DC Courts Habeas Database – Post-Boumediene
The ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security is pleased to announce the DC Courts Habeas Database – Post-Boumediene. This searchable database contains every Guantanamo and Bagram detainee habeas petition brought before the DC courts since Boumediene v. Bush was decided by the Supreme Court on June 12, 2008.
19th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference
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Conference Materials. Printed copies of the conference reports are available for $25 each. Please contact hmcmahon@staff.abanet.org if you would like to purchase a bound copy of the reports.
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Click here download Day 2 Conference Materials
Podcasts
- Opening Remarks - Carolyn Lamm
Panel I - Executive Update on Developments in National Security Law - Panel II - Legislative Update on Developments in National Security Law and Keynote Address - Hon. James B. Steinberg
- Panel III - Emerging Issues in National Security Law: Narco-Violence Along the Border
- Friday Opening Remarks - Professor John Norton Moore
Panel IV - Modern Piracy: Legal and Policy Options - Panel V - Military Commissions
- Keynote Address - Hon. Janet Napolitano
- Panel VI - Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare and Panel VII - Ethics Challenges for National Security Lawyers In and Out of Government
About the Committee
Contact
Contact Information:
Holly McMahon, Staff Director
740 15th Street, NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20005-1022
Phone: 202/662-1035
Fax: 202/662-1032
E-mail: hmcmahon@staff.abanet.org
Recent Publications
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Contemporary Piracy: Consequences and Cures - A Workshop Report Download full report here. |
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National Security Threats in Cyberspace - A Workshop Report Conducted June 4-5, 2009 by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Download full report here. |
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Exploring Counterterrorism Detention Alternatives - A Workshop Report Conducted June 2, 2009 by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Download full report here.
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Trying Terrorists in Article III Courts – A Workshop Report conducted April 24, 2009 by the Standing Committee on Law and National Security. Workshop Report can be downloaded here. |
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Due Process and Terrorism Workshop conducted October 18, 2007 by the Standing Committee on Law and Post Workshop Report can be downloaded here. |
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Standing Committee on Law and National Security announces: Careers in National Security Law - a resource for law students and young lawyers Click here to read on-line version. To order the book, visit www.ababooks.org or call 1-800-285-2221 |
National Security Law Report
The July/October 2009 National Security Law Report is now available.
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Articles include: • The Golden Rule and the Laws of War, by Gabor Rona (Human Rights First) • Covert Action Policy and Procedure by Jonathan Fredman • A Review of “The Constitution and 9/11” by Ryan Lockman • Be Careful What You Wish For: A Review of Ibrahim Warde’s The Price of Fear by Jeff Breinholt • Speech to the ABA Standing Committee by DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson, September 10, 2009 • Standing Committee Appointments Announced |
Law and National Security Writing Competition
The 2009 National Security Writing Competition winner is Adrian Snead, Second Year Law Student, George Washington University Law School.
His paper, Redefining Fourth Amendment Rights in the Digital Age: Suspicionless Border Searches of Electronic Data Storage Devices can be downloaded here. Congratulations Adrian! He will be our guest at the Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference where he will receive a cash prize.
Watch this site for the announcement of the 2010 writing competition.
Click here to read the 2008 winning paper - Covert Action and the War on Terror: Reconciling Secrecy and Public Legitimacy.
Patriot Debates Online!
Read the online version of Patriot Debates, containing detailed essays by noted legal experts on 16 provisions of the USA PATRIOT ACT.
