The Fourth Annual National Security Law Workshop (this week at the JAG School)

Robert Chesney
Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 11:37 PM
I'm pleased to report that the Fourth Annual National Security Law Workshop is shaping up to be the best one yet.  Geoff Corn and I started this event several years ago, in partnership with the ICRC and the US Army JAG School, with an event at Wake Forest.  The past two years we’ve had it in Austin, and now this year’s event  will take place at the JAG School in Charlottesville.  As you’ll see from the agenda below, we’ve got a great lineup of papers, speakers, presentations, and discussions.  All of our space is now booked up, unfortunately, but please keep the event in mind for next year!  P

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I'm pleased to report that the Fourth Annual National Security Law Workshop is shaping up to be the best one yet.  Geoff Corn and I started this event several years ago, in partnership with the ICRC and the US Army JAG School, with an event at Wake Forest.  The past two years we’ve had it in Austin, and now this year’s event  will take place at the JAG School in Charlottesville.  As you’ll see from the agenda below, we’ve got a great lineup of papers, speakers, presentations, and discussions.  All of our space is now booked up, unfortunately, but please keep the event in mind for next year!  Perhaps by then we'll have changed the name to LawfarePalooza... In the meantime, here's what we'll be doing later this week: Day 1 – Thursday, 19 May 0800-0815– Introduction 0815-0915– Paper #1  (MAJ Todd Lindquist – Transnational law enforcement) /Discussant: Prof. Bobby Chesney, UT 0930-1100– Presentation #1 (LTC Gary Corn, JCS – JCS Legal issues) 1110-1210– Paper #2  (Prof. Kate Jastram, U Cal, Berkeley – Complementarity) /Discussant: Major Jeremy Marsh 1210-1300– Lunch (Catered - 5th Floor) 1300-1400– Paper #3 (Prof. Kevin Cieply, John Marshall – Rape as a War Crime) /Discussant: Prof. Geoff Corn, S Tex 1410-1500– Paper #4 (Prof. Laurie Blank, Emory – Operationalizing ROE) / LTC Jeff Bovarnick 1510- 1630 – Roundtable Panel #1 / Discussion – Libya Day 2 – Friday, 20 May 0800-0900– Paper #5 (Capt Iain Pedden – IHL/IHRL/COIN) / Discussant: Prof. Beth Van Schaak, Santa Clara 0900-1030– Presentation #2 (MAJ Shane Reeves – Means & Methods of Warfare) 1040-1140– Paper #6 (Prof. Deborah Pearlstein – Civ-Mil Relations) / Discussant: Dick Jackson, OTJAG I-Law 1140-1300– Lunch (Darden Business School) 1300-1400 – Paper #7 (Prof. Steve Vladek, American U – Exceptional Courts) / Discussant: Prof. Dave Glazier, Loyola 1410-1500– Paper #8 (Major Andy Gillman – Proportionality) / Discussant: Prof. Scott Sullivan, LSU 1510-1630 – Roundtable Panel / Discussion – The UBL Operation

Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.

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