The Singapore Law Review is proud to present the Shortlist for the International Writing Symposium 2008. Overall we received many entries, many of which were fascinating in their own right and reflected the international nature of the competition. We were very much encouraged despite the fact that this is the inaugural competition. Even so, this caused the Shortlist judges some difficulty in selecting the best. Nevertheless, listed below (in no particular order) will be presenting their essays in the National University of Singapore from 25 to 26 August 2008.

• Emmi Okada (University of Sydney, Australia) “The Indigenous, the Imperial and the International: A Contextual Comparison of Laws Concerning the Ainu of Japan and Australian Aborigines”
• Attaran, Naghmeh (McGill University, Canada) “THE STRUGGLE FOR ACCESS TO ALTERNATE BOOK FORMATS BY PRINT-DISABLED STUDENTS”
• Greg Miller (University of Western Ontario, Canada) “Can a Corporation Sue for Discrimination?”
• Shruti Viswanathan (National Law School of India University, India) “Anti-discriminatory Laws: Rationale, Objectives and Functioning - A Comparison of Indian and Brazilian Laws”
• Shatadru Chakraborty (NALSAR University of Law, India) “DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WORKERS UNDER THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES ACT, 2005 – A HINDRANCE TO INDIA’S DEVELOPMENT”
• Anjana Agarwal (National Law School of India University, India) “FAMILY PLANNING POLICIES AND RESULTANT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE GIRL CHILD – A STUDY OF INDIA AND CHINA”
• James Little (University of Auckland, New Zealand) “Religious Freedom as Freedom from Discrimination”
• Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo (University of the Philippines, Philippines) “GIVING LIFE TO THE RIGHT TO NOT CONCEIVE: What the Law and Society in the Philippines Must Do for Its Women”
• Sim Shi Qiang, Amardeep Singh (NUS, Singapore) “DISCRIMINATION: HELP OR HINDRANCE? – LISTENING TO THE BATTERED WOMAN’S SILENT SCREAMS”
• DHANDA Jujhar (University of Glasgow/ on exchange in University of Hong Kong, UK/HK) “Sexual Orientation & Genuine Occupational Requirements”

We will be featuring our IWS Shortlisted Entries in this website in the run up to the Symposium and more details as to how you can participate are on the way! Shortlisted essays stand to take home the top prize of USD$3,000 and more, so we will be wishing our finalist best of luck!

The SLR IWS is organised by the Singapore Law Review and is proudly supported by the National University of Singapore Law Faculty, the Singapore Academy of Law and TS Oon and Bazul.

Dear all Contestants,

The deadline for submissions for the Singapore Law Review International Writing and Symposium has passed. Thank you all for your support throughout these months, and we wish you good luck on making it to the shortlist.

We will be announcing the results of our selection for the Symposium in late August soon, so please do check back at this website.

The Singapore Law Review

One more week left to the Deadline! Are your entries ready for submission? For those preparing to hand it to iws@singaporelawreview.org, this checklist could help you out with preparing that submission.

• Grab the IWS Entry Form and fill it up with your particulars. Are you writing as a team, send us a note to confirm your team’s participation: http://iws.singaporelawreview.org/contact-us/.
• Does you entry qualify? Take a quick look at the Question and note the word-limits. Take a fast look at the House Style (Rules and Regulation, s. 26) so we won’t look at your entry unfavourably.
• Have you got your essay seconded by someone in your faculty?  (Rules and Regulation, s. 8 ) It’s also in the Entry Form.
• Send one Electronic Copy of the Essay (in DOC or RTF format) and the entry form in one email to this address: iws@singaporelawreview.org.
• Sent it already? Make sure you receive a confirmation from us within 24 hours of your submission! If not, send us an email or contact us, and we’ll sort it out as soon as possible.
• We will contact short listed participants around the 20th of July.

Good luck on the last leg of the Writing Competition and we’ll hope we can welcome you for the Symposium on 25-26 August 2008!

*Note: there are some queries regarding a clash of the rules regarding whether autobiographical information (entrant’ name, school, id etc) should appear in the entry. We will appreciate if no information will appear in the entry. Thanks!

After months of hard work and preparation, the Singapore Law Review International Writing Symposium is now launched, starting with the first stage of the event, the submission of essays. We invite undergraduates from all around the world to submit their essays on this year’s topic for their chance to win the top prize of USD 3000 and others. Deadline for submission is 10 July 2008, so don’t procrastinate! Start early and show the world your stuff! Read more