Legal Commentary

From Friend of Prawfs, Bobby Chesney:

Wake Forest University School of Law, May 23, 2008

On behalf of a range of institutions (please see the list of sponsors/hosts after the jump), I am very pleased to announce that there will be a national security law junior faculty workshop at Wake Forest on Friday May 23, 2008.  The full details appear in the attached announcement or after the jump. For those among you who write or teach on topics in this area, please give serious consideration to attending.  Also please forward this announcement to any colleagues who you think might be interested.  Contact me at robert.chesney@wfu.edu if you (or they) have any questions.

Wake Forest University School of Law and the Judge Advocate General?s Legal Center and School announce a workshop for military
and civilian junior faculty working in the area of national security law (broadly understood to include the full range of constitutional,
statutory, and international law concepts implicated by national security issues). Our aim is to provide an informal setting for
participants to present and discuss works?in?progress, for civilian and JAG faculty to get to know one another, and for civilian faculty
to receive instruction from JAG faculty concerning current issues in the law of war.

Agenda

We will begin with a dinner on Thursday, May 22, 2008, with a senior scholar invited as the event?s keynote speaker. On Friday,
May 23, we will get underway with a block of law of war instruction presented by faculty from the JAG School, followed by a series
of moderated paper presentations. At lunch we will hear from a guest speaker or two (invitations are pending). In the afternoon,
we will resume with another block of instruction from JAG faculty, followed by a further set of paper presentations. Note that the
following Monday is Memorial Day, and that the beaches of North and South Carolina are about four hours? drive from Winston (and
the mountains a mere hour?and?a?half).

Attendees

We invite all faculty who teach or write in an area related to national security law (broadly understood, as noted above). We hope
the event will attract junior faculty in particular, but there is no specific cap in terms of years?in?teaching. There are no fees or costs
involved in attending, though everyone must rely on their own resources for their travel, lodging, and other expenses. If you wish to
attend, or have any questions, please contact Bobby Chesney at robert.chesney@wfu.edu at your earliest convenience.

Paper Submissions

If you are interested not only in attending but also in presenting a work?in?progress at the event, please send an abstract (or the
paper itself if you prefer and are able) no later than April 4th to Bobby Chesney at robert.chesney@wfu.edu. A committee including
officers of the AALS Section on National Security Law will select a set of papers designed to cover a wide range of substantive topics
under the national security law umbrella, and will report its decisions no later than April 11th.

Sponsors/Hosts

Wake Forest University School of Law
The Judge Advocate General?s Legal Center and School
The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (Duke University)
The Center for National Security Law (University of Virginia)
The Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (Syracuse University)
The Journal of National Security Law & Policy