27 November - 1 December 2023 - The Academy in Advanced Legal Research and Method (virtual)
Convened by the Transnational Association of Legal Scholars
Call for Applications
27 November - 1 December, Live Online
Applications due on 28 July 2023
Participants advised by 17 August 2023
The Transnational Association of Legal Scholars (TALS) is a group of legal scholars established in 2023, experienced in research, supervision, and interested in the conduct and method of research in law.
This year, the LPGCIL will auspice and host the inaugural virtual TALS Academy for research training and method in law. Our goal is to provide a short period of intensive training to a carefully selected group of 16 graduate students and early career legal researchers in the legal academic activities of research writing, careful reading, and effective academic communication. The focus will be on method, practical training and the cultivation of an ethos, rather than on providing schematic and critical overviews of different theories and approaches that currently constitute the field of legal research. Studying the membership of TALS will give applicants a sense of the general orientation of the Faculty. The workshop will be wholly online, and live (meaning synchronous, not recorded).
Dates and Times
The virtual workshop will run during the week of 27 November - 1 December 2023 (Australian dates). Over that week, it will run for 16-18 hours. The final schedule will be determined after selection, and based on the location of participants and faculty. The Program will be available in a timely manner and participants are expected to attend the full program.
Faculty
Core faculty will be drawn from the membership of the Transnational Association of Legal Scholars.
The Program
The workshop will comprise four components:
Writing Lab in which participants will give and receive feedback on each other’s work, and receive individual feedback from faculty, and general feedback from a select group of participants.
Skills presentations on academic craft and skills, delivered by faculty.
Surgeries in which faculty members will work with small groups of participants to talk with them about their individual questions about craft, research, careers and cognate matters.
Design Lab sessions conducted through sustained engagement with the basic architecture and design of a particular work in progress of a faculty member, and through it, a specific field of law. The Design Lab sessions will act as a companion exercise to the Writing Lab for the participants. In 2023, this will have a particular focus on Global Corporations and International Law.
The virtual workshop will be conducted over 4 days and have a daily duration of 4 - 4 ½ hours (with a short general virtual catch-up/mixing organised for the end of each day). That means participants must commit to 16 -18 hours in total over the week. Partial attendance is not permitted. Participants must also ensure that they have the necessary access to internet facilities in place before the workshop.
Available Expertise
The Academy will draw upon the expertise and interests of TALS.This expertise includes several years of research mentoring, organising, and participating in research writing workshops, organising reading groups to develop student reading skills, and important contributions towards influencing/forming the practical engagements with research methods in the international legal field.
Fees & Scholarships
A large number of scholarships are available which will fully cover the workshop fee. Scholarship recipients will be asked to undertake one or two tasks after the workshop. These tasks will involve sharing the techniques learned with their peers at home, and reporting back to the Academy. Without a scholarship, the full fee for attendance at the Virtual Academy is $1000 AUD. We encourage PhD students based in the Global North to ask if their institution can cover all or part of their fees. Anyone who wishes to be considered for a scholarship may select the relevant box in the application form. All participants, including scholarship recipients, are expected to attend the whole workshop and must commit to doing so as part of the application.
Application Process
To apply, please fill in this form. The form asks for a document which includes:
- 250 words on why you want to attend the Academy
- a short CV (maximum 3 pages)
- name and contact details for one academic referee
- If you would like to be considered for a full or partial scholarship, up to 350 words on your funding situation and why you would like to be considered for a scholarship and one or two ideas on how you might carry forward the ethos of the workshop to your scholarly community
Preference will be given to legal scholars and doctoral students based in Universities in the Global South.