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:
Mark your calendars: The annual LENS conference will be April 13th and 14th. Speakers will include 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.
Professor Dunlap will moderate the Armed Forces panel at 1:45 p.m. 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.”
On February 18th, Professor Dunlap will speak at East Carolina University about cybersecurity to the World Affairs Council of Eastern NC:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/greatdecisions/schedule.cfm.
Recent Events:
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 will be 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.
http://www.sdu.dk/en/Om_SDU/Institutter_centre/C_CWS/News/Inauguration+Conference
Forthcoming Scholarship:
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/
