Centro de Estudios Garrigues invites participants to write an original and innovative paper, from any legal perspective, with a focus on law, digital business, and technology.
Centro de Estudios Garrigues was founded in 1994 with the aim of carrying out legal training, education, and research activities, as well as promoting innovation and critical thinking among its students.
It is with this goal in mind that Centro de Estudio Garrigues is holding the fourth edition of the Legal Tech Award, a legal research competition that seeks to tap into the participants’ energy, creativity, and enthusiasm to showcase their talents and foster intellectual growth in the field of law.
The essay format promotes dynamic communication between the author and the reader. Additionally, it gives the writer the freedom to address both a specialised and a non-specialised audience. Each participant will be able to adopt their own approach. This freedom promotes greater originality, scientific quality, and relevance to the field of research.
Centro de Estudios Garrigues invites participants to write an original and innovative paper, from any legal perspective, with a focus on law, digital business, and technology.
Graduate students, lawyers, legal advisers and other legal practitioners (notaries, registrars, judges, or public prosecutors), auditors, tax advisers, and other professionals wishing to expand their knowledge of the digital ecosystem.
The Legal Tech Award is aimed at anyone interested in studying digital technologies and applying them to legal matters. Specifically, it is aimed at graduate students, lawyers, legal advisers and other legal practitioners (notaries, registrars, judges, or public prosecutors), auditors, tax advisers, and other professionals wishing to expand their knowledge of the digital ecosystem.
This competition is ideally suited to put into practice the knowledge acquired during legal training or professional practice — not only theoretical-practical expertise (legal technique), but also expertise in other cross-disciplinary skills that are essential for professional development. Accordingly, the student/author must put their written communication skills into practice and succeed in reaching the reader.
Topic
This edition of the Legal Tech Award focuses on realities or challenges related to law, economics, digital business, and technology. Using this topic as a starting point, the goal is to encourage the participants’ creativity, without imposing any kind of restriction as to their approach. The creativity and originality of the paper will be one of the most important aspects assessed by the jury.
Participants may choose any legal subject related to what is described above and analyse it in this paper, formulating and presenting a critical opinion on the subject.
Object
The object of the Legal Tech Award is the creation of a new and original single-authored paper (not co-authored), which may be approached from any legal perspective, based on the main topic described in the previous section (law, economics, digital business, and technology).
Registration
Students interested in participating in this competition must complete the registration form on this website, at https://www.centrogarrigues.com/. The application deadline is 5 July 2024. There is no financial cost associated with registration.
After the duly filled-in application is received, an email will be sent to the applicant, confirming their registration and participation in the Legal Tech Award. Applicants who do not receive a confirmation email should assume that their application has been rejected.
Style guidelines
The paper must be written in Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing, justified. The document may not exceed 15 pages in length, excluding notes and/or bibliographical references, which must be cited at the end.
Any bibliographical references that may be of interest due to their relevance to the study of the suggested topic (manuals, monographs, scientific articles, regulations, jurisprudence, etc.) must be correctly identified and cited in APA style.
The paper must include a cover page, containing:
Submission of the final version of the paper
The paper must be submitted by email to Miriam Monjas (miriam.monjas@centrogarrigues.com ) no later than 7 p.m. (CET) on 6 September 2024 and in accordance with the following guidelines:
The jury’s decision will be final. Any prize may be declared void if the jury considers that the submissions fail to meet the minimum criteria for the prize to be awarded.
Every participant will receive a certificate of participation in the competition.
These scholarships are only available for the 2024/25 academic year and are not cumulative with other scholarships, prizes, or grants awarded by Centro de Estudios Garrigues. Prize-winners must provide proof, at the time of their admission to the master’s degree, that they meet the academic or professional requirements.
The jury will reach a decision no later than 13 September 2024. The winners will be announced on the Centro de Estudios Garrigues website and its official social media.
Transfer of intellectual property rights to Centro de Estudios Garrigues
Guarantees
The personal data of participants in the Legal Tech Award will be processed in accordance with the information provided in the registration forms and other specific documents containing information or consent to process the data in connection with the award. Participants must expressly authorise Centro de Estudios Garrigues to use their names and image for the sole purpose of promoting the award and publishing the submissions.
Submission of a paper to this competition constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions.
See the terms and conditions for the 2024 edition.