Country of Eligibility


Student Eligibility

To participate in NACLO, students must satisfy all of the following criteria:

- They have never been enrolled as a full-time college or university student.
- They will be younger than 20 years old on the first day of the IOL, whose dates are at https://ioling.org/upcoming/.
- They are a citizen of the US or Canada or a student in a secondary school in the US or Canada.
- They are available to participate in the Open Round on the scheduled date and time.
- They are available to participate in the contest at one of the times it's offered.
- They can either participate in the contest at a registered university site or find a teacher or librarian who can run a high school site as specified elsewhere.

To be eligible for the Anglophone Canadian IOL team, students must:

- Be eligible for and participate in NACLO.
- Be a citizen of Canada or a student in a Canadian secondary school, and provide proof if asked.
- Meet all IOL eligibility rules: https://ioling.org/rules/rules.pdf.

To be eligible for the US IOL team, students must:

- Be eligible for and participate in NACLO.
- Be a citizen of the US or a student in a US secondary school, and provide proof if asked.
- Meet all IOL eligibility rules: https://ioling.org/rules/rules.pdf.

Important: In a given year, a student may only attempt to qualify for one national IOL team, per IOL Regulations. A student may participate in more than one IOL-qualifying contest, but must declare before each one which national team they intend to qualify for. Therefore, if a student is participating in NACLO and an IOL-qualifying contest in any other country (e.g., UKLO in the United Kingdom, OBL in Brazil, etc.) in the current year, they must declare this by emailing nacloinquiries@googlegroups.com prior to the NACLO Open Round (January 26, 2023). If no email is received before this date, the student will by default be considered ineligible for both the Anglophone Canadian and US IOL teams.

Important: In the case of a multinational contest, like NACLO, all students must be considered as attempting to qualify for only one national IOL team, and must indicate which beforehand, per IOL Regulations. Therefore, if a student is eligible for both the Anglophone Canadian and US IOL teams, according to the criteria above, they must choose one team that they wish to be considered for. The student will be considered ineligible for the team they do not choose. To declare their choice, the student must email nacloinquiries@googlegroups.com prior to the NACLO Open Round (January 26, 2023). If no email is received before this date, the student will be considered by default to have chosen the country which they selected during registration.