ICYMI: Most viewed Lawfire posts for 2025
2025 was another great year for Lawfire thanks to you, the readers! In case you missed some of the most-read posts, here are a couple for you: Is independent, nonpartisan legal advice from military...
Category: Judge Advocates
Guest post: Marc Warren on why JAGs are indispensable to warfighting forces
Because of technical issues, this post was not distributed to the entire subscribers’ list, so it’s being re-transmitted. Apologies for the inconvenience! Military lawyers – known as judge advocates or “JAGs” – live in...
Is independent, nonpartisan legal advice from military lawyers on the chopping block?
Be sure to check the 24 Feb update at the end of this post… Last night’s announcement that the Administration is “requesting nominations for the Judge Advocates General for the Army, Navy and Air...
Podcast: BG David Mendelson on “LOAC in 21st Century Battlespaces”
Each year at our annual conference we have a top speaker present a leadership address, and this year we were honored to have the extraordinarily charismatic BG David E. Mendelson, USA, Assistant Judge Advocate...
Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (Ret.), on “Airpower, Law and the Warfighter’s Perspective”
Today begins our posting of material from our just-completed 28th Annual National Security Law Conference, and–wow–we are really starting the process the right way with the text of the fantastic address by Lt Gen...
What’s it really like for a Duke Law student to serve with the military legal community? In their words… (Part I)
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...
Shortburst: New JAGs; Formula One; new faculty; save the date; and more!
Shortbursts are an occasional feature of Lawfire® designed to provide quick updates on a variety of issues. New military lawyers! Duke Law Class of 2022 provided two additions to the ranks of military lawyers. ...
Podcast: Brig. Gen. Gail Crawford on international & operational law challenges, leadership, and much more!
I was especially pleased to welcome Brig. Gen. Gail Crawford, the Air Force’s Director of Operations and International Law, as a speaker for our 27th Annual National Security Law Conference this year. Why? I...
Podcast: On the ground in Kabul during the Afghan evacuation: two JAGs speak!
One of the highlights of our 27th Annual National Security Law conference was the superb presentation by two fantastic judge advocates (JAGs) from the legendary 82nd Airborne Division, MAJ Rachel Walkup and CPT Haley...
A conversation with retired NATO commander General Phil Breedlove about Ukraine, JAGs, leadership, and more
We were honored to have retired NATO commander General Phil Breedlove give the leadership presentation at the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security’s 27th Annual National Security Law Conference last week. The video...
