Shortbursts are an occasional feature of Lawfire® designed to provide quick updates on a variety of matters… 28th Annual National Security Law Conference Agenda The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) will present its...
Today we celebrate the memory of one of the most impactful Americans who ever lived: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. I believe his I Have a Dream speech is the most inspiring I’ve ever...
Thanksgiving is a perfect opportunity to give thanks for the people we’ve have the opportunity to meet in our lives, if even briefly. Today I want to share one such memory when I crossed...
Who will be tomorrow’s veterans? That is the question for Veterans Day 2022 as America’s military is in the midst of a recruiting crisis, even as the forces of darkness around the globe grow...
Monday’s announcement by the Congressional Budget Office that President Biden’s student loan ‘forgiveness’ program will cost a whopping $400 billion has left many commentators aghast. Curious as to how this will harm national security?...
Today’s guest post is by a favorite Lawfire® contributor and popular LENS conference speaker Adam Oler, who gives us a sober assessment of international justice. He traces its history–and notes the high points–but also...
Labor Day is, as the Department of Labor notes, “an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers.” Every worker is celebrated to include, I would submit, those whose “work” is...
Lawfire® readers may recall that four Duke Law students were competitively-selected for intern/externships with the military legal community this past summer. They worked with uniformed lawyers (judge advocates called “JAGs”) and civilian attorneys, along...
June 14 is Flag Day, but my sense is that many Americans are not as familiar with it as they should be. I strongly urge you to read the President Biden’s Proclamation set out...
Today we commemorate one of the most important events of World War II: D-Day. 78 years ago thousands of U.S. and Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe and to end...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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