2015 LENS Conference

The 2016 LENS Conference poster, Hybrid Threats = Hybrid Law?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***

   
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, 2015

Duke Law School, Room 3041

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
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
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
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
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, 2015

Duke Law School, Room 3041

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
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
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

Conference Details

Parking

On Friday, February 27th, parking for the conference will be available in the Science Drive Visitor Lot, located on Science Drive, between NC 751 and Whitford Drive, directly across from the Fuqua School of Business. Parking for this lot is $5, cash only. Additional parking this day will be available in Parking Garage 4. Rate information for this lot may may be found here.

On Saturday, February 28th, parking for the conference will be available in the Law School parking lot, entrance located on Towerview Road. There will be no charge to park on Saturday in this lot. 

Conference Seating

Conference seating will be on a first come, first serve basis. Once the main auditorium is full, attendees will be invited to view a live webcast of the conference in the adjacent overflow room.

WiFi

WiFi will be available to conference attendees.

CLE

The conference has been approved for 10 hours of CLE for Pennsylvania (including one hour of ethics). Documentation found here.

North Carolina has approved 10.25 hours of CLE for the conference. Documentation found here.

Ethics material for the conference: item one, item two  The North Carolina State Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct are found here.

Dress

There is no dress code for the conference itself. However, most speakers will be in business attire. Military personnel are welcome to wear their UOD. For the conference reception and dinner, it is requested that gentlemen wear coat & tie. Ladies are requested to wear dressy or business attire (formal cocktail attire is not required). Military personnel are welcome to wear their service dress or civilian attire.

Point of Contact

Stephanie Lowd
stephanie.lowd@law.duke.edu
(919) 613-7080