On Monday, October 17, 2022, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomes our first speaker of the 2022-2023 season of a A Road Less Traveled: Rita Siemion, Senior Counsel, US Senate Judiciary Committee; Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. Event Details October 17, 2022 12:00  –…

  The U.S. Department of Justice’s unprecedented investigation continues into the documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, raising many intertwined domestic law and national security concerns. What is the likely trajectory of the criminal investigation? How might the Mar-a-Lago proceedings be sequenced with the separate and ongoing investigations and prosecutions around the…

The origin of the Sicilian mafia has been attributed to the demand of property rights enforcement in the markets of land, sulfur, citrus fruits and labor conflicts in 19th century Sicily. But what about the “supply”? How has the mafia developed and maintained its power of intimidation for 180 years? On September 19, Diego Gambetta, author of…

  On March 4, 2022, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society will welcome Ruchi Gill, Counsel at Latham & Watkins and former Deputy Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, our fourth speaker of the 2021-2022 season of A Road Less Traveled. Speaker Bio Ruchi…

    In the face of Russia’s escalation of the military crisis in Ukraine and the risk of expanded conflict in Europe, a panel of leading experts and former US diplomats examined the current state of play, the domestic and international law issues involved, and the larger geopolitical and historical context. Cohosted by the NYU…

  On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society resumed our 2021-2022 season of A Road Less Traveled by welcoming our third speaker: Ben Huebner, Chief of the Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency Office at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Speaker Bio Ben…

    Following China’s recent barrage of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, experts and officials on both sides of the Pacific are analyzing the risk of military conflict and options for keeping peace in the Taiwan Strait at a time of significant pressure on U.S.-China relations. A virtual panel of practitioners and experts…