Each spring the Center hosts a major national security law conference in Durham, N.C. Recent conferences have focused on "Law in the Age of Forever War,” “LAWshaping in National Security” and “Battlefields, Boardrooms, and Backyards: The New Face of National Security Law."

Complexity and Security: The Role of the Law?

February 23-24, 2018

Feb. 23, 2018 -

LENS 2018: Complexity & Security | Nita Farahany

Feb. 24, 2018 -

LENS 2018: Complexity & Security | Monika Bickert, Keynote: The Social Media Perspective

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Cyber, Security & Surveillance: Truth & Consequences

February 24-25, 2017

Feb. 24, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | John P. Carlin, Framing the Issues

Feb. 24, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Military Lawyering in the Cyber Era

Feb. 24, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Dean Cheng, Luncheon Speech

Feb. 24, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Cyber Law: Tallinn 2.0

Feb. 24, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Civil Military Relations in the Cyber Era

Feb. 24, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | The Future of Cybersecurity

Feb. 25, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Col. Linell Letendre

Feb. 25, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Cyber & Surveillance

Feb. 25, 2017 -

LENS Conference 2017: Cyber, Security & Surveillance | Glenn S. Gerstell, The View from the NSA

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Hybrid Threats = Hybrid Law?

February 26-27, 2016

Feb. 26, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Welcome; Kenneth Anderson, Hybrid War, Hybrid Law: Framing the Issues

Feb. 26, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Nita Farahany, Neuroscience Goes to War: Hybrid Soldiers & More

Feb. 26, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Ethical Challenges in the Age of Hybrid War

Feb. 26, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Civil Military Relations in the Age of Hybrid War

Feb. 26, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Surveillance & Privacy in the Age of Hybrid War

Feb. 26, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Law of Armed Conflict in an Era of Hybrid War

Feb. 27, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Col. Bryan Watson, Cultivating an Ethical Culture in a Hybrid Environment

Feb. 27, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Autonomous Weapons in the Age of Hybrid War

Feb. 27, 2016 -

LENS Conference 2016 | Craig Silliman, Hybrid War = Hybrid Law: A Private Sector Perspective

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Law in the Age of Forever War

February 27-28, 2015

Feb. 27, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Sen. Lindsey Graham, Law in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 27, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Do We Need a New AUMF in the Age of Forever War?

Feb. 27, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Regulating Conflict in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 27, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Erwin Chemerinsky, Civil Liberties in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 27, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Human Rights in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 28, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Dean David F. Levi, Welcome: Law in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 28, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Michael N. Schmitt, Targeting in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 28, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Public v. Private: Intrusive Cyberactivities in the Age of Forever War

Feb. 28, 2015 -

LENS Conference 2015 | Benjamin Wittes, NSA and the Future of Surveillance in the Age of Forever War

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LAWshaping in National Security: the Past, the Progress, and the Path Ahead

February 28-March 1, 2014

Feb. 28, 2014 -

LENS Conference 2014: LAWShaping in National Security | Capt. Lindsay L. Rodman & James R. Silkenet

Feb. 28, 2014 -

LENS Conference 2014: LAWshaping in National Security | Drones, Cyber, & More

Feb. 28, 2014 -

LENS Conference 2014: LAWshaping in National Security | Hon. Robert S. Litt, Keynote Speech

Feb. 28, 2014 -

LENS Conference 2014: LAWshaping in National Security | Federal Courts & National Security

March 01, 2014 -

LENS Conference 2014: LAWshaping in National Security | Presidential Power & National Security

March 01, 2014 -

LENS Conference 2014: LAWshaping in National Security | Phillip Carter

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Battlefields, Boardrooms, and Backyards: The New Face of National Security Law

March 1-2, 2013

March 01, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Building the Terminator? Law and Policy for Autonomous Weapons Systems

March 01, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Michael N. Schmitt, The Law of Cyberwar: The Tallinn Manual

March 01, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Sea Business: Current Issues in International & Domestic Maritime Law

March 01, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Technology, Privacy & Security

March 01, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, JAGC, Chief Prosecutor, Military Commissions

March 02, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Charles Blanchard, Contemporary Ethical Issues of National Security Law

March 02, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | The Business of Battle: Law, National Security, & the Global Marketplace

March 02, 2013 -

LENS Conference 2013 | Robert Scales, Leadership & Civil-Military Relations

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