Some of the top law faculty in the US offer law students advice on how to make their argument more effective and how to successfully get their papers accepted by journals across the world

On Saturday, February 26 and March 3, the Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program continued with back-to-back Paper Workshops. 13 Law School Professors and 50 Law School students were split into seven groups to discuss their papers and receive feedback from not only their peers, but from professors at the other leading legal institutions in the country. Paper groups met for three hours on each Saturday and each student received approximately 40 minutes of attention. This year, Fellows’ papers covered a variety of topics, such as War, Human Rights, Trade, and Climate, amongst others. 

“The Cutler Fellows Program was one of its kind, bringing young scholars in the international law space to elaborate on cutting-edge research topics. (…) I appreciate the opportunity to be connected to a brilliant cohort of future international lawyers who share an interest in China and Asia-Pacific-focused research, and the valuable experience of having peer-to-peer feedback will really help take our projects to the next level”, said Boguang Yang, law student at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program is a program for students from the top 14 US law schools who intend to pursue careers in international law, legal practice, and public service. The Program identifies and empowers outstanding talents, fosters leadership skills, and builds lasting collaborative networks within the legal and public service sectors.

Through these Paper Workshops, Fellows contributed to a decade’s worth of intellectual publications and hope to follow the footsteps of former Fellows, such as Nathan Yaffe, who saw his paper “Indigenous Consent: A Self-Determination Perspective” published in the Melbourne Journal of International Law, based on an earlier draft he had workshopped with other Fellows and expert faculty at the 2017 Cutler Fellows Program.

“Being a Salzburg Cutler Fellow has been a life-changing opportunity in many ways. First, it has given me the chance to present my research before experts in international law, human rights and comparative law, and I believe that the comments and advice that I received from them will certainly bolster the quality of my own scholarship. Secondly, it has considerably strengthened my network, something that will surely prove crucial as I look further to develop my career”, reflected Cristian Eyzaguirre, from Stanford University.  

To find out more about the Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program, check out our program page.