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.
Events & CLE
View the Standing Committee's upcoming and past events -- including photos and live recordings from our breakfast programs.
National Security CLE Webinars
Emerging Critical Issues- January 28-29 and February 4-5, 2021
What are the national security challenges that the country will face over the next year? This series of CLE webinars on emerging critical issues including cybersecurity and technology, civil-military relations, economic security and the COVID-19 pandemic. Webinars will be held on January 28 and 29 and February 4 and 5, from 11 to 2:30 EDT each day. Registration is now closed. View CLE materials below.
CLE Webinar - More InformationNational Security Webinars CLE Material
View the CLE materials for the upcoming CLE Webinar series.
Foreign Agents Registration Act: What Lawyers Need to Know in A Heightened Enforcement Era
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David Laufman, partner at Wiggin & Dana LLP and former Chief of Counterintelligence & Export Control in the DOJ National Security Division (responsible for FARA enforcement) explains FARA for lawyers and law firms in this program.
Watch - HereHacking 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
View - Speaker BiosWINSL 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 BiosOur 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.
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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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