National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law and National Security and Cybersecurity Law

National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law; National Security and Cybersecurity Law

THE NATIONAL SECURITY LAW PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS GW LAW’S unique strengths: an expert faculty, a comprehensive curriculum, and access to the extensive Washington, D.C., national security law community. The dozens of research centers and think tanks that conduct research in foreign relations and national security law include GW’s on-campus National Security Archive, which provides a trove of declassified documents pertaining to national security for advanced research. Easy access to Capitol Hill allows students the opportunity to observe the work of House and Senate subcommittees firsthand.

The two separate but integrated degree programs offered by GW Law—the LLM in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law and the LLM in National Security and Cybersecurity Law—prepare graduates to enter or move forward in growing practice areas that they address. The breadth of courses in this practice area allows students to explore laws on the use of securing the critical cyber infrastructure, cyber breaches, armed forces and intelligence operations abroad, counterterrorism, homeland security, disaster relief and crisis management, congressional investigations and oversight, classified information, origins of the federal government’s foreign relations powers, electronic surveillance and privacy, cybersecurity, immigration, criminal immigration enforcement, nonproliferation, treatment of detainees, the law of war, and related topics.

GW Law’s national security and cybersecurity curriculum is robust. While several U.S. law schools offer one or two courses in this field, few others approach the number of courses available at GW Law. Our full-time faculty members have written leading casebooks in the field, and the adjunct faculty include the U.S. Department of Justice’s domestic terrorism expert; the former general counsel of FEMA; leading experts on cyber law issues and on privacy and surveillance; a draftsman of the Military Rules of Evidence; the head of appellate litigation for the military commission’s prosecution team; and a U.S. Department of Justice attorney who litigates leading national security law cases.

GW Law’s location in the nation’s capital, the heart of the evolving field of national security and cybersecurity law, offers students access to the extensive foreign relations, cybersecurity, intelligence, and national security law community that surrounds us. We are across the street from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank; two blocks from internationally known law firms on K Street; three blocks from the U.S. Department of State; and a subway ride away from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Transportation Security Administration, the Supreme Court, and a host of nongovernmental and policy agencies. Through GW Law’s Field Placement Program, our students routinely undertake externships for academic credit at these institutions.

GW Law welcomed Lt. Col. Shane Reeves and Maj. Ronald Alcala, JD ’04, both from the U.S. Military Academy, for a recent discussion on law, business, and national security.

CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS

LLM IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW

Students who choose not to write a thesis must complete National Security Law and U.S. Foreign Relations Law and a minimum of 14 credits from the courses listed below, including at least two (2) credits graded on the basis of a research paper. Those who write a thesis must take a minimum of 10 credits from the courses listed below; they are not required to complete a research paper in addition to the thesis.

Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy Comparative Military Law Computer Crime Congressional Investigations Seminar Counterintelligence Law and Policy Counterterrorism Law Cybersecurity Law and Policy Disaster Law Field Placement Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Homeland Security Law and Policy Immigration Criminal Enforcement Immigration Law I Information Privacy Law Intelligence Law International Criminal Law International Law International Law of Human Rights International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism Law of the Sea Law of Separation of Powers Law of War Legislation Litigation with the Federal Government Military Justice Nation Building and the Rule of Law National Security Law National Security Law Seminar: Domestic Terrorism National Security Law Seminar: Congressional Oversight and Investigations Nuclear Nonproliferation Law and Policy Public International Law Seminar: Arms Control Public International Law Seminar: Contemporary Challenges with Respect to the Law of the Sea Reading Group: Crisis and Legal Controversy in the CIA Refugee and Asylum Law Selected Topics in National Security Law: Foreign Access to U.S. Technology Selected Topics in National Security Law: Guantanamo Bay Detention: Ethics, Law and Policy Selected Topics in National Security Law: Law of Secrecy Selected Topics in National Security Law: Problems Trying Terrorists Selected Topics in National Security Law: Technology Foundations for Cybersecurity Selected Topics in National Security Law: Transnational Security Selected Topics in Public International Law Space Law U.S. Export Control Law and Regulation U.S. Foreign Relations Law Veterans Advocacy Veterans Law

*Constitutional Law I and II also will be available; only students with a non-U.S. law degree who plan to take the New York bar examination may count these courses toward the 14 credits required in the field.

LLM IN NATIONAL SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY LAW

All students must complete National Security Law and Cybersecurity Law and Policy, along with six (6) credits from the following classes:

Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy Computer Crime Computer Law Constitutional Law Seminar: Cyber, Privacy, and Speech Counterintelligence Law and Policy Information Privacy Law Intelligence Law Internet Law Law in Cyberspace Public Law Seminar: Telecommunication and Technology Policy Advocacy Reading Group: Block Chain Law and Technology Space Law Selected Topics in National Security Law: Foreign Access to U.S. Technology Selected Topics in National Security Law: Technology Foundations for Cybersecurity Telecommunications Law

Most courses are offered at least once per year. Course listing is based on 2020-21 Law School Bulletin.

Students who choose not to write a thesis must take a minimum of eight (8) additional credits from either the courses listed above or below, including at least two (2) credits graded on the basis of a research paper. Students who choose to write a thesis must complete four (4) additional credits from the classes listed above or below; they are not required to complete a research paper in addition to the thesis.

