By Program
Courts at War – A Conference on Judicial Accountability for U.S. National Security and Counterterrorism Policies
September 14 - September 15, 2017 | 14:00:00 | Sheffield Room, UT School of Law
From September 14-15, 2017, the Robert Strauss Center hosted a conference examining judicial accountability in national security and counterterrorism policies. An array of scholars, judges, attorneys, and other experts contributed their knowledge to a number of panels on topics ranging from criminal prosecutions to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Photos of this event are available here.
AGENDA
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Panel I: What Role Should Courts Play in Providing Accountability for U.S. National Security and Counterterrorism Policies?
(2:00 – 4:00 p.m. TNH 2.111)
– Baher Azmy, Center for Constitutional Rights (practitioner)
– Agnieszka Fryszman, Cohen Milstein (practitioner)
– Andrew Kent, Fordham Law School (author)
– Hon. Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge, S.D.N.Y. (jurist)
– Jim Pfander, Northwestern University (author)
– Steve Vladeck, University of Texas School of Law (moderator)
Panel II: Criminal Prosecutions as Proxies for National Security and Counterterrorism Policy
(4:15 – 6:15 p.m. TNH 2.111)
– Bobby Chesney, University of Texas School of Law (author)
– Jennifer Daskal, Washington College of Law (author)
– Geremy Kamens, Federal Public Defender, E.D. Va. (practitioner)
– Hon. Lewis Kaplan, U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y. (jurist)
– Jennifer Laurin, University of Texas School of Law (moderator)
– Gregg Sofer, Ass’t U.S. Attorney, W.D. Tex. (practitioner)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Panel III: Secrecy as an Obstacle to Civil and Criminal Litigation
(8:15 – 10:15 a.m. TNH 2.111)
– Laura Donohue, Georgetown University Law Center (author)
– Joshua Dratel, New York, N.Y. (practitioner)
– Jameel Jaffer, Columbia University (practitioner)
– Derek Jinks, University of Texas School of Law (moderator)
– Hon. Royce Lamberth, D.D.C. (jurist)
Panel IV: Lessons Learned from the FISC and the Guantanamo Habeas Litigation
(10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. TNH 2.111)
– Emily Berman, University of Houston Law Center (author)
– Carrie Cordero, ZwillGen (author)
– Hon. Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (jurist)
– Bob Loeb, Orrick (practitioner)
– Ranjana Natarajan, University of Texas School of Law (moderator)
– Marc Zwillinger, ZwillGen PLLC (practitioner)
Panel V: Reassessing the Judicial Role in National Security Litigation
(1:00 – 3:00 p.m. TNH 2.111)
– Hon. Marsha S. Berzon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (jurist)
– Bobby Chesney, University of Texas School of Law (moderator)
– Amy Jeffress, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (practitioner)
– Robert Litt (practitioner)
– Amanda Tyler, Berkeley Law School (author)
– Steve Vladeck, University of Texas School of Law (author)
