Notice for 2Ls, 3L, and LLMs - Call for Applications
Salzburg Global Seminar / Lloyd N. Cutler Fellows in International Law
November 1-2, 2013
Washington, D.C.
The Georgetown University Law Center is accepting applications for the 2013 Salzburg Lloyd N. Cutler
Fellows Program. Five students will be selected to participate.
Nine U.S. law schools alongside Georgetown—Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Penn, Chicago, Columbia, NYU
and UVA—have been invited to nominate five students graduating in the Spring of 2014 (both 2Ls and
3Es) to become Cutler Fellows, and to participate in a highly interactive, seminar in Washington, DC,
beginning on Friday, November 1, 2013.
The two-day 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 attend the annual Cutler Lecture on the Rule of Law, to be given this
year by Justice Stephen Breyer on Monday, November 4 in Washington, D.C., and 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 an eventual article-length paper in the
Spring, with a 2-5 page abstract due by October 21, 2013 for review by the other participants and a
group of outstanding law professors, judges and practitioners.
The program will include small group sessions consider each student paper proposals, discussing and
making suggestions to improve it. Short talks, panels, and networking opportunities are interspersed,
featuring some of the most outstanding lawyers in the world. An informal dinner for fellows will be held
Friday evening. The day concludes with a panel on “Media and the Law”, featuring well-known
journalists and judges, and adjourns at 12 noon.
Georgetown Law students selected to participate in this program are required to attend all
sessions. No exceptions will be made for late arrivals or early departures.
Who Can Apply? This program is open to 2L, 3L students, and LLM students with preference given to
second-year students. Students with strong international experience and/or backgrounds are
particularly encouraged to apply. A maximum of five Georgetown Law students will be admitted, and
application is competitive.
How Do I Apply? Please submit the following documents to Jacquelyn Williams
(jew43@law.georgetown.edu)by October 21, 2013 at 5 PM:
1) a cover letter explaining your background and interest in the Cutler Program
2) unofficial transcript
3) resume or CV
4) a 2- page abstract describing the research topic/paper you would wish to present during
the breakout sessions of the Cutler 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, financial investment and monetary law, iii)
international trade, anti-corruption and anti-trust, 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 – e.g. seminar, independent study, law review – and applicants may wish to
consider this in selecting their Fall 2013 courses.
Questions? Please contact Jacquelyn Williams (jew43@law.georgetown.edu)