Past Events

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Kelly Razzouk

On Thursday, April 4, 2024, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our fifth and final speaker of the 2023-2024 season of A Road Less Traveled: Kelly Razzouk, Senior Director for Democracy and Human Rights, National Security Council. Former: Acting Chief of Staff, US Mission to the United

Fireside Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Today’s Cyber Landscape

[youtube id="oaag1aiE69A" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]   Camille Stewart Gloster served as the first Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology & Ecosystem at the White House from 2022 - 2024, where she advised the President and led efforts to create new cybersecurity policies for a rapidly evolving technological world.  During her tenure, the Biden

The Presidency Unbound? SCOTUS’s Immunity Ruling

[youtube id="r_haXn1K7vg" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]     In an NYU Law Forum on the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States, experts in constitutional law and presidential authority discussed the implications of the decision and responded to audience questions. This event was co-sponsored by the Reiss Center on Law

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Stephen Townley

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

UNGA High-Level Side Event: Stopping the Destabilizing Flow of Sensitive Technology

On Thursday, September 26, the Reiss Center hosted a multilateral side event convened by the United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. The discussion addressed the topic of stopping the destabilizing flow of sensitive technology and was chaired by U.S. Assistant

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Tarun Chhabra

   We hosted our second A Road Less Traveled event of the 2024-25 academic year on Thursday, October 24. We were honored to speak with: Tarun Chhabra Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security, National Security Council; Former: Director, Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution Event Details Thursday,

The U.S. Elections on a Global Stage

[youtube id="WQbU7poH0mI" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]   Americans will soon go to the polls to elect their next president and decide control of the House and Senate. In a year of numerous elections around the globe affecting roughly half of the world's population, the U.S. elections will be a consequential capstone with the potential

Brett Holmgren speaks with NYU Law students

On Thursday, November 14, the Reiss Center on Law and Security welcomed Brett Holmgren, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), to NYU. Acting Director Holmgren sat down with NYU Law students for an informal lunch discussion focused on information sharing practices, evolutions in the terrorism and counterterrorism landscape, and the role of the

Fireside Chat with Jen Easterly

Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was in conversation with Judi Germano, Adjunct Professor of Law and Distinguished/Senior Fellow, CCS/RCLS to discuss current issues in cybersecurity, key takeaways from Easterly’s role at CISA, and the intersection between national security and AI. This event was co-hosted by the NYU Center for

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Hope Goins

We hosted our first A Road Less Traveled event of the 2025 on Monday, February 3. We were honored to speak with: Hope Goins Democratic Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security; Former: Senior Advisor and Counsel to the Chairman, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

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