Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:30-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event   The Reiss Center on Law and Security held a virtual lunchtime discussion with Congresswoman Jane Harman, former CEO of the Wilson Center and former ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, in conversation with Andrew Weissmann, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center and…

  On Monday, April 5, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our second speaker of the 2020-2021 season of a A Road Less Traveled, our career series featuring national security law and policy practitioners. We were excited to host Maher Bitar, Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the…

    In early 2020, the company SolarWinds suffered a massive cybersecurity breach of its software that went undetected for many months and had the effect of compromising a number of U.S. government agencies in addition to many private sector companies. Our understanding of the scale and scope of the attack is still unfolding, and the…

  On March 1, 2021, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed Alissa Starzak, Head of Public Policy at Cloudflare, our fourth speaker of the 2020-2021 season of A Road Less Traveled. Speaker Bio Alissa Starzak is the Head of Policy at Cloudflare, a web security and optimization company.…

  On the eve of the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump, just weeks after the violence at the Capitol, the Reiss Center and Just Security held a discussion on the constitutional and national security issues surrounding the proceedings against the former president. Moderated by Dean Trevor Morrison, this panel of leading scholars and former government lawyers…

  On February 1, 2021, Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society will resume our 2020-2021 season of A Road Less Traveled by welcoming our third speaker, Ronnie Newman, National Political Director of the ACLU. Speaker Bio Ronald Newman joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in February 2017.  As National…

    Dean Trevor Morrison moderated a discussion on the urgent concerns raised by recent and ongoing events in Washington, featuring Reiss Center and other NYU Law experts in constitutional law, criminal law and national security.   Friday, January 15 1:00 – 2:30 pm Virtual Event Speakers Rachel Barkow, Vice Dean; Charles Seligson Professor of Law;…

  The Reiss Center on Law and Security and Just Security at the NYU School of Law convened a virtual conversation on the 2020 elections with an expert panel. The panelists discussed the national security dimensions of the Election Day process, and the implications the election has for how the Executive Branch and Congress confront…