by 28 February 2013. Draft papers (5000 – 6000 words) should be submitted by 1 June 2013. More information, including contact details for the submission of the abstracts, is available here.
• The Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA) and Brooklyn Law School
  (BLS) are calling for submissions by students enrolled as a JD or LL.M student in a US law school, interested in customs or international trade law, for the Fifteenth Annual Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition.  Winning papers will be considered for publication in the Brooklyn Journal of International Law and cash prizes of $500 and $1000 are awarded to the top two papers. Details on the paper requirements and the judging criteria can be found here.