LENS Events
Upcoming Events
May 14: Prof Dunlap will deliver the closing address to 15th Emergent Topics Course at the US Army Judge Advocate General School
May 29: Professors Dunlap and Stansbury will make presentations to the Bolch Center Judicial Studies Program.
Past Events
2026
April 8: Prof Dunlap will speak to the Croasdaile Study Club on national security issues.
April 6: LENS will co-sponsor with the Health Law Society a luncheon panel on careers in health law.
February 27 - 28, 2026: 31st Annual National Security Law Conference, Duke Law
March 20: Prof Dunlap will participate on the National Security & the Militarization of Space Roundtable as part of the Duke University Space Symposium.
February 20: Professors Tim Meyer, Shane Stansbury and Ernie Young discuss substantive issues that may arise during clerkship interviews. Please RSVP to Leigh Marquess at Leigh.Marquess@law.duke.edu. Lunch will be provided.
January 8: Professor Dunlap will participate in webinar sponsored by the Federalist Society on the law of armed conflict.
February 5: Professor Dunlap will participate in the “Dinner for Six” event as part the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program.
February 4: Professor Dunlap will guest lecture for the Technology & National Security Class on Technology Advances and the Effect on Laws of Warfare, Legal Conventions, Rules of Conventions, Rules of Engagement, The Ethics of Warfare.
February 2: LENS will co-host with the Health Law Society a panel on Careers in Government Health Law
January 29: Prof Dunlap will participate in a fireside chat at the U.S. Army’s 15th Emergent Topics in International and Operational Law Course (ETIOL)
2025
November 20: Prof Dunlap will make a presentation on ‘lawfare’ for the Alexander Hamilton Society of Rice University, Houston, TX
November 16: The movie “Eye in the Sky” will be shown, followed by a discussion led by Prof Dunlap. Room 3041, 3:30-6:00 pm (invitation only).
November 13-14: LENS will sponsor a cadre of Duke Law students to attend the ABA’s 35th Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference.
November 5: Prof. Stansbury will participate in a panel discussion on quantum computing and national security sponsored by Duke University’s Deep Tech initiative.
October 27: Maj Gen (R) Dunlap will keynote the annual Leadership and Ethics Conference at the Virginia Military Institute.
October 24: Prof. Stansbury will moderate a panel discussion on “Legal and Policy Requirements for Resilient Organizations” at the annual Cybersecurity at Duke conference.
October 16: Prof. Stansbury will participate in a panel discussion on rule of law and governance issues sponsored by Principles First in Raleigh, NC.
September 26: Prof Dunlap will host a luncheon at the Washington Duke for 1Ls interested in national security issues (invitation only)
September 17: Prof Dunlap will guest lecture on “Cyberwar” for the “Intro to Cyber Law and Policy” course (4:00 pm).
September 17: Prof Tim Meyer will make a luncheon presentation (12:30-1:30 p.m.) about the interplay between national security and business (invitation only).
September 16: Prof Dunlap will guest lecture on “Military Uses of Space; International Conflicts/Space Wars” for Professor Wiener’s “Space Law / Law of Mars” course.
June 29: Prof Dunlap will keynote the U.S. Navy Reserve Law Program’s Yankee Operational Law Training at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI.
April 16: Prof. Dunlap will speak to the Torch Club on national security issues at Croasdaile Country Club.
April 9-11: Prof Dunlap will make a presentation on the Law of Targeting at the Center for International and Comparative Law and Saint Louis University Law Journal's Symposiu
March 19: Prof Dunlap will speak on “lawfare” for the Alexander Hamilton Society at Rice University.
March 5: National Security Law Society will host “Sanctions and Export Controls: National Security Law in the Private Sector” with Duke Law alum Les Carnegie (L' 99), who specialized in CFIUS, economic sanctions, export controls, and more. 12:30 PM in Law School 4042. Les specializes in Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/2U2Hgwkuc7jhLfwH7.
