Duke Law's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security Conference: March 1-2
It's that time of year again...Duke Law's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security's Annual Conference.
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It's that time of year again...Duke Law's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security's Annual Conference. Here are the details:
The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security is pleased to announce that its annual conference will be held Friday, March 1st , and Saturday, March 2nd at Duke Law School in Durham, NC. You are cordially invited to attend. This year’s theme is “Battlefields, Boardrooms, and Backyards” and will address such topics as cyberwar, robotic weapons, security technology and privacy, business & national security issues, military commissions, civil-military relations, piracy and maritime legal issues, ethics, and more. The full agenda is attached. General James N. Mattis, USMC, the commander of U.S. Central Command (which is responsible for the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and the Horn of Africa) has agreed to be our dinner speaker at the magnificent Washington Duke Inn right here on campus. There is no conference fee; you only have to pay for the meals. However, everyone must register to attend. You can register online through our conference website. However, if you prefer, you can simply fill out the attached form and mail it (with a check if you are joining us for lunch and/or the reception and dinner) to the address on the form. Also, if you would like to pay for your meals by credit card (and do not want to pay online), you can fax that information with your completed registration form to 919-660-1769. Ms. Dana Norvell is the point of contact for any questions, and she can be reached at norvell@law.duke.edu or by phone at (919) 613-7080. Again, all the details are on our conference website.The registration form is available here.
Raffaela Wakeman is a Senior Director at In-Q-Tel. She started her career at the Brookings Institution, where she spent five years conducting research on national security, election reform, and Congress. During this time she was also the Associate Editor of Lawfare. From there, Raffaela practiced law at the U.S. Department of Defense for four years, advising her clients on privacy and surveillance law, cybersecurity, and foreign liaison relationships. She departed DoD in 2019 to join the Majority Staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where she oversaw the Intelligence Community’s science and technology portfolios, cybersecurity, and surveillance activities. She left HPSCI in May 2021 to join IQT.
Raffaela received her BS and MS in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009 and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015, where she was recognized for her commitment to public service with the Joyce Chiang Memorial Award. While at the Department of Defense, she was the inaugural recipient of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s General Counsel Award for exhibiting the highest standards of leadership, professional conduct, and integrity.