UCD Sutherland School of Law 8th Annual Postgraduate Workshop

02/03/2014

Many thanks to all the submissions we have recieved. We will be contacting applicants in early March.

01/03/2014

Today is the last day for submission! Good luck to all those submitting.

26/02/2014

There's just a few days left to our March 1st deadline. At this point, all submissions have had a response, so if you think you've submitted but heard nothing back, please re-submit!

17/02/2014

DEADLINE EXTENSION:

Our new deadline is March 1st, 2014.

Criteria is still the same- just a 400 word abstract, 3-5 keywords, and a 100 word biography to [email protected].

Those who have submitted may resubmit if they so desire, but please make certain you state that it is a resubmission

14/02/2014

We've had a number of questions about how to submit. Simply send a 400 word abstract, 3-5 keywords, and a 100 word biography to [email protected].
Deadline is tomorrow!

12/02/2014

We are happy to confirm that Clarus Press will be providing prizes for the Best Presentation and Best Paper! Many thanks to Clarus Press for their support.

Clarus Press is a legal publishing house and publishes a range of law books and journals designed for both Irish and EU legal practitioners, academics and students.

11/02/2014

Have questions on our submission requirements? We can be contacted at [email protected]

14/12/2013

Call for Papers: The 8th Annual Postgraduate Workshop

World Trade Organisation in Legal Context: Challenges of the Past and Prospects for the Future

UCD Sutherland School of Law is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Postgraduate Workshop which will be held on Friday 23rd of May 2014 in Dublin, Ireland. Papers are invited from PhD researchers on topics which fall within the broad theme of “World Trade Organisation in Legal Context: Challenges of the Past and Prospects for the Future”.

The idea behind this event is to bring together early and senior career scholars researching on international commercial law, intellectual property, regulatory governance and other related fields to provide them with a platform for innovative thinking about current legal issues, and to receive useful feedback about their work. We will particularly welcome submissions displaying a high level of originality, independent thinking and creativity in legal research.

Topics of Investigation:

We encourage all participants to interpret the relationship between law and trade broadly, and we invite papers that explore a wide range of issues, including:

- WTO and regional actors (such as EU and China)
- Regulatory governance in the context of WTO (including food safety)
- WTO Dispute settlement
- Trade remedy measures and WTO rules
- Non-tariff barriers and WTO rules
- Intellectual property rights (including access to medicines and protection of genetic resources and traditional knowledge)
- Relationship between WTO and other international instruments
- Technology transfer
- Role of exemptions in WTO case law
- Competition law and the WTO ) including cartels studies(
- Copyright and technology challenges


Keynote Speaker

We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for this year’s Workshop will be Mr Peter Sutherland S.C., Former Director-General of the World Trade Organization.


Abstract Submissions

PhD students interested in presenting a paper at the Workshop are asked to submit an abstract of no more than 450 words and 3-5 keywords to [email protected], together with a short biographical note (up to 100 words). The deadline for submitting abstracts is 15th of February 2014. Selected participants will be notified by early March.


Chance of Publication

The Organising Committee intend to consider the publication of a selection of presented papers of high quality in a book.


The Organising Committee
the 8th Annual Postgraduate Workshop
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“World Trade Organisation in Legal Context: Challenges of the Past and Prospects for the Future”
23rd May 2014, Dublin

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