SPEAKERS Joshua Dratel is an attorney in New York City who practices criminal defense law in the state and federal courts.  In his 25 years as a lawyer, his practice has included a wide range of matters, including “white collar,” “organized crime,” drugs, sex offenses, and capital cases.  He is a past President of the New…

Featuring: Philippe Sands, author and professor of Law at University College, London Scott Horton, legal affairs writer, Harper’s Magazine About Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values Beyond the infamous memo signed by Donald Rumsfeld, what do we really know about the torture that the U.S. government has signed off on? Philippe…

As part of a series of conferences at NYU School of Law, this half day conference will examine the outsourcing phenomenon and its ramifications for American institutions, for the future of the military, and for the national security community. The Institute for International Law and Justice at NYU School of Law will hold concurrent sessions…

Part Three of a four-part series, Legal Cultures in Muslim Societies, sponsored in part by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations. SPEAKERS Reza Aslan is a fellow at the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy and Middle East Analyst for CBS News. He has degrees…

The conference, which will examine the current state of the nation’s intelligence structures, its successes and challenges, and its proposed new directions and goals, will feature former State Department officials, former CIA analysts and administrators, and journalists. Among the speakers are: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, former State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism James Bamford, author, Body of…

Part Two of Legal Cultures in Muslim Societies, a series sponsored in part by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations. SPEAKER BIOS Vali Nasr is an Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and Professor of International Politics and Associate Director…

SPEAKER BIOS Theodore C. Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy and a widely published author on the presidency and foreign affairs, practiced international law for more than 36 years as a senior partner, and now of counsel, at the prominent U.S. law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison…

Session One of the Center’s new Legal Cultures in Muslim Societies Series, sponsored in part by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations; featuring Noah Feldman of Harvard Law School and Nathan Brown of George Washington University, moderated by Karen J. Greenberg, Executive Director of the Center…