Call for applications

CALL FOR PROPOSALS - TALENT PROGRAMME
FIRST LAW STUDENTS WORLD CUP 2024

"Don't skate where the puck is,
but to where it arrives!"
(Wayne Gretzky)

Law is thought and action. The language in which it is written, who writes it and what it is
about, determines its subject matter, its purpose and its validity. It adapts to social
expectations, it shapes social processes, and in every word, every turn of phrase, there is the
intention it seeks to achieve, the force that makes it happen and the effect that makes it
happen.
Those who apply it also shape the law. Applied law also includes the thought of those who
use it every day. Do prominent legal professionals think differently about the law, and how
does the law evolve under their hands? What are the legal institutions that, even if hidden or
even spectacular, can make a major contribution to the country's competitiveness? What are
the competitive objectives that the emerging generation of lawyers considers important?
We invite the Hungarian university community to find out together: law students studying in
Hungarian and foreign PhD students studying in Hungary.
It is in the light of these considerations that the Alliance for Fundamental Rights Foundation
(hereinafter referred to as the Foundation), with the support of the Regulatory Authority for
Regulated Activities, launches its scientific research motivation programme.
The competition aims to identify and present innovative and effective legal institutions and
legal solutions that contribute to the country's economic growth and competitiveness.
Whether it's a specific Hungarian or foreign legal institution, legal regulatory background or
even legal technology, there is room for all proposals, ideas and analyses (whether in the form
of studies or podcasts) that promote and strengthen Hungary's competitiveness.
You can apply for:
- students of Hungarian and foreign law universities who have started their studies and
have not completed them by the application deadline (regardless of the subject and
type of studies)
The competition is also open to any student in active undergraduate or postgraduate study at a
foreign law school.

Deadline and how to apply:
Application deadline: 30 September 2024.
- electronically to info@lawworldcup.com for written material and in Microsoft
Word (.doc or .docx) or OpenDocument (.odt) format for papers;
- for podcasts, via a file-sharing service (e.g. mammut mail, dropbox)
Language of the application: english and/or hungarian
To apply, pre-registration is required at info@lawworldcup.com by 30 July 2024.
To register, please send the completed application form, including the consent form and
the title of the entry.
The documents to fill in are available at lawworldcup.com/.
Up until the day of the Awards Conference, applicants can upload supporting videos and talks
showcasing their legal-scientific communities, which will be rewarded separately.
The "Innovative Community" special prize is awarded by an international jury, based on
audience votes.
Other special professional prizes will be awarded by representatives of the organisations that
donated them.
Optional topics:
It is important that entries reflect the author's own views and suggestions on the topic under
consideration. Submissions in the form of podcasts are a summary of the legal institution to be
presented and the applicant's individual thoughts in a discussion format.
You can choose to work on any narrow issue within the fields of constitutional law, civil law,
administrative law, economics, legal theory, competition law and digitalisation and
competitiveness.
Food for thought: constitutional
law
• validity and scope of legal sources
• sovereignty theories
• The public law concept of Tripartitum
• The competitiveness dimensions of the
Constitution Civil law
• AI and privacy rights
• alternative dispute resolution
• company law and competitiveness
• application of the pacta sunt servanda principle
• civil law innovations to encourage
investment Administrative law
• tools for the modernisation of public administration
• the public interest in administrative law
• contracts of the administration
• customer-friendly public
administration Economics of law
• company financing, special forms of contract
• alternative investment vehicles
• ESG and legal awareness
• legal solutions to promote sustainability
Legal theory
• the 'nature of things' in a natural law philosophy of law approach
• the objective and subjective concepts of law
• Natural law schools
Competition law
• the changing definition of the market for online services
• the concept of fair competition (in the online space)
• data as a service
• monopolies and cartels in the digital age
Digitalisation and competitiveness
• 3D printing and intellectual property rights
• Data ownership and control: redefining privacy in the age of big data
• digital copyright
• Digital health legislation: balancing innovation, data protection and access
to healthcare
• online dispute resolution
• the legal challenge of using biometric authentication systems
 

Formal requirements:
for a study:
- entries must be between 30,000 and 50,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes)
- Papers should be submitted in Times New Roman font, 12 point font size (10 point
font size for footnotes, Chicago citation style), justified, single-spaced, with normal
margins;
- entries may be accompanied by annexes (pictures, tables, explanatory diagrams, etc.),
which do not count towards the length of the competition;
- a list of the literature used, not included in the scope, must be given at the end of the
application.
for podcasts:
- maximum duration 10-15 minutes;
- presenting your own value-creating ideas, exploring them in discussion.
Evaluation criteria, procedure and deadlines:
- the entries will be evaluated and selected by the invited International Scientific Jury
for the Awards Conference, where the applicant will present his/her entry.
15 minutes for written entries and 5-8 minutes for podcast entries
- applicants invited to the Awards Conference will be notified by 30 October 2024
- the Awards Conference will take place in November 2024
Members of the Scientific Committee are being recruited:
- the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
- University of Technology Sydney, Australia
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
- Maastricht University, The Netherlands
- University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Stanford University, USA

We encourage all law students to participate in the joint work for
Hungary's competitiveness!
Awards:
- Category winners: laptop
Special prizes:
- valuable reference books
- national and foreign journal subscriptions
- publication opportunities in national and international journals
- Andreko and Kinstellar Law Firm - Internship
- Budapest Chamber of Notaries - internship
- Budapest Bar Association - internship
- Budapest Bar Association - internship
- internship abroad (under negotiation)
- Harvard Club membership (under negotiation) No
fee accumulation excluded!

The main sponsor of the competition offered a special prize to the entry that analyses a
selected Hungarian regulation from the perspective of promoting Hungary's competitiveness,
or compares it with solutions from other jurisdictions.

English translations of the Hungarian legislation can be found at https://njt.hu/translations/

All expenses (travel, accommodation) are covered by the organisers.
The Foundation's Board of Trustees may make the entries (after linguistic-stylistic-formal
editing) publicly available or publish them on its website and in its publications in e-book
form, in open access format.

Budapest, 25 May 2024.
Regulated Activities Supervisory Authority and Alliance for
Fundamental Rights Foundation