Red Cross Volunteer Brings International Humanitarian Law to Vermont Classrooms
By Dan Dowling, regional communications manager Chris Hardaway has always been driven by a passion for the law and the power of education. Now, as an American Red Cross volunteer based in Danby, Vermont, Hardaway is using his decades of international experience to lead a vital conversation about International Humanitarian Law (IHL) across the Green Mountain State. After graduating from law school, Hardaway practiced law for several years before transitioning into teaching at both the collegiate and law school levels. In the early 2000s, his career took an international turn when he was asked to work overseas with Serbian judges and lawyers as part of a USAID program under the U.S. State Department. “Much of my last two decades have been spent overseas, working in rule of law issues and international law, in a lot of places that normal people wouldn’t go,” Hardaway said. After returning to the United States in the late 2010s...
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