Annual Review Conference Information

The Annual Review Conferences, held each year in the fall, are jointly cosponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, the Center on National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke University School of Law.

 

20th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference

November 4-5, 2010 – Renaissance Hotel

Podcasts
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Panel I - Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law
Moderator: Harvey Rishikof, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Discussants:
Robert Litt, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Robert J. Eatinger Jr., Central Intelligence Agency
David S. Kris, U.S. Department of Justice
Jeh C. Johnson, U.S. Department of Defense
Joseph B. Maher, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

    Panel II – Governance of Domestic Intelligence
    Moderator    : Suzanne Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
    Discussants:
    Richard G. Kerlikowske, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Caryn A. Wagner, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    William Banks, Syracuse University College of Law
    Lara M. Flint, Senior Counsel to Senator Russell D. Feingold

    The Honorable Lindsey O. Graham, U.S. Senator
    Judicial Nominees and National Security

    Friday, November 5, 2010
    Panel IV: Targeted Killing and Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems
    Moderator    : John Norton Moore, Director, Center for National Security Law, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
    Discussants:
    David E. Graham, The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School
    Jamie A. Williamson, International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Delegation for the United States and Canada
    Kenneth Anderson, American University Washington College of Law
    Vincent Warren, Center for Constitutional Rights

    Panel V: National Security Transformation
    Moderator    : James R. Locher III, President and CEO Project on National Security Reform
    Discussants:
    Gordon Lederman, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
    Jamie Gorelick, Wilmer Hale
    Michael Allen, National Security Preparedness Group Bipartisan Policy Center
    Jeffrey Smith, Arnold & Porter

    November 5 Luncheon Keynote Address
    The Honorable Stewart A. Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP and former Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    Cyberwar: What is it Good For?

    Conference Program
    Conference Materials Day 1
    Conference Materials Day 2 

     

     

    19th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law

    November 12-13, 2009

    Conference Materials
    Printed copies of the conference reports are available for $25 each.  Please contact Holly.McMahon@americanbar.org if you would like to purchase a bound copy of the reports.

    Click here to download Day 1 Conference Materials

    Click here download Day 2 Conference Materials 

    Click here to listen to speech b Robert Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

    Podcasts

    Opening Remarks - Carolyn Lamm
    Panel I - Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law
    Link to Video

    Panel II - Legislative Update on Developments in National Security Law and Keynote Address - Hon. James B. Steinberg

    Panel III - Emerging Issues in National Security Law: Narco-Violence Along the Border

    Friday Opening Remarks - Professor John Norton Moore
    Panel IV - Modern Piracy: Legal and Policy Options

    Panel V - Military Commissions

    Keynote Address - Hon. Janet Napolitano

    Panel VI - Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare and Panel VII - Ethics Challenges for National Security Lawyers In and Out of Government

    18th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law

    Issues for the New Administration

    November 6 and 7, 2008


    Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN
    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    Click here to hear remarks by Admiral Mullen.

    Conference Materials Day 1
    Conference Materials Day 2

    To have a copy mailed to you, please send your request to Holly.McMahon@americanbar.org.

    Conference Podcasts

    Welcome : Albert C. Harvey
    Panel I: The Nature, Scope and Scale of National Security Threats Inside and Outside of the United States (S. Spaulding, J. Brenner, D. Kay, J. Billy)

    Panel II: Managing The Intelligence Enterprise (S. Bowman, W. Parker, W. Banks, M. Heimbach, J. Locher)

    Panel III: A Sustainable Legal Regime for Foreign and Domestic Intelligence (E. Parker, L. Flint, J. Rizzo, J. Baker, J. McPherson)

    Luncheon Keynote Address: Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Senate, RI, Restoring Integrity in Government Lawyering

    Panel IV : The War in Georgia and the Future of U.S./Russian Relations (J. Moore, S. Kislyak, J. Collins, D. Simes)

    Part V : Challenges for the Private Sector in National Security (J. Miller, A. Chen, J. MacGaffin, G. Snow)

    Welcome Address : H. Thomas Wells, Jr., President, American Bar Association

    Panel VI: Due Process and Issues Surrounding Detention: Considerations for the New Administration (H. Rishikof, K. Martin, G. Sulmasy, M. Waxman, B. Wittes)

    Panel VII: Prosecution by Military Commission: A Question
    for the Next Administration     (S. Silliman, J. Altenburg, C. Swift, J. Jaffer, D. Rivkin)

    Keynote Luncheon Address by the Honorable David B. Sentelle, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, National Security: The Changing Role of the Courts

    Panel VIII: Ethical Issues for National Security Lawyers
    (A. Harvey, J. Baker, K. Clark, J. Hutson, A. Mora)

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