The International Law Section of the State Bar of California invites papers for possible publication in The California International Law Journal. The papers may be on any subject that would be of interest to an international law practitioner. Any student currently enrolled in, or a 2008 graduate of, an accredited law school in a J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D and S.J.D. program may submit an article for consideration.

All winning articles will be submitted for publication to The California International Law Journal.

The paper should be the original work of the submitting student without substantial editorial input from others. The article should not be a "law review" article. No article submitted may have been previously published in any journal or periodical.

Articles must be in English, be in Word or WordPerfect format, shall be between 5,000 and 20,000 words. Entries must be printable on 8 ½" x 11" paper with one-inch margins, double-spaced typed text and with all citations as endnotes, not footnotes. All citations should be in either Bluebook or California Style Manual format.

• California Bar: International Law Section Law Student Writing Competition
• State Bar of California (aka California Bar Association)
• The California International Law Journal, official publication of the State Bar of California International Law Section