[youtube id="CYerLeSghG0" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] In the summer of 2022, the U.S. Department of State announced the creation of a new Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, the first mandate of its kind in the U.S. diplomatic corps. On February 21, Desirée Cormier Smith joined us to share reflections from her
A special episode of The Just Security Podcast, co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security February 24, 2023 In the year since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we have seen some surprising military, diplomatic, and legal developments in the war. Ukrainian forces have proven remarkably strong, and the Ukrainian people
On Monday, March 6, 2023, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our fourth speaker of the 2022-2023 season of A Road Less Traveled: Katrina Mulligan, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Army, U.S. Department of the Army. Former: Principal DASD for Special Operations and Low
On Monday, April 3, 2023, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our fifth and final speaker of the 2022-2023 season of A Road Less Traveled: Jeohn Favors, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, National Security Division, Department of Justice. Former: Official, Central Intelligence Agency,
[youtube id="bR_DJrM_Qls" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in Miami. Since the country learned last August of an FBI search of the former president’s residence at Mar-a-Lago for documents marked as classified, details have steadily emerged about the volume of documents there, who had
The Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society are pleased to welcome our first speaker of the 2023-2024 season of A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School. Students are invited to join this lunchtime talk with Susan Hennessey, Chief Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for National Security,
[youtube id="Tt8P2ShAlQE" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] At this Forum, former federal prosecutors Mary McCord and Andrew Weissmann recorded an episode of the popular MSNBC podcast they co-host, Prosecuting Donald Trump. Each episode features McCord (now at Georgetown Law) and Weissmann (a professor of practice at NYU Law) dissecting the latest developments in one or
[youtube id="xnaAaP35IaA" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West tells the story of a century-long espionage war between Russia and the West. In Walton’s telling, the Cold War began earlier than is widely understood and extended beyond the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, fueled
On Tuesday, October 24, national security students at NYU Law had the opportunity to attend an informal lunch discussion featuring Reiss Center Faculty Co-Directors Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann in conversation with former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe. McCabe addressed topics relating to law enforcement, national security, and the rule of law. Discussion
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our second speaker of the 2023-2024 season of A Road Less Traveled: Ian Moss, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Department of State. Event Details November 2, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Furman Hall Room