Intro –

Marc Mihaly, Dean, Vermont Law School;

Stephanie Farrior, Director of International and Comparative Law Programs, Vermont Law School

09:15am-10:15am

Unprecedented or Unremarkable: The Necessity of Legal Reforms after 9/11

Moderator: Peter Hall, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Panelists:

Michael Lewis, Professor, Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law;

Jennifer Daskal, Fellow, Center on Law and National Security, Georgetown University Law Center;

Vicki Divoll, Former general counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and former deputy legal adviser to the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center;

Naz Modirzadeh, Senior Fellow, HLS-Brookings Project on Law and Security, Harvard Law School.

Summary:

The panel addresses the effects of the 9/11 attacks on U.S. law; It offers perspectives on legal decisions, made in the wake of 9/11. (I.e. Coercive interrogations, U.S. detention policy, Domestic surveillance, FISA Amendments and the Military Commissions Act)

10:30am-11:50am

Are You On The List? The Legal Implications of Targeted Killing

Moderator: Pamela Stephens, Professor, Vermont Law School

Panelists:

Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute; 

Robert F. Turner, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law;

Gabor Rona, International Legal Director, Human Rights First;

Chris Jenks, Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University;

Michael Lewis, Professor, Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law.

Summary:

This panel will address the legality of the U.S. policy of extrajudicial killing under International Humanitarian Law, The Law of Armed Conflict and U.S. Constitutional Law.

(Lunch) 11:50pm-1:00pm

1:00pm-1:45pm - Keynote Address

Should International Law Be Our Law?

Introduction: Rae Kinkead, President, Student Bar Association

Speaker: John O. McGinnis, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law

2:00pm-3:00pm

Cyber War: Does the Law Provide Adequate Guidance?

Moderator: Oliver Goodenough, Professor, Vermont Law School

Panelists:

Jamil N. Jaffer, Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations;

Jody Prescott, COL (Ret.), U.S. Army, Senior Fellow, West Point Center for the Rule of Law

Summary:

This panel will address the question of whether current International and U.S. Law provide adequate guidance in the governance of cyber warfare.

3:15pm-4:15pm

Defining Boundaries: How Far Can The Executive Go To Defend The Constitution?

Moderator: John Echeverria, Professor, Vermont Law School

Panelists:

Robert F. Turner, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law;

Vicki Divoll, former general counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and former deputy legal adviser to the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center;

Robert Delahunty, Professor, University of St. Thomas School of Law;

Jennifer Daskal, Fellow, Center on Law and National Security, Georgetown University Law Center

Summary:

This panel will address the boundaries of the Executive to defend the Constitution including discussion of the Vesting Clause, Take Care Clause and Commander-in-Chief Clause etc.

(Reception) 4:15pm-5:45pm