Center for International & Comparative Law

Call for Applications

February 8-10, 2024 (and January 11 online session)
Washington, D.C.

Duke Law School is accepting applications for the 2024 Salzburg Lloyd N. Cutler Fellows Program in International Law. Up to four 2L and 3L and LLM students will be selected to participate. The Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program brings together students from 14 of the nation’s top law schools with leading academics, judges, and practitioners in the fields of private and public international law. The program examines the most critical issues shaping today’s international law agenda and creates a network of men and women interested in careers in international practice and public service. Cutler Fellows are also invited to apply for scholarships to attend seminars in Salzburg, Austria, on topics relevant to their papers and professional interests.

At the heart of the program is the preparation by each Fellow of a paper, to be submitted in a 5-8 page executive-summary form by January 25, 2024, for review by the other participants and a group of outstanding law professors, judges and practitioners.

The program includes a virtual session on January 11, and the remainder of the program will be in-person in Washington, D.C., from February 8-10, where fellows will present and workshop their papers in a small group. The weekend's events will include lectures delivered by renowned speakers, mentoring, and networking programs.  More information available as plans are finalized.

What Is the Cost?

Duke Law will subsidize the cost of transportation and up to two nights of accommodation in Washington, D.C. Meals will be provided by the Salzburg Global Seminar.

Who Can Apply? 

The program is open to 2L, 3L and LLM students only. Students with strong international experience and/or backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. A maximum of four students will be accepted.

How Do I Apply?

Please submit the following documents to Bonnie Blundell (bonnie.blundell@law.duke.edu) by Monday, November 6, 2023 at 12:00 noon:

1. Cover letter explaining your background and interest in the Cutler Fellows Program
2. Unofficial transcript
3. Resume or CV
4. One-page abstract describing the research topic/paper you would wish to present during the breakout sessions of the Cutler Fellows Seminar. Abstracts should outline an issue or question in international law that will be developed into a research paper, journal note, or other publication. Abstracts should generally fit in one of these major areas: i) humanitarian law, human rights, and use of force; ii) international economic, investment, and monetary law; iii) international trade, anti-corruption, and antitrust; iv) international institutions and international relations; and v) rule of law and comparative constitutionalism. Students are encouraged to submit abstracts based on articles or papers in development for other purposes, such as a seminar, independent study, law journal.

Questions? Please contact Bonnie Blundell at bonnie.blundell@law.duke.edu.

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