The Global Law and the Humanities Mentorship Programme

The Global Law and the Humanities Mentorship Programme is a joint initiative of several national and international law and humanities organizations. It was established to support early-career scholars based on an inclusive vision that traverses our more and less explicit borders. It aims to highlight the global diversity, significance, and vitality of scholarship in Law and the Humanities, while acknowledging the unique challenges of academic careers in our interdiscipline and extending needed support and encouragement. In doing so, it iterates a commitment to fostering communal ties and collegiality, sharing knowledge, promoting excellence, and spreading creative joy. 

The Programme

October: Opening Plenary Meeting 

February Workshop: Publishing 

May Workshop: Inter-and transdisciplinarity

Mentorship

The programme’s heart is one-on-one-meetings between the mentor and mentee. At least three one-hour meetings will be agreed on at times suitable for both during the academic year (October to September). 

The content of meetings will be agreed between the mentor and mentee, taking into consideration the priorities identified by the mentee in their application. Discussions might address challenges such as methodological questions and resources, advice on skills development, institutional concerns, publication venues, preparing for the job market, and developing a research profile.

While meetings will likely take place online, we encourage participants to take advantage of the academic events organized by the participating organizations to also meet in person. 

Further information can be found on our mentors and mentees pages.

Kindly Note

The programme is a collegial collaboration of research organizations of law and the humanities, providing a framework for connecting mentors and mentees based on information about their research areas. We rely on information available publicly on institutional academic websites or provided to us via our forms. We do not independently verify information nor carry out background checks.  

We will propose a pairing for each applicant selected for the programme, which will be subject to the agreement of the mentor and mentee. Once agreed, the mentorship relationship will be a direct one between them, for which they alone are responsible. We will not be involved in planning the mentorship meetings nor monitor their content, and cannot assume responsibility for those or for the conduct of participants

Before agreeing to a proposed pairing, we recommend that mentors and mentees consider any questions they would have if the contact had been made directly between them.

We also recommend discretion about the information and documentation shared during the mentorship if there are privacy or confidentiality concerns.

We encourage any involved person to withdraw their participation if, at any point, they feel uncomfortable. In this case, we recommend ending the interaction and letting us know. We will not ask for details and will not be able to examine or become involved in any disagreement or complaint. If we have been notified, we will assume that the mentorship relationship has been exhausted.

To support the programme and promote its collegial goals, we kindly ask everyone involved to respect the dignity and privacy of the persons they engage with, and maintain professional and ethical conduct throughout.