2019 LENS Conference

2019 LENS Poster
Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) will hold the 24th Annual National Security Law Conference on February 22–23, 2019 at Duke Law School.

Conference Registration has closed. If you wish to be added to the waitlist, please contact Courtney Smith at courtney.smith@law.duke.edu. 

Conference Schedule

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Duke Law School, Room 3037

12:30 p.m.

Career Opportunities in National Security Law

Sponsored by Duke's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS)

Pre-Event. No registration required. 

 

Moderator: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director

Panelists:

Ms. Erin Wirtanen,
Chief Counsel for the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Col. Gail Crawford, USAF, Director, Professional Development, Office of the Judge Advocate General (HQ USAF)

Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School

Ms. Caroline BrownAttorney Advisor in U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the General Counsel, Enforcement and Intelligence.

Friday, February 22, 2019

Duke Law School, Room 3041

7:30 a.m. Registration & continental breakfast
8:15 a.m. Welcome: Dean Kerry Abrams, James B. Duke and Benjamin N. Duke Dean of the School of Law and Professor of Law 
8:20 a.m. Conference Welcome: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director, and Professor of the Practice, Duke Law School
8:30 a.m.

Keynote: Three National Security Issues We Will Need to Address in the Next Five Years

 

Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director

Speaker:  Mr. Craig Silliman, Executive Vice President – Public Policy and General Counsel, Verizon Corporation
9:15 a.m. Break 
9:30 a.m.

Short Bursts: Quick Updates on Hot Issues

Moderator: Prof. (Col.) Adam Oler, Professor, National Defense University    

South China Sea:  LCDR Tracy Reynolds, USN, Staff Judge Advocate CTF 30 / CCSG-1

Domestic Drones:  Col. Dawn Zoldi, USAF (ret.) Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Academy

Immigration and National Security: Ms. Kate Briscoe, Chief, National Law Section, ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor

Grey Zone Conflicts:  Ms. Zhanna Malekos-Smith, Reuben Everett Cyber Scholar, Duke Law School

11:00 a.m. Break (pick up lunches)
11:15 a.m. Luncheon Speech: The National Security Strategy and the Practice of Law in the United States Air Force
  Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director

Speaker: Lt. Gen.  Jeffrey Rockwell, USAF, The Judge Advocate General, USAF
12:15 p.m. Break
12:30 p.m. Challenges in Cyberspace: Nation state threats and more
 

Moderator: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School 

Panelists:

Mr. Richard Scott, Global Legal Investigations Manager at HP Inc.

Ms. Erin Wirtanen, Chief Counsel for the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Mr. Jason Kelhoffer, Asst. U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of NC

Ms. Mieke Eoyang, Vice President for Third Way's National Security Program

1:45 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Neuroscience, Ethics and National Security
 

Speaker: Prof. Nita Farahany, Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Duke University   

3:00 p.m. Break
3:10 p.m.

Domestic Terrorism: Do We Need a New Law?

 

Speaker:  Prof. Mary McCord, Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Discussant: Prof. Shane Stansbury, Robinson Everett Distinguished Fellow, Duke Law School

3:50 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m.

Norms and Cybersecurity: A Discussion of "Exploding Data: Reclaiming Our Cyber Security in the Digital Age"

Author: Hon. Michael Chertoff, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff group, and former Secretary of Homeland Security

Discussant: Prof. Bill Banks, Founding Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, and emeritus professor at the College of Law Syracuse University

 

5:15 p.m. First day of conference concludes
6:00 p.m. Reception at Washington Duke Inn
7:00 p.m. Conference Dinner at Washington Duke Inn
 

Host: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director

Speaker: Hon. Paul Ney, General Counsel, Department of Defense

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Duke Law School, Room 3041

7:30 a.m. Registration & continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. Keynote: 90° North & South: Legal Issues in the Arctic and Antarctic
 

Introduction: Maj. Gen. Charlie Dunlap, USAF (Ret.), LENS Executive Director

Speaker: RADM Steven J. Andersen, USCG, Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel. U.S. Coast Guard

8:45 a.m. Break
9:00 a.m. From Nuremberg to Now: An Update on International Criminal Law
 

Prof. Mike Newton, Professor of the Practice of Law
Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Vanderbilt University

9:45 a.m. Break
9:50 a.m. What is an 'Act of War' in Cyberspace? A dramatization with commentary
 

Commentator and producer: Ms. Zhanna Malekos-Smith, Reuben Everett Cyber Scholar, Duke Law School

Participant 1:  Ms. Margaret Studdard, Student, JD, Class of 2021, Duke Law School

Participant 2:  Ms. Iris Sundermann, Student, LLM, Class of 2019, Duke Law School

Participant 3:  Mr. Alex Xiao, Student, JD, Class of 2020, Duke Law School 
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Autonomous Weapons Update
 

Speaker: LTC Chris Ford, USA, Deputy Legal Counsel, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

11:15 a.m. Break (in place)
11:20 a.m.

Professional Responsibly, Ethics & The National Security Lawyer: Distinctions with a Difference

Speaker: Ms. Kate Oler, Special Master, U.S. Court of Federal Claims

12:20 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

Registration

To register, please click here.

Parking

On Friday, February 22nd, parking will be available in the Science Drive Parking Garage. The parking attendant at the lot will provide passes. The parking garage is accessible off of Cameron Blvd. (also known as 751). This parking lot is located on the corner of Cameron Blvd. and Science Dr. For further information, please see the Parking Map.

On Saturday, February 23rd, parking for the conference will be available in the Law School parking lot, entrance located on Towerview Road. 

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

We have been approved by the NC Bar for 11 hours of CLE, including 2 hour of ethics. We have been approved by the PA Bar for 11 hours of CLE, including 1 hour of ethics. Any associated fees will be the responsibility of the individual. To receive CLE credit, you must sign the CLE roster each day of the conference.

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

Courtney Smith
lensmailbox@law.duke.edu
(919) 613-8522

Isabel Fox
lensmailbox@law.duke.edu
(919) 613-8545

 

https://sites.duke.edu/lawfire/