Law in the Age of 'Forever War'
February 27 - February 28, 2015
The 2015 LENS Conference, Law in the Age of 'Forever War', will focus on the legal issues that accompany warfare in a time when technology, relationships between nations, and the abilities of non-state actors to affect the international stage, are all changing rapidly. Speakers will address some of the difficult issues that have come to define modern law as it relates to warfare: targeting, surveillance, home-grown terrorism, intelligence gathering in the digital age, ensuring human rights and civil liberties. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- South Carolina) will deliver the Friday night keynote address at the Washington Duke Inn. Benjamin Wittes, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution will deliver the Saturday keystone speech, "NSA and the Future of Surveillance in the Age of Forever War.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, February 26, 2015*** To Be Rescheduled*** |
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12:30 p.m |
@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex A special presentation by author and journalist Shane Harris. Introduction by Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap. Room 3041 of the Law School from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
Friday, February 27, 2015Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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7:30 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Welcome: Dean David F. Levi, Duke Law School |
8:35 a.m. | Conference Welcome: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director |
8:45 a.m. | Targeting in the Age of Forever War |
Speaker: Professor Michael N. Schmitt, Director of the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law at the United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island | |
9:45 a.m. | Break |
10: 00 a.m. | Human Rights in the Age of Forever War |
Moderator: Professor Suzanne Katzenstein, Research Scholar & Project Director, The Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University Andrew Carswell, Senior Delegate to the Armed Forces, U.S. and Canadian Armed Forces for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Professor Jayne Huckerby, Professor of Law, Duke Law School Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Human Rights First |
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11:30 a.m. | Break (pick up box lunches) |
11:45 a.m. | Keynote Speech: Civil Liberties in the Age of Forever War |
Introduction: Hon. Scott Silliman, Judge, U.S. Court of Military Commission Review; Director Emeritus, LENS; Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Law, Duke Law School Speaker: Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, UC Irvine School of Law |
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12:45 p.m. | Break |
1:00 p.m. | Regulating Conflict in the Age of Forever War |
Moderator: Professor William Banks, Professor of Law and Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, Syracuse University Law School Col. Richard Jackson (Ret.), Special Assistant for Law of War Matters, U.S. Army Professor Jens David Ohlin, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School Professor Gary Solis, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center |
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2:30 p.m. | Break |
2:45 p.m. | Do we need a new AUMF in the Age of Forever War? |
Moderator: Professor Robert Chesney, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Charles I. Francis Professor in Law, Director-Designate of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, University of Texas at Austin Professor Martin Lederman, Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Ms. Andrea Prasow, Deputy Washington Director, Human Rights Watch Professor Stephen Vladeck, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law |
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4:15 p.m. | Break (in place) |
4:20 p.m. | Conference Capstone Lecture: Home-grown Terrorism in the Age of Forever War (publication in progress, video forthcoming summer 2015) |
Speaker: Professor David Schanzer, Associate Professor, Duke Sanford School of Public Policy and Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security | |
5:00 p.m. | First day of conference concludes |
6:15 p.m. | Reception at Washington Duke Inn |
7:00 p.m. |
Conference Dinner at Washington Duke Inn Ambassador Ballroom |
Host: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Hon. Lindsey Graham, United States Senator (R - South Carolina) |
Saturday, February 28, 2015Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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8:00 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Keystone Speech: NSA and the Future of Surveillance in the Age of Forever War |
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Mr. Benjamin Wittes, Senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Editor in Chief of the Lawfare blog |
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9:15 a.m. | Break |
9:30 a.m. | Public v. Private: Intrusive Cyber Activities in the Age of Forever War |
Moderator: Mr. David Hoffman, Director of Security Policy & Global Privacy Officer, Intel Corporation Mr. Gregory Nojeim, Center for Democracy and Technology Professor Christopher Schroeder, Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and Public Policy Studies, Co-Director of the Program in Public Law, Duke Law School Mrs. Erin Wirtanen, Office of the General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency |
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11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m. | Ethical Issues of the Practice of National Security (video forthcoming) |
Speaker: Mr. Harvey Rishikof, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Advisory Committee | |
12:15 p.m. | Closing remarks: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director |
12:30 p.m. | Conference concludes |
The conference is produced by the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security at Duke Law School