Events & CLE

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    Data & Privacy: Emerging Issues During COVID-19

    CLE Webinar: Thursday, December 10, 2020, 1:00-2:30 pm Eastern

    As governments, businesses, and education systems seek to control the pandemic, they have turned to technology as a potentially potent weapon. Contact tracing, quarantine restrictions, travel monitoring, immunity passports and more have emerged as possible tools to control virus spread. But use of these tools also raises heightened concern about data privacy. Expert panelists will discuss the legal and policy considerations that govern—and ought to govern—the decisions about how to employ this technology. Co Sponsored with the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division. Use code LNS40DPC for an additional $40 off.

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    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.

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    Watch Women in National Security Law Panels

    Women in Intelligence Law - August 12, 2020

    Senior women in the intelligence community discuss national security legal issues, provide career advice, and answer audience questions. Watch the full panel with Cynthia Ryan, Past Chair, Standing Committee on Law and National Security; Amb. Bonnie Jenkins, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security; Donna MacEwen, NRO; Teisha Anthony, NSA; Allison Stevens, NGA; Carol Coll, CIA; and Kristin St. Peter, DIA

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    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

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    Our Latest In Person Events

    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.

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    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

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    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

    Video

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    Watch - Keynote Address

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