Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) will hold the 24th Annual National Security Law Conference on February 22–23, 2019 at Duke Law School.
Conference Registration has closed. If you wish to be added to the waitlist, please contact Courtney Smith at courtney.smith@law.duke.edu.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, February 21, 2019Duke Law School, Room 3037 |
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12:30 p.m. |
Career Opportunities in National Security Law Sponsored by Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) Pre-Event. No registration required. |
Moderator: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Panelists: Ms. Caroline Brown, Attorney Advisor in U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the General Counsel, Enforcement and Intelligence. |
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Friday, February 22, 2019Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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7:30 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
8:15 a.m. | Welcome: Dean Kerry Abrams, James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law and Professor of Law |
8:20 a.m. | Conference Welcome: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director, and Professor of the Practice, Duke Law School |
8:30 a.m. |
Keynote: Three National Security Issues We Will Need to Address in the Next Five Years |
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Mr. Craig Silliman, Executive Vice President – Public Policy and General Counsel, Verizon Corporation |
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9:15 a.m. | Break |
9:30 a.m. |
Short Bursts: Quick Updates on Hot Issues Moderator: Prof. (Col.) Adam Oler, Professor, National Defense University South China Sea: LCDR Tracy Reynolds, USN, Staff Judge Advocate CTF 30 / CCSG-1 |
11:00 a.m. | Break (pick up lunches) |
11:15 a.m. | Luncheon Speech: The National Security Strategy and the Practice of Law in the United States Air Force |
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Rockwell, USAF, The Judge Advocate General, USAF |
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12:15 p.m. | Break |
12:30 p.m. | Challenges in Cyberspace: Nation state threats and more |
Moderator: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School Panelists: Mr. Richard Scott, Global Legal Investigations Manager at HP Inc. Ms. Erin Wirtanen, Chief Counsel for the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Mr. Jason Kelhoffer, Asst. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of NC Ms. Mieke Eoyang, Vice President for Third Way's National Security Program |
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1:45 p.m. | Break |
2:00 p.m. | Neuroscience, Ethics and National Security |
Speaker: Prof. Nita Farahany, Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Duke University |
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3:00 p.m. | Break |
3:10 p.m. |
Domestic Terrorism: Do We Need a New Law? |
Speaker: Prof. Mary McCord, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice. Discussant: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School |
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3:50 p.m. | Break |
4:00 p.m. |
Norms and Cybersecurity: A Discussion of "Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age" Author: Hon. Michael Chertoff, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff group, and former Secretary of Homeland Security Discussant: Prof. Bill Banks, Founding Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, and emeritus professor at the College of Law Syracuse University
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5:15 p.m. | First day of conference concludes |
6:00 p.m. | Reception at Washington Duke Inn |
7:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner at Washington Duke Inn |
Host: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: Hon. Paul Ney, General Counsel, Department of Defense |
Saturday, February 23, 2019Duke Law School, Room 3041 |
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7:30 a.m. | Registration & continental breakfast |
8:00 a.m. | Keynote: 90° North & South: Legal Issues in the Arctic and Antarctic |
Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director Speaker: RADM Steven J. Andersen, USCG, Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel. U.S. Coast Guard |
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8:45 a.m. | Break |
9:00 a.m. | From Nuremberg to Now: An Update on International Criminal Law |
Prof. Mike Newton, Professor of the Practice of Law |
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9:45 a.m. | Break |
9:50 a.m. | What is an 'Act of War' in Cyberspace? A dramatization with commentary |
Commentator and producer: Ms. Zhanna Malekos-Smith, Reuben Everett Cyber Scholar, Duke Law School Participant 1: Ms. Margaret Studdard, Student, JD, Class of 2021, Duke Law School Participant 2: Ms. Iris Sundermann, Student, LLM, Class of 2019, Duke Law School Participant 3: Mr. Alex Xiao, Student, JD, Class of 2020, Duke Law School |
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10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. | Autonomous Weapons Update |
Speaker: LTC Chris Ford, USA, Deputy Legal Counsel, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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11:15 a.m. | Break (in place) |
11:20 a.m. |
Professional Responsibly, Ethics & The National Security Lawyer: Distinctions with a Difference Speaker: Ms. Kate Oler, Special Master, U.S. Court of Federal Claims |
12:20 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