Events for Standing Committee on Law and National Security

Standing Committee on Law and National Security Calendar

Recent Events

	Monday, September 21, 2009 5 - 6:30 p.m.	Classified Matters and Professional Challenges to Attorneys in the Legislative and Executive Branches National Press Club 529 14^th Street, NW 13^th Floor Washington, DC Click here to watch the program. Click here for list of program speakers.
	Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast Program Current Legal Issues in the Department of Defense Speaker, Jeh Johnson, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense and former Standing Committee on Law and National Security member. University Club 1135 16^th Street, NW Washington, DC Click here to download podcast. Click Here to read the Transcript.
ABA Annual Meeting Chicago, IL	July 31, 2009	Obama's Detainee Policies: Views from Inside and Out Hyatt Regency Chicago Columbus Hall CD, Gold Level East Tower 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL Click here to listen to podcast (1:29)
	August 1, 2009	National Security Threats in Cyberspace Hyatt Regency Chicago Water tower, Bronze Level West Tower 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL Click here to listen to podcast
	August 1, 2009	Careers in National Security Law Chicago Marriott Purdue/Wisconsin Room 6^th Floor 540 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL Click here to listen to podcast
	June 9, 2009	Breakfast Program Scars of Intelligence Reform Speaker, Dr. Donald Kerr, former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Click here for podcast (length 43:00 minutes).
	May 6, 2009	Breakfast Program with Michael Leiter, Director, National Counterterrorism Center Click here for podcast (length 39:53 minutes).
	March 30, 2009	Careers in National Security Law, George Washington University Law School Click here to read program summary. Click here for podcast (length: 75 minutes).
	Feb. 26-27, 2009	Fourth Annual Homeland Security Institute sponsored by the Section of Administrative Law and Practice and cosponsored by the Standing Committee on Law and National Security
	Sept. 25, 2008	Breakfast Program with the Honorable Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, United States Department of Homeland Security Click here for registration information. Click here to listen to the podcast (running time: 40 minutes).
	August 9, 2008	*Local Police Fighting International Terrorism* Click here to listen to the podcast (running time: 1 hr. 34 minutes). Click here for list of speakers. Privacy and National Security in a Networked World: Is It Time to Reconsider Privacy Rights in Third Party Records? Click here to listen to the podcast (running time: 1 hr. 02 minutes). Privacy introduction http://www.goodmanrutt.com/aba_downloads/ Click here for list of speakers.
	July 10, 2008	Federal Courts and Terrorists after Boumediene Moderated by Robert Litt Panelists include Richard Zabel and Benjamin Wittes Click here to listen to the program (duration 1 hour/15 minutes).
	June 17, 2008	Program on Supreme Court Ruling on Boumediene and Munaf Click here for podcast (1:50 minutes) Click here for list of speakers Click here for the text of the Supreme Court Decision in Boumediene Click here for the text of the Supreme Court Decision in Munaf
	May 22, 2008	Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05), on Congress in the Roles and Missions Debate Click here for audio (46 minutes). House Armed Services Committee Panel on Roles and Missions Report
	April 30, 2008	Ambassador Frank Wisner, on Kosovo: Its Independence and U.S. Policy Click here (47 minutes).
	March 3, 2008	Breakfast Program on FISA Reform featuring: Kenneth Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, DOJ Wyndee Parker, Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies James A. Baker, former head of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, DOJ Moderated by Suzanne Spaulding, Chair, Law and National Security Advisory Committee and Principal, Bingham Consulting Group Click here to listen to the podcast (running time 73 minutes). Click here to watch to the C-SPAN video.
	December 19, 2007	Keynote Address by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey before the Standing Committee Prepared Remarks for Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey at the American Bar Association National Security Law Breakfast Click here (running time 40 minutes).

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. 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.)