War on Terrorism symposium this Friday in Houston; ABA SCOLANS mailing list

1. (THIS FRIDAY IN HOUSTON) “Law, Ethics, and the War on Terrorism” – symposium sponsored by the South Texas Law Review

Details here: http://www.stcl.edu/ethics/index.html

The program:

Continental Breakfast and Registration
7:45-8:20 a.m.

Welcome and Overview
8:20-8:30 a.m.

James J. (“Jim”) Alfini President and Dean, South Texas College of Law First Morning Panel Presentation
8:30-11:00a.m.

The Criminal Prosecution of Terrorists

The Civilian Perspective

Jeanne Baker “Terrorism” Is a Crime So Heinous That Even Innocence Is No Defense

Bobby Chesney Terrorism and the Utility of Federal Criminal Prosecution

The military perspective

Col. Lawrence J. Morris They Would Have Invented It: The Historical, Constitutional, and Practical Case for Military Commissions

Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. (ret.) Have We Targeted the Offenses or the Defendants?

Michael Lewis The Military Costs and Benefits of a Criminal

Prosecution Model

Question & Answer session………….. Victor M. Hansen, Lt. Col. (ret.) moderator

Morning Keynote
11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Fred L. Borch, Col. (ret.) The Historical Role of Military Lawyers in National Security Trials
12:00 LUNCH

Afternoon Keynote
1:30 p.m.

Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. The Ethical Dimension of National Security Legal Advice

Afternoon Panel Presentation
2:30 p.m.

Has the United States Lost the Ethical High Ground in the War on Terror?

John Hutson, Vice Adm. (ret.) How America Could Actually Lose the War on Terror

Amos N. Guiora, Lt. Col. (ret.) Freedom of Religion–Freedom from Religion

Richard Jackson, Col. (ret.) Law of War in GWOT–Regaining the Moral High Ground

Christopher J. Borgen Hearts and Minds and Laws: Legal Compliance and Diplomatic Persuasion

Eugene R. Fidell The High Ground and the National Narrative

question & answer session…………….Walt Huffman, Maj. Gen. (ret.) moderator

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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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