19 Mar 2024
Alex Fairchild-Flynn, ’25, ZitaAnne Reno, ’24 and Jadon Smith, ’25, represented Nebraska Law and the Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law program in the national 2024 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition.
The competition was based on a hypothetical space law dispute involving a dark skies dispute and satellite collision brought before the International Court of Justice. Participating teams were required to submit formal written arguments for both the Applicant State and the Respondent State on the legal issues of the hypothetical case and to argue each side of the case before panels of judges in the North American Rounds.
This year's team was coach by Lauren Bydalek, Associate Director of the Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program, Professor Frans von der Dunk, Harvey & Susan Perlman Alumni and Othmer Professor of Space Law, with assistance prepping oral arguments from Todd Vlazny, current LL.M. student and Army JAG.