The Asian Law Junior Faculty Workshop (AsLJFW) was established in 2018 to attract leading research from younger scholars on topics related to Asian jurisdictions, and to provide a platform for them to receive critical feedback on their research from established Asian law scholars. A total of three workshops were run as part of this initiative. It is currently held in abeyance, with no plans for a fourth workshop.

Submissions were typically invited from junior faculty members on any topic that related to one or more Asian jurisdiction(s), as well as work that compared a topic in one or more Asian jurisdiction(s) with non-Asian jurisdiction(s). Aside from giving younger scholars the opportunity to receive feedback from eminent scholars in their field, the AsLJFW also aimed to showcase emerging scholarship in Asian laws and legal systems and build a lasting network among junior scholars as well as between junior scholars and senior scholars in the hope that this will spur future developments and future collaborations among them.

• Click here to view the AsLJFW concept video.
• Click here to view the AsLJFW inaugural workshop video.

Past Workshops

INAUGURAL WORKSHOP (2019) | WORKSHOP 2 (2021) | WORKSHOP 3 (2023)

The inaugural workshop convened on 13 June 2019 at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, and was received with great enthusiasm amongst junior law scholars in the region and around the world. 34 finalists were chosen from more than 300 paper submissions from scholars from more than 40 countries. From these finalists, 8 highly promising junior scholars were eventually selected to present at the workshop.

The second workshop took place from 11 to 13 January 2021 and was held in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the nearly 100 submissions, 21 junior scholars were invited to submit their long papers for review. Following an intensive round of reviews by a diverse committee of leading Asian law scholars, 10 promising junior scholars were selected to present their outstanding papers at the workshop.

The third workshop was conducted from 26 to 27 January 2023. The committee received more than 100 abstract submissions, with 28 selected and invited to submit their long papers for review. A total of 12 promising junior scholars were eventually selected to present their papers at the workshop.

The Asian Law Junior Faculty Workshop was a collaboration between the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and the Asian Law Institute. For enquiries, please contact CALS at: cals@nus.edu.sg.