{"id":17267,"date":"2025-08-18T01:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T01:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/?p=17267"},"modified":"2025-10-16T01:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T01:41:09","slug":"2025-baxt-prize-business-law-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/2025\/08\/18\/2025-baxt-prize-business-law-section\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Baxt Prize \u2013 Business Law Section"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Applications close at 5pm, 30 September 2025 AEST.<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/span><br \/>The Baxt Prize celebrates the legacy of Professor Robert Baxt AO and his outstanding contribution to business law in Australia. Professor Baxt was a founding member of the Business Law Section (BLS) of\u00a0 the Law Council of Australia, serving in various leadership roles including Section Chair (2001\u20132003). His work in trade practices, corporate law, and taxation law, along with his commitment to\u00a0 legal education, continues to inspire generations of lawyers.<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Prize Details<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Prize Amount: $5,000<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>o The author must be under the age of 35 on 30 June 2025.<br \/>o If the article is co-authored, all co-authors must meet the age requirement. The prize will be<br \/>shared among them.<br \/>o The article must be published in print between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025.<br \/>o The article must appear in a qualifying journal, defined as one ranked A* or A in the ABDC\u00a0<br \/>journal quality list for FOR Codes 180105 (Commercial Law) and 180125 (Taxation Law).<br \/>o All eligibility decisions are at the discretion of the BLS Executive.<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Nominations may be submitted by:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>o A publisher or editor of a qualifying journal<br \/>o A member of the Business Law Section<br \/>o The eligible author(s) themselves<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Judging Criteria:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>o Significance of contribution to debate and analysis \u2013 60%<br \/>o Design and execution \u2013 20%<br \/>o Quality of argument \u2013 20%<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/span><br \/>Submit your application using the official nomination form available online at\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawcouncil.au\/business-law\/baxt-prize\">www.lawcouncil.au\/business-law\/baxt-prize<\/a> via email to: <a href=\"mailto:BaxtPrize@lawcouncil.au\">BaxtPrize@lawcouncil.au<\/a>,\u00a0<br \/>including an electronic copy of the published article.<br \/><strong>Applications close at 5pm AEST on 30 September 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baxt Prize celebrates the legacy of Professor Robert Baxt AO and his outstanding contribution to business law in Australia. Professor Baxt was a founding member of the Business Law Section (BLS) of\u00a0 the Law Council of Australia, serving in various leadership roles including Section Chair (2001\u20132003). His work in trade practices, corporate law, and taxation law, along with his commitment to\u00a0 legal education, continues to inspire generations of lawyers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,209,179,260,37,38,1,36,39],"tags":[8,303,23137,23138,259,73],"class_list":["post-17267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian-business-law-review","category-trade-practices-law-journal","category-the-australian-law-journal","category-company-and-securities-law-journal","category-journal-of-banking-and-finance-law-and-practice","category-journals","category-uncategorised","category-uncategorized","category-update-summaries","tag-ablr","tag-ajccl","tag-baxt-prize","tag-baxt-prize-business-law-section","tag-cslj","tag-jbflp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.thomsonreuters.com.au\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}