Nicole Barrett is Director of the International Justice and Human Rights (IJHR) Clinic and an Associate Professor of Teaching at Allard Law School, where she teaches international human rights, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, anti-corruption and human trafficking. Professor Barrett and the IJHR Clinic work with international courts and tribunals and non-governmental organizations and provide human rights law and policy advice to governments. She has widely published, presented, and testified in her areas of expertise throughout the world.

From 2015 – 2019, Professor Barrett was Executive Director of the Allard Prize for International Integrity and its related initiatives. During this time, she oversaw development of the biennial Allard Prize and biannual Allard Prize photography competition and developed a vibrant anti-corruption and human rights hub at Allard Law, which held over 45 public events. She is currently a member of Allard Prize Board.

Following judicial clerkships on the Southern District of New York (the Hon. Gerard E. Lynch) and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the Hon. John T. Noonan), Professor Barrett began practicing law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City, where she specialized in complex white-collar criminal litigation. In 2004, she served as a Legal Officer and then Trial Lawyer for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague (Office of the Prosecutor). In 2008, she worked as an international humanitarian law advisor for Guantánamo detainees and monitored military commissions in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Professor Barrett has a Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University (cum laude), and a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University