Young lawyers now have a unique chance to compete for the prestigious European Law Institute (ELI) Young Lawyers Award! This opportunity is available thanks to the Ukrainian Bar Association’s membership in ELI, established in August 2024. 

Founded in 2016, the ELI Young Lawyers Award aims to give voice to young lawyers while fulfilling ELI’s core mission of improving the quality of law in Europe.

To participate, candidates must submit a previously unpublished paper by 30 April 2025 that offers practical suggestions on a pressing European legal issue.

In addition to an extract of the winning paper being published in the ELI Newsletter and on its website, best efforts will be made to publish the paper in UNIDROIT’s Uniform Law Review, an Oxford University Press journal.

The winner will also be invited to present their paper at the 2025 ELI Annual Conference in Vienna, they will be awarded a cash prize of EUR 1,000, in addition to travel expenses of up to EUR 500 being covered, and will be given 5 years of complementary ELI membership. Finally, the winner can elect to embark on a paid internship (of up to 3 month) at a law firm affiliated with Interleges, the sponsor of the award.

For more details on the award and submission guidelines, follow this link.

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