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Apply for the 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition

Matthew Kahn
Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 8:20 AM

The application period for the 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition is open through November 13, 2017. The Clara Barton Competition is an annual legal simulation that replicates the challenges that international humanitarian law practitioners face during armed conflict.

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The application period for the 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition is open through November 13, 2017. The Clara Barton Competition is an annual legal simulation that replicates the challenges that international humanitarian law practitioners face during armed conflict.

The 2018 competition, hosted at Georgetown University Law Center from March 9-11, 2018, is open to J.D., LL.B., LL.M., and military academy students in North, Central, and South America. Generally, one team of three will represent each institution. The competition is done entirely in English. There is a $100 application fee.

For more information, see the competition's website.


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Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.

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