Law, Security, and Liberty After 9/11: Looking to the Future

Law, Security, and Liberty After 9/11: Looking to the Future

Friday & Saturday, September 16 & 17, 2011
Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East


Friday, September 16

3:00-3:30: Opening Remarks

  • Martha Minow - Dean, Harvard Law School
  • Gabriella Blum - Harvard Law School and The Brookings Institution
  • Benjamin Wittes - The Brookings Institution

3:30-5:00: What Can and Cannot Be Learned from the “War on Terrorism” for Other Threats Panel

  • Juliette Kayyem - Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, 2009-2011
  • Eugene Kontorovich - Northwestern University School of Law
  • Lisa Monaco - Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Juan Carlos Zarate - Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Robert Chesney - University of Texas Law School (Moderator)

5:15-6:30: Keynote Address

  • John O. Brennan - Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and Assistant to the President

Saturday, September 17

9:30-11:00: U.S.-Muslim Relations: Where are we Heading? Panel

  • Hedieh Mirahmadi - World Organization for Resource Development and Education
  • Intisar Rabb - Boston College Law School
  • Samuel Rascoff - New York University School of Law
  • Tamara Wittes - U.S. Department of State
  • Chibli Mallat - Harvard Law School (Moderator)

11:15-12:45: The Ethics and Law of Domestic Counterterrorism: The Challenges of the Next 10 Years Panel

  • Philip Heymann - Harvard Law School
  • Trevor Morrison - Columbia Law School
  • Gerald Neuman - Harvard Law School
  • Ben Wizner - American Civil Liberties Union
  • Richard Fallon - Harvard Law School (Moderator)

12:45-2:00: Lunch

2:00-3:30: The Ethics and Law of International Counterterrorism: The Challenges of the Next 10 Years Panel

  • Kenneth Anderson - Washington College of Law and The Brookings Institution
  • Stephen Carter - Yale Law School
  • Sarah Cleveland - Columbia Law School
  • John Rizzo - former Acting General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Gabriella Blum - Harvard Law School

3:45-5:15: The Presidency in the Post-9/11 World Panel

  • Jack Goldsmith - Harvard Law School
  • Deborah Pearlstein - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • Richard H. Pildes - New York University School of Law
  • Benjamin Wittes - Harvard Law School
  • David Barron - Harvard Law School (Moderator)

5:45-7:00: Keynote Address

  • Charlie Savage - Reporter for the New York Times; 2007 Pulitzer Prize Recipient