Competitions and Courses

Prize:

• First place: P20,000.00

• Second place: P10,000.00

• Third place: P5,000.00

  Top three papers will also be published in Sports Law ILC’s Sports Law Research Hub.

Submission Guidelines and Mechanics

All submissions must be novel, original, and unpublished student work that has been produced or updated after 01 January 2024. Such works could be papers written for a law school course or unpublished Juris Doctor theses.  Submissions to the Sports Law ILC Student Writing Competition be submitted to any other competition (this includes any past competitions as well), and cannot be submitted for publication consideration to any publication until the review process is complete for this competition.

Submissions to this inaugural competition may focus on any Philippine sports law issue, provided the submission is novel, original, and unpublished.

To join the competition, submit a short e-mail letter of intent with your proposed topic with a brief abstract or write-up to imdingles@ilclaw.com.ph on or before 15 March 2024. To prevent duplication of topics with previous publications and to determine whether the topic is indeed novel and original, the Sports Law ILC Board will need to approve proposed paper topics. Participants will receive an e-mail regarding their proposed paper topic (and whether it has been approved or requires modifications) by 21 March 2024.

Submissions must in .doc/.docx format and must be e-mailed to imdingles@ilclaw.com.ph on or before 15 June 2024. Final submissions must be at a minimum 6,000 words and a maximum of 15,000 words, excluding footnotes and citations. All submissions must follow the Blue Book format of citations.

Authors warrant that their respective submissions are novel, original, and unpublished and have not been plagiarized in any manner. The Sports Law ILC Board reserves the right to remove any participants who violate the guidelines and mechanics.

Review Process

All submissions will be reviewed by the Sports Law ILC Board along with a Batas Sportiva editor. The submissions will be reviewed on the basis of its substance and content, writing style, form and presentation, and novelty.  The winners of the competition will be notified by e-mail and also announced via social media and on the Sports Law ILC Webpage.

Previous Winners

2023