upcoming event: Seton Hall Law Review symposium, “National Security Policy and the Role of Lawyering: Guantanamo and Beyond”

* upcoming event: Seton Hall Law Review symposium, "National Security Policy and the Role of Lawyering: Guantanamo and Beyond"

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Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ

October 28, 2010, 9 to 5:30

Panel 1 Lessons from Guantánamo

1. Eric M. Freedman (Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, Hofstra

University School of Law)

2. Joseph Margulies (Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law)

3. David Frakt (Associate Professor of Law, Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law)

4. Glenn M. Sulmasy (Professor of Law, U.S. Coast Guard Academy)

Moderator: Elizabeth A. Wilson (Assistant Professor, Whitehead School of Diplomacy and

International Relations, Seton Hall University)

Panel 2 Confronting Ethical Issues in National Security Cases

1. James A. Cohen (Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law)

2. Joshua L. Dratel (President, Law Offices of Joshua L. Dratel P.C.)

3. Shayana Kadidal (Senior Managing Attorney, Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center

for Constitutional Rights)

Moderator: Mark P. Denbeaux (Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law)

Panel 3 U.S. Detention Policy Before and After 9/11

1. James J. Benjamin Jr. (Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)

2. Marc D. Falkoff (Associate Professor of Law, Northern Illinois University College of Law)/ Jon

Connolly (Associate, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP)

3. Gabor Rona (International Legal Director, Human Rights First)

4. Stephen I. Vladeck (Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law)

Moderator: Jonathan Hafetz (Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law)

Panel 4 The Role of the Media in National Security Policy

1. Joshua ColangeloBryan

(Senior Attorney, Dorsey & Whitney LLP)

2. Dafna Linzer (Senior Reporter, ProPublica)

3. Scott Horton (Contributing Editor, Harper’s Magazine)

4. Peter Finn (Staff Writer, The Washington Post)

Moderator: Baher Azmy (Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law

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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