Events for Standing Committee on Law and National Security

Standing Committee on Law and National Security Calendar

Past Events

	September 27, 2007	Breakfast Program, David Kris, former Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Modernization The Foreign Surveillance Act of 1978 (Redlined to Reflect Amendments After 9/11/01) Listen (running time ~45 minutes)
	Aug. 9-14, 2007 San Francisco, CA	ABA 2007 Annual Meeting San Francisco Marriott Pacific Suite I, 4^th Floor Careers in National Security Law Panel Discussion and Q&A Session Listen (running time ~90 minutes)
Moderator Harvey Rishikof addresses audience with former Standing Committee chair Dean Elizabeth Parker as panelist.	August 10, 2007 San Francisco, CA	San Francisco Marriott Pacific Suite I, 4^th Floor GWOT vs. SAVE A New Legal Framework? Is it a Global War on Terrorism or a Struggle Against Violent Extremism? Listen (running time ~120 minutes) Click here for additional resource information. Click here for detailed information.
	July 17, 2007	Careers in National Security Law Program Listen (running time ~90 minutes)
	June 28, 2007	Breakfast Program Seymour Hersh, Investigative Journalist "The Role of the Reporter Inside the National Security Apparatus" Click here for invitation and registration form.
	May 17, 2007 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Moore's Law and Moore's Outlaws Dr. Wendy Hall, Director, Bioterrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Science & Technology Policy, Office of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Listen (running time ~45 minutes)
	May 10-11, 2007	Conference on International Networks and Homeland Security - May 10-11, 2007 Keynote Address by the Honorable Christiaan Mark Johan Kroner, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States of America delivered Thursday, May 10, 2007 before the ABA Conference on International Networks and Homeland Security. "Counterterrorism Strategies from an International Law and Policy Perspective" Click here to read text.
	April 25, 2007 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: A Discussion of the Rules for Interrogation for CIA and Private Military Contractors Michael Posner, President, Human Rights First Listen (running time ~45 minutes)
	March 29, 2007 Washington, DC	Special Program: Responding to the Department of Justice Inspector General's Report on the Use of National Security Letters Moderator: Suzanne Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group Panelists: Valerie Caproni, General Counsel, FBI Andrew McCarthy, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Jeffrey H. Smith, Partner, Arnold & Porter and former General Counsel, CIA Michael Vatis, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson and former Associate Deputy Attorney General Spike Bowman, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology & National Security Policy, NDU Read the Department of Justice Inspector General's report on National Security Letters. Listen (running time 1 hr. 45 min.) Part 1 Part 2
	March 29, 2007 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Joel Brenner National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) and Mission Manager for Counterintelligence Listen (running time ~45 min.) Transcript The National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States, 2007 Key Legislative Provisions
	Jan. 18-Jan. 19 Washington, DC	Homeland Security Law Institute Sponsored by the ABA Section on Administrative Law More Information
	Jan. 3, 2007 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: John Yoo, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley Listen (running time ~45 min.)
	Nov. 30, 2006 - Dec. 1, 2006 Washington, DC	16th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference Program Speaker Bios Conference Materials Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Opening Reception - National Security and Homeland Security Careers in Nontradition Settings Audio (low quality) Thursday, November 30, 2006 Panel I - Round Table Discussion: Survey of New Developments in National Security Law: Executive Branch Perspectives Audio \| Video (C-SPAN) Panel II - Round Table Discussion: Survey of New Developments in National Security Law Audio Welcoming Remarks: Karen Mathis, President, American Bar Association Audio Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary Audio Panel III - Accountability of Contractors on the Battlefield Audio Dinner Keynote Speaker: Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Audio (low quality) \| Video (C-SPAN) Friday, December 1, 2006 Opening Remarks: Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Audio \| Video (C-SPAN) \| Slides Panel IV- Civil Litigation in the War on Terror Audio \| Video (C-SPAN) Panel V - Detaining and Prosecuting Terrorists: Hamdan and Beyond Audio \| Video (C-SPAN) Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Jane Harman, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Audio \| Video (C-SPAN) Panel VI - National Security Secrets and Democracy: Leaks, Whistleblowers and the Press Audio \| Video (C-SPAN)
	Nov. 15, 2006 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Ken Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Ken Wainstein is the first head of the National Security Division at the Department of Justice. This new division brings together the Department of Justice's national security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence and foreign intelligence surveillance operations under a single authority. Listen (running time 30 min.) Read Summary
	Sep. 29, 2006 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense A former Congressman from the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania and Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Secretary McHale currently supervises all homeland defense activities of the Department of Defense. Listen (running time <1 hr.)
	Aug. 7, 2006 Washington, DC	*ABA Annual Meeting: "Liberty" vs. "Security"* (Panel Discussion Before the ABA House of Delegates) Dean Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, University of the Pacific McGeorge Law School; Professor John Yoo, University of California at Berkeley School of Law; and Neal Sonnett, Chair, ABA Task Force on Domestic Surveillance in the Fight Against Terrorism Listen** (running time <1 hr.)
	Jul. 25, 2006 Washington, DC	The Careers in National Security Panel featured young lawyers from the Office of the Director, National Counterterrorism Center; the Office of General Counsel, Department of Defense; the Legislative and Executive branches, including the Department of Homeland Security and the military. Sponsored by the Young National Security Lawyers Group of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security. Read Report
	Jun. 22, 2006 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Ben Powell, General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Transcript \| Listen (running time <1 hr.)
	May 9, 2006 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Hon. Richard Posner, Judge, United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Listen (running time <1 hr.)
	March 10, 2006 Washington, DC	Breakfast Program: Philip Zelikow,Counselor, Department of State Transcript
	February 10, 2006 Chicago, IL	ABA Midyear Meeting Program: The Perfect Storm: Are the Roles and Authorities Adequate for Emergency Response? The panel looked at government legal authority to act in the midst of the immediate response phase to a disaster. The panel also explored state, local and first responder issues; federalism and constitutional challenges; and military involvement and private sector integration. It was cosponsored by the sections of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice and of State and Local Government Law, the Young Lawyers Division and the Law Student Division. Discussants: Ernest Abbott, FEMA Law Associates and former Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Association; Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel, House Committee on Homeland Security ; John A. McCarthy, Director, Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, George Mason University School of Law; Lee M. Zeichner, Zeichner Risk Analytics and former Counsel, White House Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection Read Report \| Listen (running time 2 hrs.)
	April 14, 2005 Washington, DC	Breakfast Keynote Speaker: Laurence Silberman,Co-chairman of the Iraq Intelligence Commission Listen (running time <1 hr.)