* Upcoming Events
Thanks to the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security for highlighting these two very interesting upcoming events (see attached flyers)
1. Legal Issues Related to Targeted Killings – Thursday, April 22 – 5:00-7:00 p.m. – Reserve Officers Association Building, One Constitution Avenue, NE – free, RSVP required – details on attached flyer.
2. Controversy and Developments in the Law of Armed Conflict – Customary vs. Treaty Law; Law of the Sea Manual; Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare – Friday, April 23 – 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – sponsored by the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Registration is required – details on attached flyer.
Law of Armed Conflict.pdf
Drones flyer 1.pdf
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.
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