Shortburst: Conference Update and more!

Our 31st Annual National Security Law Conference, set for Friday, February 27, and Saturday morning, February 28, is fully booked (including the overflow room!).  However, if you are interested in attending, we do have a waitist here.

You’ve heard about some of the presentations attendees will see at the conference (here) and (here), but I wanted to let you know that Professor Mike Newton, who will give us an “Update in International Criminal Justice” on Friday morning, offers two expert statements (here) and (here) he provided International Court of Justice in the Gambia v. Myanmar case.  We expect he will relate them to the pending South Africa v. Israel genocide litigation.

We are also very excited about the “National Security and Business” panel with it’s world class experts that we’ll see Friday afternoon

Moderator: Prof. Robert E. “Bobby” Bishop, Associate Professor, Duke Law School

Panelist: Prof. Timothy Meyer, Richard Allen/Cravath Distinguished Professor in International Business Law, Duke Law School

Panelist: Ms. Jennifer S. Zucker, Partner and Co-Head of the Government Contracts Practice Group, Vinson & Elkins

Panelist: Ms. Deborah A. Curtis, Partner, Co-Chair of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice, Arnold & Porter

Panelist: Ms. Caroline E. Brown, Partner, Crowell & Moring, member of the firm’s International Trade group, and serves on the National Security practice steering committee

Popular LENS conference speaker Prof Chris Borgen from St John’s Law. Chris will give us an “Update on Space Law and National Security.”  With all that is happening with respect to space (see e.g. here and here), there is much to look forward to hearing about.

Lawfire contributor and LENS conference vet Col Ted Richard will speak to us on a topic we haven’t presented at the Conference for quite some time: “Nuclear Weapons & the Law of Armed Conflict.”  This could not be more timely given China’s growing nuclear weapons inventory, Iran’s activities, and the expiration of the START agreement with Russia.

Col Gary Corn, USA (Ret.)

Speaking of timely topics, we are fortunate to have Prof. Gary Corn, the guru of all things cyber, share his views on “Targeting Issues in Cyberwarfare.”  Though cyber has been around for some time, many aspects of the law of armed conflict as it applies to cyber remain unsettled.  Gary’s perspective will be extremely valuable.  

A new speaker for the Conference (but a previous attendee!) is Prof Katie Kedian, who will deliver our ethics presentation, which she’s titled “Professional Responsibility in National Security Law – Origins, Adaptations, and Challenges.”  Take a look at Katie’s truly awesome bio, and you’ll quickly see she’s perfect for this presentation.

Update: We now have approval for 11.5 hours of CLE (including one hour of ethics) from both NC and PA for the Conference!

In other news…

The Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law (DJCIL) is now accepting article submissions for publication
Nicco Boggan, Editor in Chief, and Nicole Rgueira, Managing Editor (and my Research assistant!) advise that the DJCIL is inviting scholars and practitioners to share original works that critically engage with significant global legal issues.

If you are interested in submitting your piece, please do so through Scholastica.  DJCIL looks forward to reviewing your work!

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