One (1) scholarship will be awarded for the JD program.
Applicants to the JD program may also apply for Master’s scholarships (LLM/MIP).
Applicants to the JD scholarship must meet the requirements listed below:
Applicants for the JD Program Scholarship must prepare a written essay that will be evaluated by a Qualifying Jury and must strictly comply with the following requirements:
Topic: Any topic related to Intellectual Property.
Length: Between 10 and 15 pages according to the following format:
Anonymity: The essay should not have any mention of the author (participant).
Unpublished: The essay must be unpublished and written by the participant. They cannot have been submitted to other contests or published.
Language: The essay must be submitted exclusively in the English language.
Originality: The originality of the essay and the development of the author’s own ideas and concepts on the topic addressed will be especially taken into account.
Use of Artificial Intelligence: The use of artificial intelligence tools is permitted, as is the use of other technologies, such as research or reference tools; however, the use of artificial intelligence tools for the purposes of writing, editing, revising, and/or translating the essay is prohibited. ASIPI has technological tools in place to detect such uses and reserves the right to disqualify any essay found to be in violation of any of these rules.
Participants must submit their essay along with a letter that includes their full name, country, e-mail and phone number.
In this letter they must also declare under oath that the essay is of their authorship, original and unpublished, and expressly state that they comply with all the requirements contained in the Rules and that they assume the obligations and commitments contained therein.
Applicants must also indicate that they are applying for the JD program. If they are also applying for Master’s scholarships (LLM/MIP), they must explicitly state this in their submission letter and specify whether they intend to pursue that program in-person or online.
Only in the case that the applicant works in a company that is a corporate member of ASIPI, a letter issued by said company must also be attached indicating that the applicant works for it and that they are aware of this application. This letter will be required when the work is sent in case the participation has not been notified until the date indicated in this section.
The essays must be sent via e-mail together with the submission letter to the ASIPI Secretariat ([email protected]) no later than January 29, 2027.
Once the essays have been received, it must be confirmed that they comply with the requirements outlined in the Rules of the contest. If any work does not meet the requirements, the author will be informed immediately and given five calendar days from the notification date to correct the error.
If the correction is not received within the aforementioned period, it will be assumed that the participant has withdrawn his/her application from the scholarship contest.
The Qualifying Jury will select at least six (6) essays for the competition for the Master’s Program and JD, indicating the score assigned to each essay and the corresponding ranking order.
The applicant who obtains first place will have the right to choose between the JD scholarship and the Master’s scholarship. If they choose the Master’s Degree or had only applied for that program, this right will pass to the second-place applicant.
If the first- and second-place applicants both choose the Master’s Degree, the third-place applicant may opt only for the JD, even if they had not applied for the scholarship for that program. If the program is not of their interest, the Executive Committee will decide on the vacancy or the assignment of the JD scholarship.
If any winner does not accept or cannot access the assigned scholarship for any reason, the scholarship will be offered to the participants selected by the Qualifying Jury, respecting the order of precedence according to the score obtained.
In the event of a tie, close scores, or disagreement among the members of the Qualifying Jury, the ASIPI Executive Committee may require a personalized oral interview with the authors of the selected works so that the Qualifying Jury may gain deeper insight into their motivations, understanding of the topic, and argumentative capacity.
The deadline for the Qualifying Jury to report the preselected essays is March 15, 2027, and the result will be notified to the ASIPI Secretary.
ASIPI’s Secretary shall communicate the names of the winners and the topics of the respective essays to the Executive Committee for its immediate approval.
The ASIPI Secretary will subsequently notify the winners no later than March 30, 2027.
Scholarship recipients must confirm their participation in the respective Academic Program to the ASIPI Secretary no later than April 15, 2027.
