Reports
Reports are shorter student pieces, typically totaling 5 to 7 pages, that address cutting-edge legal issues. These pieces are intended for the legal reader as well as broader members of the community.
Fall 2025
Sarah Carver ’27: An Early Warning: The Dublin III Regulation as an Example of the Authority of EU Immigration LawDownload
Matt LaGanza ’27: Curbing Crypto Crimes: Addressing the Need for a Global Cryptocurrency Regulatory FrameworkDownload
Sloane Pick ’27: Intellectual Property as a National Security Measure: Speculations About China’s Regulations for Foreign Related Intellectual Property Disputes Decree 801Download
Matthew Robin ’27: The App For Everything: The Effect of the Pervasiveness of Weixin in China on International Privacy Interests ReportDownload
Kratika Tandon ’27: Any Change in States’ Obligations re: Climate Change? A Closer Look at the 2025 CJ Climate Advisory OpinionDownload
Fall 2024
Naya Bartlett ’26: Neutralizing ‘Opposing’ Interests on the World Stage: Finland’s Asylum LawDownload
Oluwafikemi Fawehinmi ’26: The United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) Role in Addressing the Prevention of Child Soldier RecruitmentDownload
Avery Fletcher ’26: No Wall to Hide Behind: Obligations for States Following the ICJ’s July 2024 Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Occupation of the Palestine TerritoryDownload
Rebecca Jackson ’26: The Codification of the War Against Women: The International Community’s Response to Human Rights Abuses from the Taliban’s Justice Ministry in AfghanistanDownload
Lara Madrid ’26: Brutal Crackdowns on Freedom Sustain Regime’s Iron Grip: Human Rights Crisis in NicaraguaDownload
Nate Nys ’26: Hardy v. SAS: the Relationship Between Airlines, International Law, and Personal Injury LawsuitsDownload
Allison Semadeni ’26: The International Code for the Protection of Tourists: A Potential Solution to the Crisis in Barcelona, SpainDownload
Maya Sood ’26: The South African Development Community In Its Brat Era: A Case For Legalizing Anticipatory Consent Clauses in Regional Collective Defense TreatiesDownload
Spring 2024
Volodymyr Usov ’25: Digital Evolution: Analyzing the Potential Impact of the EU’s AI Act on International TradeDownload
Julia Kaluta ’25: Conveniently Forgotten: Potential for Agricultural Worker Exclusion in the USMCA and the Importance of the Right to Strike under the ILO No. 87 Convention Download
Robert Morgan ’25: Empty Promises vs. Meaningful Enforcement: How International Trade Agreements Can (and Should) be Used in the Fight Against Climate ChangeDownload
Wendy Zheng ’25: Panda-monium: Analysis of China’s Panda Diplomacy Through the Lense of the UN Convention on Animal Health and ProtectionDownload
Erica Schimmel ’25: Illegal Attack on the Houthis? The Security Council Needs to Be Less Reluctant to Use Article 51’s ‘Until Clause’ as a Limit on a State’s Right to Self-DefenseDownload
Vaidehi Bachoti ’25: The Evolving Role of the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property in Dispute Resolution – Marbles of Parthenon Download
Fall 2023
Matt Ashley ’25: Green Power v. Spain: How A Successful Objection Could Change the Course of Clean Energy in the EUDownload
Thad Beaver ’25: The Biden Administration’s Asylum Policy Adheres to International Law…Technically.Download
Rebecca Broughton ’25: Agroterrorism and the Challenges it Could Pose for the UN Regarding the Use of Force Under Article 2 Paragraph 4Download
Lindsay Weber ’25: Weaponized Rape; Russia Violates International Humanitarian Law to Mar Ukraine’s Morale Download
Rachel Henley ’25: International Pharmaceutical Copyright Law: How COVID-19 changed the gameDownload
Spring 2023
Hayralah Alghorazi ’24: The Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act: A Fill-in for International Failings or an Impediment to
International Justice? Download
International Justice? Download
Sofia Hnatczuk-escobal ’24: The Rome Statute’s withdrawal power: an unintentional avenue for ICC member states to circumvent accountability for crimes against humanity.Download
Paige Doyle ’24: The Period PROUD Act: Menstrual Health is not a Hygiene Issue, it’s a Human Rights Issue.Download
Caitlin Sarpal ’24: Green Deal or No Deal? How An Anti-Greenwashing Law Could Combat Harmful Practices in the EUDownload
Luka Vujaskovic ’24: The Best of Both Worlds: Implications of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on Open-Access Digital Sequence Information and Benefit-SharingDownload
Fall 2022
Regan Metzger ’24: The Path of Least Resistance: Using the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to Hold Turkey Accountable for Abuses Perpetrated by SADAT Defense Consultancy Download
