Center on Law, Ethics and National Security
The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security was founded at Duke University School of Law on September 1, 1993 by the late Professor Robinson Everett (1928-2009). Everett, a long time member of the Duke Law Faculty and a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, believed that the law school needed a center that would focus on encouraging and sponsoring education, research and publications concerning national security law topics, as well as conducting conferences and seminars in the national security field. Additionally, as the Center's name implies, it was to provide a focus on national security decision-making from an ethical perspective. It is principally funded by a trust established under the will of Kathrine R. Everett, Professor Everett's mother, who shared his keen interest in establishing the Center at Duke. With regard to governance, the Center's staff receives periodic guidance and direction from an Executive Board which is comprised of distinguished scholars and others who share a common interest in national security law and who have dedicated themselves to the continued growth and success of the Center.
Upcoming Events:
On May 24th and 25th Professor Silliman will speak on national security law issues for the Duke in Napa Program in St. Helena, California.
On June 26th Professor Dunlap will participate on the Command Responsibility panel at the Naval War College's "Cyber War and International Law" conference.
Recent Events:
On May 16th Professor Dunlap participated in a panel at Stanford University entitled "The Future of Ethics and War: A Crystal Ball Look at the World of 2022."
On April 27th Professor Dunlap was the keynote speaker for the McCain Conference hosted by the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy. http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/programs/mccain.php.
Former U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with members of the Duke community, including Dunlap and Silliman, during a visit to Duke in April 2012, during which she delivered the Ambassador Dave and Kay Phillips Family International Lecture. » Read more
The annual LENS conference was held on April 13th and 14th at Duke Law School. Speakers included General Michael Hayden, former Director of the CIA; Mr. Will Gunn, General Counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Dr. Mac Owens, Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval War College. An agenda and video recordings of the conference are available here: https://www.law.duke.edu/lens/conferences/2012/program.
On April 3rd Professor Dunlap participated in a panel at William & Mary Law School discussing the Sig Libowitz film about Guantánamo Bay entitled "The Response."
On Mar 23rd Professor Dunlap presented a lecture to the 22nd Conference of Legal Advisors and Legal Academics of the German Armed Forces and German Red Cross in Ettlingen, Germany. He addressed the question: "'Do we need new regulations in international humanitarian law from a US perspective?"
On March 15th Professor Dunlap spoke about cyberwar to the Woman's Club of Raleigh.
On March 6th Professor Dunlap attended the annual meeting of the Code Committee hosted by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. This meeting is mandated by law to survey the operation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/ucmj/blart-146.htm. He was appointed to this statutory position by the Secretary of Defense in 2010.
On March 5th Professor Silliman was the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Shaftesbury Society (comprised of the management of the John Locke Society) in Raleigh, NC. http://www.johnlocke.org/events/event.html?id=973.
On March 2nd Professor Dunlap made a presentation entitled "Ethical Issues in the Practice of National Security Law: A Perspective," for the 2012 Carhart Program on Legal Ethics at Ohio Northern College of Law. http://www.onu.edu/node/40770.
On February 24th Professor Dunlap was a panelist on "The Role of Peacebuilding and Conflict Management in a Future American Grand Strategy" for the conference on Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Strategy co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Instituted and Kennesaw State University. http://www.kennesaw.edu/ksussi/2012/index.php.
On February 23rd Professor Silliman moderated discussion sponsored by the Hamilton Society between Tim Nichols and Charles Stimson.
On February 22nd Professor Dunlap was a panelist on "Tech and the Law: How Our Ideas of "Privacy" and Changing and Why it Matters," sponsored by the Duke Law Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Society. http://www.youtube.com/user/dukelaw#p/a/u/0/Huboy9EWMiM.
On February 18th, Professor Dunlap gave a presentation entitled Cybersecurity: A Perspective on Cyber-terrorism and Cyberwar, for the World Affairs Council of Eastern NC, at Eastern Caroline University. http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/greatdecisions/schedule.cfm.
On February 17th Professor Dunlap was a panelist on "Federal Government Lawyering" as part of Duke Law's Careers in Service Symposium 2012 http://www.law.duke.edu/publicinterest/symposium.
On February 16th Professor Silliman was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies of Duke University's Model United Nations Convention. Some 650-700 high school students from all over the country attended http://www.dumunc.org/.
On February 15th the Center sponsored a lecture by Lt Col Kate Oler, USAF, entitled "Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces: A Perspective on the New Legislation."
On February 11th, Professor Silliman spoke at the 22nd Annual Festival of Legal Learning sponsored by UNC Law School. http://ocw.uci.edu/lectures/lecture.aspx?id=733.
On Wednesday February 1st Professor Dunlap and his wife Joy participated on a panel on the Work-Life Balance" as part of the Law School's "Wellness Wednesdays" program.
Professor Dunlap moderated the Armed Forces panel at on January 20th in connection with the 2nd Annual Women in Law Conference: "Working the System: Creating a Woman's World from the Inside Out."
Professor Silliman visited the University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Law on January 18th to participate on a panel entitled "9/11: Civil Liberties and Legal Implications." He was joined by UCI Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor Stephen Vladeck of American University, and Professor Mario Barnes of UCI (moderator).
On January 11th Professor Dunlap presented a lecture entitled "On the Use and Misuse of Law: The Western Experience", to the opening conference of the new interdisciplinary Center for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark.
Forthcoming Scholarship:
Dunlap, The Mottled Legacy of 9/11: A Few Reflections on the Evolution of the International Law of Armed Conflict, in the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Michael N. Schmitt ed.) (forthcoming 2012).
Dunlap, Five Questions on U.S. National Security Law and Policy, 39 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev__ (forthcoming 2012).
Dunlap, Law of War Manuals and Warfighting: A Perspective, __ Tex. J. Int'l. L.__ (forthcoming 2012).
Dunlap, Lawless Cyberwar? Not if You Want to Win, in Patriot Debates II (American Bar Assn. (forthcoming 2012).
Dunlap, Clever or Clueless? Observations About Bombing Norm Debates, in Bombing: How Legal and Ethical Norms Change (Matthew A. Evangelista, ed.) (forthcoming 2012).
Dunlap, A Whole Lot of Substance or a Whole Lot of Rhetoric? A Perspective on a Whole-of-Government Approach to Security Challenges, in Conflict Management: A Tool for U.S. National Security Strategy (Volker D. Franke and Robin Dorff, eds.) (forthcoming 2012).
Recent Scholarship:
Dunlap, Lawfare Today…and Tomorrow, in International Law and the Changing Character of War 315 (Raul A. “Pete” Pedrozo and Daria P. Wollschlaeger, eds., 2011) (Vol 87, US Naval War College International Law Studies). http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/2465/.
Dunlap,The Military-Industrial Complex, Daedalus, at 135, Summer 2011.
Dunlap,Perspectives for Cyber Strategists on Law for Cyberwar, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Spring, 2011, at 81. http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/2368/.
