Texas Tech Law School Hosts National Security Symposium
February 3, 2009
Two events will highlight the Center for Military Law & Policy.
The symposium will focus on the government’s former and current positions regarding Guantanamo prison, interrogation methods, indefinite imprisonments and other concerns.
Texas Tech University’s Center for Military Law & Policy, housed in the School of Law, will host the 2009 National Security Law Symposium from 9-11 a.m. Feb. 5 in the Bill and Carolyn Lanier Auditorium.
As a part of the center’s outreach program, it also is hosting a military hearing for the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces from noon to 1 p.m. in the Donald Hunt Courtroom, across from the Lanier Auditorium. Both events are open to the public.
The purpose of the symposium is to address the role of lawyers in national security. It is intended for attorneys, law students and general public with interest in the government’s former and current positions regarding Guantanamo prison, interrogation methods, indefinite imprisonments and other concerns.
The panel for the symposium includes:
- Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- Judge James E. Baker, Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and former legal adviser to the National Security Council
- Charles A. Blanchard, former general counsel, Department of the Army and Brigadier General (retired)
- John S. Cooke deputy director, Federal Judicial Center
The moderator is Judge W. Royal Furgeson Jr., U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas.