Events & CLE

View the Standing Committee's upcoming and past events -- including photos and live recordings from our breakfast programs.

Hacking Democracy: Elections and Beyond CLE ABA Showcase Program - Now Available On Demand

"Hacking Democracy" Now Available

You can now view this CLE Showcase Program from the 2020 ABA Virtual Annual Meeting on demand. Access to the program is included for all registrants to the Virtual Annual Meeting (complimentary for ABA Members). Moderated by Harvey Rishikof, featuring panelists Suzanne Spaulding, Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, and the Hon. James McPherson with welcoming remarks from Judy Perry Martinez. Click here to view the CLE Showcase flyer with speaker details. Click the link below for the program video; you will need to log-in to the ABA’s member/customer login page to access it.

View Program - On Demand

Register for Women in Intelligence Law Panel - August 12

WINSL Virtual Panel and Q&A

Join us for a free panel featuring women in top legal positions in the nation’s intelligence agencies. Senior women from the Offices of the General Counsel at the CIA, DIA, NGA, NSA, and NRO will discuss the national security legal practice as practitioners, leaders, and women in the field. They will explore the pressing legal issues that their offices must address daily, share their experiences, and answer questions about how to develop and navigate a career path in intelligence law. Click below for more details and registration.

Watch the Women in National Security Law Panel

WINSL Virtual Launch Event - June 4, 2020

The mission of WINSL is to support, promote, and develop women engaged in the practice of national security law. Watch the panel with Cynthia Ryan, Chair Standing Committee on Law and National Security; Amb. Bonnie Jenkins, Founder and Chair, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security; Mieke Eoyang, Vice President, National Security Program, Third Way; Dawn Browning, Deputy General Counsel, National Security and Cyber Law Branch, FBI

View - Speaker Bios

Our Latest In Person Events

February Luncheon Remarks - Jason Klitenic, General Counsel, ODNI

Jason Klitenic spoke to the Committee on February 5, 2020 on CFIUS regulations, supply chain risk management, and security clearances. Listen to the audio of his remarks below.

December Breakfast Remarks - Matthew Ferraro, Senior Associate, WilmerHale

Matthew Ferraro spoke to the committee on December 4, 2019 about deep fakes and the acceleration of disinformation, and how those things threaten the private sector and national security.

January Luncheon Remarks - Glenn Gerstell, General Counsel, NSA

Glenn Gerstell spoke to the committee on January 15, 2020. Read a copy of Mr. Gerstell's prepared remarks from the luncheon online

Podcast with Glenn Gerstell

Mr. Gerstell appeared on an episode of National Security Law Today to discuss national security issues that face the NSA and his time as general counsel

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.

Learn More - Conference Information

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.

Law Firm Cybersecurity Requirements You Never Dreamed Of: Emerging Threats, Ethical Obligations to Clients, and Survival Tactics

Listen - Cyber Gaps Panel

#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.

Conference

Watch the panel on election security and cyberspace

Learn More - #CyberspaceIRL Information

28th Annual Review Conference

November 1-2, 2018 in Washington, DC

Learn More - CLE Materials and Panel Audio

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

Learn More - Read About the Panel

National Security, Emerging Technologies and the Law: A Lawyer Jurga

March 23-24, 2018 in Columbus, OH

Listen and Read - Panel audio and Reading List

27th Annual Review Conference

November 16-17, 2017 in Washington, DC

Find more information - CLE Materials and Panel Videos

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.

Video

Watch the panel on Youtube

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