Hayley Stancil ’24: The New Era of Maritime Boundary Disputes: The Case of Lebanon and IsraelDownload
Emily Stellman ’24: Energy Crises on Two Fronts: Norway Considers Potential Power Export Limitations Amidst Russia-Ukraine WarDownload
Spring 2022
John Chambers ’23: A Bundle of Sticks or a Blockchain? – A Lawyer’s Guide to Traversing the Decentralized WebspaceDownload
Nina Ganti ’23: Tensions Continuing to Flare between Pakistan and India over Kashmir—How International Law and the United States Have Tried and Failed, and What Options are Available to Resolve This DisputeDownload
Anya Hovanic ’23: Zombies in Your Head, the Fight over Milk and Eggs, and What’s at Stake with the Northern Ireland ProtocolDownload
Chandler Wilson ’22: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: How COVID-19 has Setback a Decade’s Long Battle to Stop Child Marriage in South AsiaDownload
Fall 2021
Alanna Brannam ’23: Examining Global Vaccine Equity Through the Lenses of International Legal Cooperation and Human Rights LawDownload
Jonah Brumbelow ’23: International Human Rights and Brazil’s Legal Recognition of Indigenous LandDownload
Courtney Coppage ’23: Prosecutor v. Mladić: the (in)justice of a crime-driven history in the former YugoslaviaDownload
Catherine Goodman ’23: The Midas Might-Touch: Trying to Make Transnational Businesses Pay for What They Touch (or Might Touch)Download
Lea McBryde ’23: It Comes at a Cost: The International Community’s Ongoing Failure to Address Worsening Human Rights Violations in LibyaDownload
Sophia McMahan ’23: Addressing the Ugly Duckling of Human Rights for Businesses: An Examination of UN Task Forces’ Neglect of the Right to Freedom of ExpressionDownload
Jonathan Williams ’23: International Comity and the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in Usoyan v. Republic of TurkeyDownload
Blogs
Blogs are short, student-written articles that reflect the most recent legal news in the international community.
Spring 2025
Fall 2024
Matthew Bucklin ’26: Incoterms, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of International Trade NegotiationsDownload
Oluwafikemi Fawehinmi ’26: Linking Human Rights And Criminal Law to Environmental ProtectionDownload
Avery Fletcher ’26: Dismantling the (Digital) Wall? Forecasting the Fate of CBP One Under a Second Trump AdministrationDownload
Rebecca Jackson ’26: Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of LawDownload
Lara Madrid ’26: Will Haiti Every Stop Suffering? UN Security Council Shuts Down Talks of PeacekeepingDownload
Nate Nys ’26: North Korea’s Military Support to Russia: Implications for Global Stability and International LawDownload
Allison Semadeni ’26: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Agreement, Relating to a Fair EconomyDownload
Maya Sood ’26: United States v. Najibullah: Litigating the Law of War in United States Civilian CourtsDownload
Molli Walsleben ’26: Fueling National Security: Why Energy Independence is Crucial for the Future of the United StatesDownload
Jackson Webb ’26: Shielded by Immunity: Diplomatic Immunity Abuse Analysis in Ambassador AppointmentDownload
Spring 2024
Vaidehi Bachoti ’25: The race to regulate AI – Will the Hiroshima AI Process or the Bletchley Declaration lead the way towards an international agreement?Download
Spring 2023
Paige Doyle ’24: Climate refugees—“the world’s forgotten victims.” How climate change is driving migration and demands a change in current international refugee law.Download
Caitlin Sarpal ’24: On the World Stage: Interview with Jorge E. Viñuales, PhD on the Paris AgreementDownload
Fall 2022
Jason Lee ’24: Question of “Just” War – Can Ukraine Strike Russia for Acts of Genocide in Ukraine?Download
Regan Metzger ’24: Unclean Hands: Golf, Saudi Arabia, and Curing the Scourge of SportswashingDownload
Emily Stellman ’24: Diamond Cutter Patent Invalidations Open Door for Foreign Oil and Gas Drilling Tool ImportsDownload
Spring 2022
John Chambers ’23: I Don’t Make the Rules, I Just Think Them Up and Write Them Down – The Paradox of Veto Powers in Resolving International ConflictsDownload
Nina Ganti ’23: Left Behind: Afghan Women Face Severe Economic Insecurity and Poverty as the World Deals with Newest International Crisis Download
Chandler Wilson ’22: Is the United Nation’s Nomination of Francesca Albanese as the Special Rapporteur on Palestine a Violation of International Duties?Download
Fall 2021
Alanna Brannam ’23: From Brasília to The Hague: How Brazil’s President Could Face a Crimes Against Humanity Charge on the World StageDownload
Jonah Brumbelow ’23: The Threat to International Migration Law from Recent Polish LegislationDownload
Courtney Coppage ’23: Cultural Heritage in the ICC: Uncertainty at the Crossroads of Cultural and Human RightsDownload