Call for Papers and Attendees: 6th Annual National Security Law Workshop

I'm very pleased to announce that the 6th Annual National Security Law Workshop will take place May 16-17, 2013, at the U.S. Army JAG School in Charlottesville, VA!  The call for papers and attendees is now open, and details as to when and where to apply appear below (the same info is in the attached document).  Please feel free to pass this along to anyone you think might be interested.

 THE 6th ANNUAL NATIONAL SECURITY LAW FACULTY WORKSHOP

May 16-17, 2013

The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School

Charlottesville, VA

Hosts:

The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (LTC Rich DiMeglio, co-host)

The South Texas College of Law (Prof. Geoff Corn, co-host)

The University of Texas School of Law (Prof. Robert Chesney, co-host)

The International Committee of the Red Cross

_________________________________________________________ The National Security Law Faculty Workshop, now in its sixth year, is a unique event.  It brings civilian law faculty, Judge Advocates, ICRC representatives, and other government legal advisers together for two days of article workshops intermixed with law of armed conflict training, discussion, and debate. In the past this event has been held at Wake Forest, University of Texas (twice), The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS), and last year at South Texas College of Law.  We are very excited to return to TJAGLCS in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia for this next workshop. As in years past, the format alternates throughout each day, with article workshop sessions giving way to IHL training/discussion sessions and then back again.  We’ve found that this keeps everyone fresh and engaged.  For the workshop sessions, we use a discussant format that entails a relatively brief presentation of the paper by someone other than the author (including comments and criticism), followed by extensive Q&A among all attendees. Whereas in years past we have discussed and reviewed papers that were fairly completed drafts, this year we will primarily be selecting abstracts and papers under development.  We are specifically looking for novel topics that can stimulate vibrant discussion on an aspect of the law of armed conflict.  While this event is oriented toward IHL issues, it is conceived as a “national security” workshop rather than just an IHL workshop.  As such, we are open to inclusion of abstracts on topics having nothing to do with IHL or international law, so long as there is an obvious security-related angle. We currently anticipate having 25 slots available for attendees.  Eight of these will go to the authors of abstracts selected for presentation at the workshop, the other seventeen are open slots (though some of these attendees will be asked to serve as discussants for the selected papers, and everyone is obliged to read and be prepared to comment on the papers during the Q&A). All slots will be allocated based on a review of the abstracts and attendance requests submitted to Professors Chesney and Corn, who will review them in coordination with Lieutenant Colonel Rich DiMeglio, the Chair of the International and Operational Law Department at TJAGLCS.  Toward that end: Authors:  Please submit your abstract (approximately 10 pages) to Bobby Chesney (rchesney@law.utexas.edu),  Geoff Corn (gcorn@stcl.edu) and LTC Rich DiMeglio (richard.p.dimeglio.mil@mail.mil) no later than February 1, 2013.   Other attendees:  Please submit your request to attend, along with a brief explanation of your interest, to Bobby, Geoff and Rich at the emails listed above, also no later than February 1, 2013.  There is no registration fee or paperwork for those who are selected to attend (nor CLE credit).  You will be responsible for all travel and other expenses.  We will provide further details and recommendations on travel and lodging to those individuals selected to participate. Below is the agenda from last year’s event, which will give you some general sense of the structure we intend to follow for this year’s event: Agenda For Last Year’s Event 16 May 1800-2000: Icebreaker, 6th Floor of the Fred Parks Library 17 May 0800-0830: Coffee/Pastries 0830-0845: Introductions 0845-0945: Paper #1: Deeks on Deference; Discussant: Chesney 0945-1045: Roundtable #1: Classification of Armed Conflict (Glazier, Gary Corn) 1045-1100: Coffee Break 1100-1200: Paper #2: Rutigliano on the ICC; Discussant: Hansen 1200-1300: Lunch (Catered) 1300-1400: Paper #3: Morrison on Conspiracy; Discussant: Jenks 1400-1500: Roundtable #2: Role of the Judiciary: Kent, Vladeck, Pearlstein 1500-1515: Break 1515-1615: Paper #4: Margulies on Duty of Risk for Armed Forces; Discussant Huntley 1615-1730: Overflow/General Discussion Time 1930: Astros v. Brewers at Minute Maid Park (ticket includes meal) 18 May 0800-0830: Coffee/Pastries 0830-0930: Paper #5: Major Williams on Jus Post Bellum; Discussant: Geoff Corn 0930-1030: Roundtable #3: Cybersecurity, Sales and Jensen 1030-1100: Coffee Break 1100-1200: Paper #6: Hu on Biometrics; Discussant Brenner-Beck 1200-1300: Lunch (Catered) 1300-1400: Paper #7: Daskal on Geography of War; Discussant: Lewis 1400-1500: Roundtable #2: Discussion of David Luban’s Article on LOAC v. Humanitarian Lawyers; Luban, Schmitt, LTC DiMeglio 1500-1515: Break 1515-1615: Paper #8: Rao on R2P; Discussant: Vanlandingham 1615-1715: Overflow/General Discussion Time