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To support the next generation ofsocio-legal scholars studying topics related to Asia, the Asian Journal of Lawand Society (AsianJLS) and the Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA) havejointly established an annual competition for the best paper in the field oflaw and society written by a graduate student.
1. Eligibility
To be eligible for thiscompetition, a paper must meet the following criteria.
A. Theauthor is a candidate/student enrolled in a postgraduate degree program in law,social sciences, or other related disciplines in an institution of highereducation at the time of submission;
B. Fora co-authored paper, all authors must comply with item A above;
C. Thepaper was written and completed during the author’s/authors’ candidature in theabove-mentioned postgraduate program;
D. Thepaper must be written in English;
E. Thepaper should be on a topic related to law and society in Asia, but excellentpapers on socio-legal theory, method, or comparative topics between Asia andother regions will also be considered.
2. Submissionprocedure
Send submissions to as a MicrosoftWord document to [email protected]. In the submissionemail, please include “AJLS-ALSA 2025 Competition” in the email subject line,and indicate that (1) you intend to be considered in the competition, (2) youare currently a student in a postgraduate program, and (3) you have notsubmitted your article to the AsianJLS or any other journals for publication.Submissions are limited to one paper per student. Submissions must include atitle page with the author’s institutional affiliation, mailing address, emailaddress, an abstract of no more than 200 words, and a word count of the paper.The total length of submissions, including footnotes and references, must notexceed 10,000 words.
3. Deadlinefor submission
11:59 PM, 31 July 2025 (Shanghaitime, GMT+8)
4. Announcementof results
Around mid to late September2025.
5. Awardceremony
An award ceremony will be held atthe closing session of the 2025 ALSA Annual Meeting on 13 December2025 at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia.
6. Awardbenefits
The Winner paper will be publishedin the AsianJLS after revisions. If there is any Honorable Mention paper, thepaper will be invited for submission to the AsianJLS (with no guarantee ofpublication). The Winner recipient will receive a cash prize of U$150 from ALSAand U$150 worth of book vouchers provided by the China Institute forSocio-Legal Studies (CISLS), Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Winner andHonorable Mention recipients will receive free ALSA membership for the twocalendar years of 2026 and 2027. They will also be provided theopportunity to work at CISLS either as student Research Associate or asPostdoctoral Fellow.
The2025 AsianJLS-ALSA Graduate Student Paper Competition
Seletion Committee Members
Prof.Shitong Qiao
LawSchool of Duke University (Chair)
Prof.Shen Wei
KoGuan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity
Prof.Matthias Vanhullebusch
Facultyof Law, Hasselt University
Prof.Takeshi Akiba
School of International Liberal Studies, WasedaUniversity
Speciallyinvited reviewer: Prize Winner 2024 Xinyi Ma (Peking University Law School)
AJLS Website：
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/asian-journal-of-law-and-society
Author Instructions：
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/asian-journal-of-law-and-society/information/author-instructions/preparing-your-materials
CompetitionAnnouncement：
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/asian-journal-of-law-and-society/announcements/prizes-and-awards/asianjls-alsa-graduate-student-paper-competition
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