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