Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition

Law majors Paige Vallejos, Mickey Briggs, and Madison Daugherty competed in the Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition in Seattle Washington. Fifteen other teams from diverse law schools and the Air Force Academy participated in the competition. The judges evaluated the teams on both their knowledge of the law and understanding of the operational parameters of various humanitarian law organizations as demonstrated through their performance in six rounds of simulation-based competition. Among the many challenging issues, cadets provided legal advice and gave simulated press interviews regarding conflict classification, targeting, detention, and torture. The cadets scored high in the first four rounds, but Minnesota Law School won the competition against Harvard Law School in the final round. Throughout the competition, the cadets also spent invaluable time engaging with humanitarian law professionals from Israel, France, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.