WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2024 — National security legal experts, professors, military officials, industry experts and current and former senior officials from the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Security Council, National Defense University, U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, U.S. Department of Treasury, and the National Defense University, will meet at the 34th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference, Nov. 14-15, in Washington, D.C.
Register now for the nation’s premier conference on national security law.
On Thursday, Nov. 14, Mike Gallagher, former congressman from Wisconsin and former chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, will give the keynote address at 12:45 p.m. EST. There will be a fireside chat at 6 p.m. EST with retired Admiral James Alexander “Sandy” Winnefeld, USN, chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Jane Harman, former member of Congress from California and chair of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy, will also give a keynote speech at 9:15 a.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 15.
What:
34th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference
Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security
When:
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 14-15
Where:
The Westin Hotel
999 Ninth St. NW
Washington, D.C.
Program highlights include:
- “U.S. National Security and Outer Space”
- “The Power to Cure and Kill: Synthetic Biology, Genetic Engineering, National Security Ethics and the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility”
- “Domestic Security and National Security Law”
- “The Evolving Face of War: Law of Armed Conflict Challenges of Future Conflict”
- “National Security Legal Ethics: The Duties and Challenges of a National Security Lawyer”
- “Protecting Personal Data as a National Security Imperative”
- “Taking Stock of the Economic Tools of National Security”
- “National Security Strategies and AI Governance”
A complete agenda can be found here.
For media credentialing and registration, please contact Betsy Adeboyejo at [email protected].