We are tremendously excited about the new projects the Center has launched in 2011-2012. We want to discuss a few of our recent endeavors.
The Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law recently announced the inauguration of a new
Scholar-in-Residence Program. In addition, the Center was gratified to announce
Michael E. Leiter, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), to be the Center’s first Scholar-in-Residence, with his term beginning in early October 2011.
The Center on Law and Security welcomed the Hon. Jane Harman, the Director, President, and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for a series of events at NYU Law School.
We hosted a book discussion at NYU Law School welcoming Dr. Amy Zegart, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and noted expert on the institutional dimensions of national security.
These are just a few of the wide-ranging events introduced by the Center. We have featured noted guest speakers such as Dorit Beinisch, the first woman to serve as president of the Supreme Court of Israel. We were also honored to host an event welcoming National Security Agency Deputy Director Chris Inglis.
We have great hope for moving the national dialogue forward so that there is better understanding of the national security issues of our time. We will continue to expand and deepen our publications, to host conferences and off-the-record workshops that further the national security debate in substantive ways.