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A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Stephen Townley
September 23 @ 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
On September 23, 2024, the Reiss Center on Law and Security & the National Security Law Society welcomed the first speaker of the 2024-2025 season of A Road Less Traveled:
Stephen Townley, Legal Director of TrialWatch, Clooney Foundation for Justice.
Former: Deputy Legal Adviser, US Mission to the UN in New York & in Geneva
Event Details
September 23, 2024
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall
Room 202
Speaker Bio
Stephen Townley is Legal Director of the TrialWatch initiative at the Foundation. Previously, he served as Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Mission to the UN in New York, Deputy Legal Adviser to the U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva, and Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State, among other government positions. He has published on international law topics in journals such as the Chicago Journal of International Law and the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. from Yale College.