Corruption: A Threat to Rule of Law and Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan - POSTPONED
John Sopko, the Special Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), will address the Standing Committee on Law and National Security
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Luncheon with the ODNI General Counsel - February 5, 2020
Jason Klitenic, General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, spoke to the Committee on CFIUS regulations, supply chain risk management, and security clearances. Click on the arrow below to read the ABA News summary of the event.
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January Event - Luncheon with Glenn Gerstell, General Counsel, NSA
Listen To Our Breakfast Event with Matthew Ferraro
December 4, 2019 - Matthew Ferraro, Senior Associate, WilmerHale, spoke to the committee about deep fakes and the acceleration of disinformation, and how those things threaten the private sector and national security.
Democracy and Justice in the Age of Disinformation
The Standing Committee and the Center on Strategic and International Studies held a Defending Democratic Institutions event "Democracy and Justice in the Age of Disinformation" on Law Day 2019. Suzanne Spaulding, Harvey Rishikof, and Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Committee members and former chairs addressed the audience on Russian foreign influence campaigns and the new report "Beyond the Ballot: How the Kremlin Works to Undermine the U.S. Justice System." Click the arrow below to watch the video of the event.
Read - Beyond the Ballot Report
Dig Deeper on our Recent Conferences
29th Annual Review Conference
November 7-8, 2019 in Washington DC. Get CLE information and readings, listen to audio recordings, and watch videos of keynotes speakers.
2019 ABA Annual Meeting
Listen to the audio from the Committee's Panel "National Security: Where Are the Cyber Gaps?" below. Listen to the audio from the Cybersecurity Legal Task Force's legal cybersecurity program by clicking on the link.
#Cyberspace IRL: Rule of Law Approaches to Virtual Threats
Learn more about how policymakers, legal practitioners and international bodies try to preserve the rule of law in an unregulated cyber arena. May 21, 2019, U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington DC.
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28th Annual Review Conference
November 1-2, 2018 in Washington, DC
ABA Annual Meeting 2018 - Attacks on Our Institutions of Democracy
A panel at the 2018 ABA Annual Meeting, August 4, 2018 with moderator Harvey Rishikof and panelists Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Suzanne Spaulding and Judge Margaret Sweeney
National Security, Emerging Technologies and the Law: A Lawyer Jurga
March 23-24, 2018 in Columbus, OH
27th Annual Review Conference
November 16-17, 2017 in Washington, DC
Thinking about Extremism in the 21st Century
A Keynote Panel from the ABA Rule of Law Initiative Annual Conference on Contemporary Rule of Law Issues: Rule of Law Approaches to Countering Violent Extremism.
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ABA Annual Meeting 2016 - Emerging Issues in National Security and Law Enforcement
The Standing Committee sponsored a keynote address at the 2016 ABA Annual meeting with former FBI Director James Comey. The Committee also held a moderated discussion at the 2016 Annual meeting with Marc Rotenberg, the president and executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Gilman Louie, founder and former CEO of In-Q-Tel and Harvey Rishikof, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security’s Advisory Committee
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