Colloquia

At NYU School of Law, Colloquia are meta-seminars, in which small groups of faculty members and students engage in the most rigorous intellectual experience available in legal education. When scheduled, the law and security colloquium is available to NYU Law students and taught by the Center’s Faculty Advisors.

The most recent colloquium dealt with the broad set of legal issues arising from 9/11 and the war against terrorism. Of special interest to the conveners are problems associated with international law enforcement cooperation, preserving the government's capacity for self correction under emergency conditions, the stabilization and reconstruction of failed states, the gradual democratization of previously autocratic Islamic states, and the role of international law and multilateral institutions in counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation. The colloquium aims to foster productive discussion on these issues between legal academics and government officials with practical experience.