Baxter Family Competition on Federalism at McGill University 2025

Baxter Family Competition on Federalism at McGill University 2025

The Baxter Family Competition on Federalism at McGill University 2025 invites law and political science students and early-career practitioners to submit original research on federalism. This competition is designed to foster informed debate and improve research quality among participants from around the globe.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be undergraduate or graduate students, junior scholars, lawyers, or practitioners with five years of working experience or less, from anywhere around the world. To be eligible, authors must belong to one of the following categories: be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in law or political science; hold a law or political science degree obtained after February 7th, 2020; or have been admitted to the Bar after February 7th, 2020. Papers may be co-authored, provided each author is eligible.

Submission Criteria

• Essays must be written in English or French.
• Submissions must not exceed 8,000 words in English or 8,800 words in French.
• Essays should use a 12-point font, 2.5 side margins, and be double-spaced.
• Each essay must include a title, the author's name and contact information, an eligibility statement, and a 200-word abstract.
• Submissions must be in Word format.

Value and Benefits

• Prizes range from CAD 1,000 to CAD 5,000.
• Winners have the opportunity to present their research at the Baxter Family Symposium on Federalism held in Montréal in Spring 2025.

To apply, visit the official Baxter Family Competition on Federalism application page.