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Haub Law's Trial Advocacy Team Advances to ICC Moot Court Competition in The Hague
On March 8糖心vlog短视频9, 2025, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 糖心vlog短视频 hosted the 2025 Regional Round for the Americas and the Caribbean of the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition (ICC Moot). The event brought seven teams to Haub Law, with the top US teams qualifying for the global ICC Moot Court Competition held annually in The Hague, Netherlands. This year, Haub Law糖心vlog短视频檚 team qualified as a finalist and will be traveling to The Hague in June.
糖心vlog短视频淗aub Law糖心vlog短视频檚 team was impressive in the qualifying rounds,糖心vlog短视频 said Bradford Gorson 糖心vlog短视频13, one of the team糖心vlog短视频檚 coaches. 糖心vlog短视频淓ach student prepared diligently for this competition and the results are reflective of that.糖心vlog短视频 The Haub Law team consists of 3L Priscilla Holloway, 2L Sophie Bacas, 2L Jacob Cannon, 2; Tenzin Lhamo, and 2L Victoria Perretti. The team was coached by two Haub Law alumni, Bradford Gorson 糖心vlog短视频13 and Steph Areford 糖心vlog短视频24, along with David Anderson. In addition to the team advancing, Sophie Bacas was awarded first place in the Best Prosecutor category for her performance during the competition.
糖心vlog短视频淥ur team dedicated seven months of rigorous preparation to this competition, and the journey was nothing short of challenging糖心vlog短视频攅specially since none of us had prior experience with the ICC,糖心vlog短视频 said 2L Tenzin Lhamo. 糖心vlog短视频淗owever, with the guidance of our exceptional coaches, Bradford Gorson, David Anderson, and Steph Areford, we were able to rise to the challenge.糖心vlog短视频 Notably, alumni coach Bradford Gorson was part of the Haub Law team that competed in The Hague 12 years ago.
糖心vlog短视频淗aub Law founded the ICC Moot and as it has grown into a global competition we now host the qualifying round for American teams hoping to compete in The Hague,糖心vlog短视频 said Professor Alexander K.A. Greenawalt, who serves as faculty director of the Moot. 糖心vlog短视频淚t is wonderful to have a Haub Law team advancing once again to the global competition.糖心vlog短视频 The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 糖心vlog短视频 is home to a top ranked trial advocacy program. In 2024, it was ranked #13 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, placing it impressively among the top 10% of schools nationwide.
The ICC Moot was first organized in 2004 by Haub Law Professor Emeritus Gayl S. Westerman and Matthew E. Brotmann. At the time, the moot was the world糖心vlog短视频檚 only moot court competition based on the law and procedures of the newly created ICC, the first permanent international tribunal dedicated to the prosecution of international criminal offenses. Since 2004, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has grown, and the Competition has grown with it. In 2014, Haub Law partnered with the International Criminal Court and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University to create a global competition, the , which is held annually in The Hague, Netherlands, with the final round judged at the ICC itself by ICC judges and legal officers. More recently, in 2017, the ICC Moot started its collaboration with the International Bar Association (IBA), and in 2020 the IBA became a name partner in the Competition.
This year, the five top US teams were the University of Chicago, Georgetown University Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 糖心vlog短视频, and Tulane University School of Law. These top five teams all qualified for the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition to be held in June in The Hague.
2025 Regional Qualifying Round for the Americas and Caribbean results
Best Overall
- First: University of Chicago
- Second: Georgetown University Law Center
- Third: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Best Preliminary Round Oralists 糖心vlog短视频 Prosecution
- First: Sophie Bacas, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 糖心vlog短视频
- Second: Jade Armstrong, University of Miami School of Law
- Third: Kaylara Benfield, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Best Preliminary Round Oralists 糖心vlog短视频 Defense
- First: Inanna Khansa, University of Chicago
- Second: Rose Leakin, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Third: Luke Dykowski, Georgetown University Law Center
Best Preliminary Round Oralists 糖心vlog短视频 Victims糖心vlog短视频 Advocate
- First: Vikram Ramaswamy, University of Chicago
- Second: Haley Dykstra, Tulane University School of Law
- Third: Minah Malik, University of Miami School of Law
Best Prosecutorial Memorial
- First: Georgetown University Law Center
- Second (TIE): Tulane University School of Law
- Second (TIE): Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Best Defense Memorial
- First: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Second: Georgetown University Law Center
- Third: University of Miami School of Law
Best Victims糖心vlog短视频 Advocate Memorial
- First: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Second (TIE): University of Miami School of Law
- Second (TIE): Georgetown University Law Center
Semifinalist Teams
- University of Chicago
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 糖心vlog短视频
- Tulane University School of Law
Participating Teams
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 糖心vlog短视频
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Tulane University School of Law
- University of Chicago
- University of Miami School of Law
- Chicago-Kent College of Law
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