Annual Review Conference earlybird deadline ends October 30 – keynote speakers announced

* ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, 19th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference registration and hotel deadline extended:

The Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law; the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security and the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University School of Law

proudly announce the

19th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference

November 12 and 13, 2009

Renaissance Washington DC Hotel ** 999 Ninth Street NW,  Washington, DC

Early Bird Rate Ends FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30

Panels include: Executive and Legislative updates on developments in national security law; Emerging Issues in National Security Law: Narco-Violence Along the Border; Modern Piracy: Legal and Policy Options; Revised Military Commissions: Lingering Questions; Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare and Ethics Challenges for National Security Lawyers.

The opening reception for registered attendees, hosted by the law firm of Arnold & Porter will be on Wednesday, November 11, in their Garden Room, 555 12th Street, NW in Washington from 6-7:30 p.m.

Conference keynote speakers include:

  • DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano
  • Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
  • Jamie S. Gorelick, WilmerHale

Registration form is attached and full program information is posted on the Committee’s website –www.abanet.org/natsecurity.

By Robert M. Chesney

Robert M. Chesney is Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at UT-Austin School of Law. Chesney is a national security law specialist, with a particular interest in problems associated with terrorism. Professor Chesney recently served in the Justice Department in connection with the Detainee Policy Task Force created by Executive Order 13493. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board, a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Chesney has published extensively on topics ranging from detention and prosecution in the counterterrorism context to the states secrets privilege. He served previously as chair of the Section on National Security Law of the Association of American Law Schools and as editor of the National Security Law Report (published by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security). His upcoming projects include two books under contract with Oxford University Press, one concerning the evolution of detention law and policy and the other examining the judicial role in national security affairs.

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *