The 2015 LENS Conference, Law in the Age of 'Forever War', focuses on the legal issues that accompany warfare in a time when technology, relationships between nations, and the abilities of non-state actors to affect the international stage, are all changing rapidly. Speakers address some of the difficult issues that have come to define modern law as it relates to warfare: targeting, surveillance, home-grown terrorism, intelligence gathering in the digital age, ensuring human rights and civil liberties.

Please join Professor Curt Bradley as he lectures on his newly released book, "International Law in the U.S. Legal System." This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security and the Center for International and Comparative Law. "International Law in the U.S. Legal System" explores the dynamic intersection between international law and the domestic legal system within the United States and covers both settled principles as well as unresolved issues and areas of controversy.

Professor John Fabian Witt, of Yale Law, will present a lunchtime lecture on his newly published book, "Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History," cosponsored by CICL and LENS.

Panel 2: The Intersection of National Security Law Issues and International Business Enterprises: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future Moderator: Professor Julie Maupin, Duke Law School Mr. Craig Silliman, Verizon Mr. Phil Carter, Caerus Associates LLC Mr. Ted Kassinger, O'Melveny & Myers

Panel 1: International Law of Armed Conflict: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future Moderator: Professor Bill Banks, Syracuse Law School VADM James W. Houck, USN, JAGC Mr. Dick Jackson, Department of the Army Professor Laurie Blank, Emory Law School.

Ethical Issues of the Practice of National Security Law (one hour)
Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap, Jr, USAF (Ret.)

Host: Professor Scott Silliman, LENS Director Emeritus
Speaker: Mr. Will Gunn, General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel 3: National Security Judicial Deference: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Dean David Levi, Duke Law School
Professor Neil Siegel, Duke Law School
Professor Nathan Sales, George Mason Law School
Professor Deborah Pearlstein, Cardozo Law School

Luncheon presentation
Host: Professor Charles Dunlap
Speaker: Dr. Mac Owens, Naval War College

Panel 4: International Military Operations: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor Charles Dunlap
Col (S) Rob Preston, USAF, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
Maj Steve Strickey, Canadian Forces
Sqn Ldr Joanne Swainston, Royal Air Force
CDR Hugh Cameron, Australian Navy

Examining the state -- and future -- of national security law-related issues in the era beyond active battlefields, yet one with persisting threats of technology-empowered terrorists, and one with rising peer-competitors.

Opening Remarks: Professor Charles Dunlap, LENS Executive Director
Panel 1: International Human Rights Law: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor Joseph Blocher, Duke Law School
Professor Madeline Morris, Duke Law School
Andrew Woods, Harvard Law School
Professor Saira Mohamed, UC Berkeley Law School

Panel 2: Countering Violent Homegrown Extremism: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future
Moderator: Professor David Schanzer, Duke University
Professor Margaret Hu, Duke Law School
Professor Deborah Ramirez, Northeastern Law School
Professor Sahar F. Aziz, Texas Wesleyan School of Law

Panel presentations and discussion on United States government policy regarding the use and legality of drone use in Pakistan and Yemen. A question and answer session followed the panel presentations.

Recorded on April 15, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: A. John Radsan (William Mitchell College of Law), chair ; William C. Banks (Syracuse University Law School), Hina Shamsi (American Civil Liberties Union), and David Glazier (Loyola Law School), panelists.

Panel presentations and discussion on civil-military relations. A question and answer period followed the presentations.

Recorded on April 15, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Richard H. Kohn (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), chair ; Diane H. Mazur (University of Florida Levin College of Law), Colonel Matthew Moten, USA (United States Military Academy), and Peter D. Feaver (Duke University), panelists.

Presentation on lessons from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that will effect future national security policy.

Recorded on April 15, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Dr. John A. Nagl (President, Center for a New American Security), speaker.

Panel presentations and discussion on airport security. A question and answer session followed the panel presentations.

Recorded on April 15, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Scott L. Silliman (Duke University Law School), chair ; Paul Rosenzweig (Principal, Red Branch Consulting), Jim Harper (Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute), and Kenneth S. Kasprisin (Transportation Security Administration), panelists.

Panel presentations and discussion on the ramifications of indefinite detention of terrorists.

Recorded on April 14, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Scott L. Silliman, opening comments ; Robert Chesney ( University of Texas School of Law), moderator ; Benjamin Wittes (Brookings Institute), Trevor W. Morrison (Columbia Law School), and Michael Gottlieb (Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-435, Afghanistan)

Remarks on the challenges the United States faces in battling terrorism and the country's national security. A question and answer period followed the prepared remarks.

Recorded on April 14, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Brian M. Jenkins (Senior Adviser, RAND Corporation), speaker.

Presentation on American relations with Arab countries and engagement with the Arab Spring.

Recorded on April 14, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Dr. Akram F. Khater (North Carolina State University), speaker.

Panel presentations and discussion on the electronic surveillance and the protection of privacy. A question and answer session followed the panel presentations.

Recorded on April 14, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Charles J. Dunlap Jr., (Duke University School of Law), chair ; Jeffrey F. Addicott (St. Mary's University School of Law), Ginger McCall (Electronic Privacy Information Center), Patrick Reynolds (National Security Agency)

Panel presentations and discussion on data protection.

Recorded on April 14, 2011.

Conference title: National Security Since 9/11: New Norms for a New Decade? (Law, Ethics and National Security Conference 2011)

Appearing: Suzanne Spaulding (Bingham McCutchen LLP), chair ; Walter Pincus (Washington Post), John MacGaffin (Office of the Director of National Intelligence), and Joel Brenner (Cooley LLP), panelists.

Recorded on April 16, 2010.

Part of the conference: National Security Challenges and the Obama Administration.

Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

Appearing: Noah Weisbord, chair ; Michael J. Glennon, Jonathan A. Ophardt, and William C. Banks, panelists.

Recorded on April 16, 2010.

Part of the conference: National Security Challenges and the Obama Administration.

Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

Appearing: Laurence R. Helfer, chair ; Douglass Cassel, Vijay Padmanabhan, and Edward J. Flynn, panelists.

Recorded on April 16, 2010.

Part of the conference: National Security Challenges and the Obama Administration.

Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

Recorded on April 16, 2010.

Part of the conference: National Security Challenges and the Obama Administration.

Law, Ethics and National Security Conference.

Appearing: Robert S. Litt (General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence), speaker.