Spring Conference
April 13th and 14th2012
Theme: After Afghanistan: Where To From Here? Examining the state – and future – of national security law-related issues in the era beyond active battlefields, yet one with persisting threats of technology-empowered terrorists, and one with rising peer-competitors.
Friday, April 13, 2012
7:30 a.m. Registration & Coffee
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks: Professor Charles Dunlap, LENS Executive Director
8:45 a.m. Panel 1: International Human Rights Law: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor Joseph Blocher, Duke Law School
Madeline Morris, Duke Law School
Andrew Woods, Harvard Law School
Professor Saira Mohamed, UC Berkeley Law School
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Panel 2: Countering Violent Homegrown Extremism: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor David Schanzer, Duke University
Professor Margaret Hu, Duke Law School
Professor Deborah Ramirez, Northeastern Law School
Professor Sahar F. Aziz, Texas Wesleyan School of Law
12:00 p.m. Break (pick up box lunches)
12:30 p.m. Luncheon presentation
Host: Professor Charles Dunlap
Speaker: Dr. Mac Owens, Naval War College
1:15 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. Panel 3: National Security Judicial Deference: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Dean David Levi, Duke Law School
Professor Neil Siegel, Duke Law School
Professor Nathan Sales, George Mason Law School
Professor Deborah Pearlstein, Cardozo Law School
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 Panel 4: International Military Operations: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor Charles Dunlap
Col (S) Rob Preston, USAF, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
Maj Steve Strickey, Canadian Forces
Sqn Ldr Joanne Swainston, Royal Air Force
CDR Hugh Cameron, Australian Navy
4:45 p.m. Break
6:15 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Host: Professor Charles Dunlap
Dinner Speaker: General Michael V. Hayden, USAF (Ret.), former director of the CIA
Saturday, April 14, 2012
8:00 a.m. Late Registration & Coffee
8:30 a.m. Panel 1: International Law of Armed Conflict: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor Bill Banks, Syracuse Law School
VADM James W. Houck, USN, JAGC
Mr. Dick Jackson, Department of the Army
Professor Laurie Blank, Emory Law School
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Panel 2: The Intersection of National Security Law Issues and International Business Enterprises: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor Julie Maupin, Duke Law School
Mr. Craig Silliman, Verizon
Mr. Phil Carter, Caerus Associates LLC
Mr. Ted Kassinger, O’Melveny & Myers
11:45 a.m. Break (pick up box lunches)
12:15 p.m. Luncheon presentation
Host: Professor Scott Silliman, LENS Director Emeritus
Speaker: Mr. Will Gunn, General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs
1:00 p.m. Break
1:15 p.m. Ethical Issues of the Practice of National Security Law (one hour)
Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap, Jr, USAF (Ret.)
2:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
2:30 p.m. Conference Closes