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Law Society wins Corn Adomnáin 2025

A Law Society team has won the International Humanitarian Law competition, Corn Adomnáin 2025.

This is the second successive year of victory for Blackhall.

The Corn Adomnáin is an International Humanitarian Law competition organised by the Irish Red Cross for those with an interest in this area of law.

The competition gets its name from the Cáin Adomnáin or the ‘Law of Innocents’ as it is often referred to. The Cáin Adomnáin is an early Irish IHL treaty that was signed in Birr, Co Offaly in 697 AD.

Fictitious case study

The competition involves a fictitious case study of a conflict and participating students take part in role-plays, simulations, and moot courts to explore key elements of IHL (use of autonomous weapons, urban warfare, protection of women and children, and healthcare).

Their performance is evaluated by a judging panel composed of highly experienced persons in the field of international law.

Congratulations to this year’s team of Katie McCarthy (A&L Goodbody LLP), Grace Oladipo (Arthur Cox LLP), and Sarah Scobie (Maples and Calder Ireland LLP), and coach Paul Breslin (course executive at the Law Society.)