2025 ILSA / Hamilton Lugar Moot Problem Released

The 2025 ILSA / Hamilton Lugar International Law Moot Court Competition problem, the Case Concerning the Order of the Opal, is now available!

The moot is a simulation of oral argument before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) based on the Jessup. Teams argue both sides in a fictional dispute between two countries.

The Competition is open to undergraduate students in the United States. It is co-hosted and co-administered by the Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies at Indiana University. Colleges and universities can enter up to five teams of two students apiece.

Basic materials will be released in the coming days.

Download the problem as a docx or pdf.