Comparative Military Justice Congressional Investigations Seminar Counterterrorism Law Disaster Law Field Placement Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Homeland Security Law and Policy Immigration Criminal Enforcement Immigration Law I International Criminal Law International Law International Law of Human Rights International Money Laundering, Corruption, and Terrorism Law of the Sea Law of Separation of Powers Law of War Legislation Military Justice Nation Building and the Rule of the Law National Security Law Seminar: Domestic Terrorism National Security Law Seminar: Congressional Oversight and Investigations Nuclear Nonproliferation Law and Policy Public International Law Seminar: Arms Control Public International Law Seminar: Contemporary Challenges with Respect to the Law of the Sea Reading Group: Crisis and Legal Controversy in the CIA Refugee and Asylum Law Selected Topics in National Security Law: Guantanamo Bay Detention: Ethics, Law, and Policy Selected Topics in National Security Law: Law of Secrecy Selected Topics in National Security Law: Problems Trying Terrorists Selected Topics in National Security Law: Transnational Security U. S. Export Control Law and Regulation U.S. Foreign Relations Law

*Constitutional Law I and II also will be available; only students with a non-U.S. law degree who plan to take the New York bar examination may count these courses toward the 14 credits required in the field.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS: NATIONAL SECURITY AND U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW

NATIONAL SECURITY LAW ASSOCIATION

The National Security Law Association (NSLA) was created to help educate future lawyers about issues related to national security and to provide a forum for discussion of pertinent issues among students, practitioners, and faculty. The association sponsors panel discussions, keynote speakers, and career networking events. Each semester, the NSLA holds an annual National Security Law Career Fair. In addition, NSLA hosts networking events for members to meet practitioners of national security law. Recently, NSLA has held panels on the International Criminal Court, the legal ramifications of the U.S. government employing private security contractors, and intelligence surveillance.

MILITARY LAW SOCIETY

The Military Law Society (MLS) is a student organization that helps students interested in or connected with the military navigate law school and locate employment opportunities with the military or associated organizations after law school. MLS helps students to build their networks with faculty members and other legal professionals connected to the military in the nation’s capital. Through MLS announcements, panels, and events, students are able to connect with paid internship and externship (for academic credit) opportunities, and MLS provides “best practices” for how to approach these work experiences. MLS provides curricular advising sessions with the National Security Program Director, providing guidance on national security and military law classes and the necessary skills to succeed as Judge Advocates. Many 3L MLS members are mentors to 1L and 2L members, helping them with a broad range of topics connected to the military or to law school. MLS hosts numerous events, including networking panels with Judge Advocates from each service branch, brown-bag lunches to discuss specific aspects of national security law or military justice, and military courts of criminal appeals oral argument hearings. In addition, MLS gives students opportunities to volunteer in ways that are unique to the Washington, D.C., area, such as wreath laying at Arlington Cemetery, escorting veterans with honor flights, or helping with race-day activities during the Marine Corp Marathon.

FACULTY

Full biographical information for full-time faculty members and deans begins on page 64.

DIRECTOR

Lisa M. Schenck Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professorial Lecturer in Law

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Alberto M. Benítez Professor of Clinical Law

Arturo Carrillo Professor of Clinical Law

Laura A. Dickinson Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law

Sean D. Murphy Manatt/Ahn Professor of International Law

Todd D. Peterson Carville Dickinson Benson Research Professor of Law

Stephen A. Saltzburg Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law; Co-Director, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program

Joshua I. Schwartz E.K. Gubin Professor of Government Contracts Law; Co-Director, Government Procurement Law Program

Anita M. Singh Associate Professor and Associate Director, Fundamentals of Lawyering

Daniel J. Solove John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law

Ralph G. Steinhardt Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence

Edward T. Swaine Charles Kennedy Poe Research Professor of Law ADJUNCT FACULTY

The adjunct faculty for the LLM Program in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law includes prominent professionals in the field from settings including:

• Bergmann & Moore • Citizen & Immigration Services • Clifford Chance (London) • CNA Corporation • FEMA Law Associates • Fluet, Huber & Hoang • Greenberg Traurig • GW's Elliot School of

International Affairs • Holland & Knight • Inter-American Commission on

Human Rights • International Centre for Asset

Recovery • Jenner & Block • Journal of National Security Law and Policy • MassPoint Legal and Strategy

Advisory • Missile Defense Agency • National Security Agency • National Security Counselors • Raytheon • Red Branch Consulting • Repatriation Group International • Robertson & Anderson

• U.S. Army • U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Armed Forces • U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Federal Circuit • U.S. Department of Defense • U.S. Department of Justice • U.S. Department of State • U.S. District Court

• U.S. Immigration Court • U.S. Navy Office of the

General Counsel

Full biographical information for our adjunct faculty members is available at www.law.gwu.edu/faculty.

Alum John Rizzo, former Acting General Counsel for the CIA, discusses his career at a recent event. He teaches a course on counterterrorism law at GW.

The Military Law Society regularly hosts a JAG Career Panel. GW Law’s Military Law Society and National Security Law Association hosted the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals for an oral argument. Four GW Law students submitted amicus briefs for both parties and appeared before sitting judges for the hearing.