March 4: National Security Law Society will host a “National Security Law Networking Coffee Chat” with several attorneys who practice at law firms. 8:30-10:30 AM in the Law School Third Floor Mezzanine. Please RSVP here: https://duke.is/NSLSNetworking.
February 28 - March 1, 2025: 30th Annual National Security Law Conference, Duke Law.
February 27: LENS and the National Security Law Society will present a luncheon event on “Careers In National Security Law” in Room 20027 from 12:30 p.m. to 30 p.m. (conference registration not required).
February 21: Prof Dunlap will participate in the "The U.S. Military in the Age of President Trump 2.0" panel for the Illinois College of Law.
February 18: Prof Dunlap will host members of Duke Law’s 1L Reps for the Government & Public Service Society for lunch at the Washington Duke Inn
2024
March 26: Prof. Dunlap will guest lecture on cyberwar for the cyber policy course at the Pratt School of Engineering.
November 14-15: The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) will facilitate the attendance of a selected group of Duke Law students to the American Bar Association’s 34th Review of the Field of National Security Law conference in Washington, DC.
November 4: The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS) and the National Security Law Society will host a luncheon for Ms. Heather Huntley from the Centers for Disease Control on “Health Law and National Security” in Room 4045. Open to the public, and lunch will be served.
November 3: The Center of Law, Ethics and National Security will host a viewing of the movie Eye in the Sky, followed by a discussion. Invitation only; for more information, contact Professor Dunlap.
November 1: Prof. Stansbury will host a panel discussion at the Defending the Judiciary conference at Duke Law focusing on the role of online threats and disinformation in attacks against judges and the judiciary.
October 31: Maj Gen (Ret.) Dunlap will speak to Air Force ROTC Detachment Det 585 on leadership.
October 31: Prof Dunlap will host a luncheon for 1Ls at the Washington Duke Inn (by invitation).
October 24: Prof. Stansbury will host a panel discussion on ransomware in the age of artificial intelligence at the Cybersecurity in the Age of AI conference at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering.
September 18: Prof. Dunlap will host a lunch chat for 1Ls at the Washington Duke Inn (by invitation).
October 10: Prof. Dunlap will host a by-invitation luncheon with students for Ms. Ayesha Malik an Eisenhower Fellow.
October 9: The National Security Law Society will host a panel on Careers in the Intelligence Agency at 12:30 p.m., Room 3037.
October 3: Maj Gen (Ret.) Dunlap will speak to the Alexander Hamilton chapter at the University of Florida.
September 24: Prof. Dunlap will guest lecture in LAW 557 (Space Law) on “Military Uses of Space / International Conflicts in Space.”
September 12: Duke’s National Security Law Society will hold its General Body Meeting at 12:30 p.m. in Room 4042. Lunch will be provided. All Duke Law students are invited to attend. For more information, please contact Katherine French at katherine.k.french@duke.edu or Jimmy Scoville at jimmy.scoville@duke.edu.
May 13-15, 2024: Prof Dunlap will participate in the 2nd Annual Future of Warfare and the Law Symposium, Austin, TX.
March 26, 2024: Prof Dunlap will discuss his career and work at an informal "lunch chat" hosted by Duke’s International Law Society.
March 13, 2024: Prof Dunlap will speak to the Croasdaile Study Club about current issues in national security.
February 23-24, 2024: 29th Annual National Security Law Conference, Duke Law, information here.
2023
November 16-17: The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security will cosponsor a trip to Washington, DC for the ABA’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security annual conference. Contact Riley Flewelling riley.flewelling@duke.edu or Madison Cash madison.cash@duke.edu for further information.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with center director Prof. Charles Dunlap, Jr. and members of the Duke community.
On April 24th 2015, Maj. Gen. Dunlap awarded Judge Advocate Specialty badges to two former students, First Lieutenants Chris Pilch and Greg Speirs upon their graduation from the U.S. Air Force's Judge Advocate Staff Officers' Course.