LAURIE R. BLANK
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, International Humanitarian Law Clinic
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
404-712-1711
lblank@emory.edu
EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW; New York, New York
J.D., cum laude, 1998
Henry L. Boudin Fellow for Human Rights, 1996-1998
Research Assistant for Professor Theodor Meron and Professor Thomas Franck
Jerome Lipper Prize in International Law
Writing Editor, Journal of International Law and Politics
PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; Washington, D.C.
M.A., International Relations, with distinction, 1995
Concentration: International Law and Institutions; International Economics
Competitor, Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY; Princeton, New Jersey
A.B., Politics, cum laude, 1993
Senior Thesis: United Nations Sanctions Debated: Problems and Potential; A Proposal to Create More
Effective Sanctions
PUBLICATIONS
Books
WAR CRIMES: ACCOUNTABILITY IN ARMED CONFLICT, Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2016 (with C.
Jenks)
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
IN THE LAW OF WAR, CONCISE EDITION, Aspen, 2016 (with G. Noone)
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ARMED CONFLICT: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
IN THE LAW OF WAR, Aspen, 2013 (with G. Noone)
LAW OF WAR TRAINING: RESOURCES FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEADERS; U.S. Institute of Peace, 2008; 2nd
enlarged and revised edition, 2013 (with G. Noone)
Journal Articles
“In Response to Professor Oren Gross’ ‘The New Way of War: Is There a Duty to Use Drones?’,” 67 Florida
Law Review Forum 38 (2015)
“Identifying the Start of Conflict: Conflict Recognition, Operational Realities and Accountability in the Post9/11 World,” Michigan Journal of International Law (forthcoming 2015) (with B. Farley)
“Direct Participation: Law School Clinics and International Humanitarian Law,” 95 International Review of the
Red Cross (forthcoming 2014)
“Debates and Dichotomies: Exploring the Presumptions Underlying Contentions About the Geography of
Armed Conflict,” 16 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 297-318 (2013)
“Rules of Engagement and Legal Frameworks for Multinational Counter-piracy Operations,” 46 Case Western
Reserve Journal of International Law 397-409 (2013)
“Investigations into Military Operations: What Impact on Transitional Justice?,” 47:1 Israel Law Review 85-104
(2014)
“Belligerent Targeting and the Invalidity of a Least Harmful Means Rule,” 89 Naval War College International
Law Studies 536-626 (2013) (with G. Corn, C. Jenks and E. Jensen)
“Learning to Live with (a Little) Uncertainty: The Operational Aspects and Consequences of the Geography of
Conflict Debate,” 161 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online 347-361 (2013)
“Extending Positive Identification from People to Places: Terrorism, Armed Conflict and the Identification of
Military Objectives,” 2013:5 Utah Law Review 1227-1261 (2013)
“Losing the Forest for the Trees: Syria, Law and the Pragmatics of Conflict Recognition,” 46 Vanderbilt Journal
of Transnational Law 693-746 (2013) (with G. Corn)
“International Law and Cyber Threats from Non-State Actors,” 89 Naval War College International Law
Studies 406-437 (2013)
• Also published in 43 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights (2013)
“Presidential Foreign Policy: An Opportunity for International Law Education,” 45 Case Western Reserve
Journal of International Law 1-7 (2012)
“Targeted Strikes: The Consequences of Blurring the Armed Conflict and Self-Defense Justifications,” 38
William Mitchell Law Review 1655-1700 (2012)
“After “Top Gun”: How Drone Strikes Impact the Law of War,” 33 University of Pennsylvania Journal of
International Law 675-718 (2012)
“Taking Distinction to the Next Level: Accountability for Fighters’ Failure to Distinguish Themselves from
Civilians,” 46 Valparaiso University Law Review 765-802 (2012)
“Complex Legal Frameworks and Complex Operational Challenges: Navigating the Applicable Law Across the
Continuum of Conflict,” 26 Emory International Law Review 87-135 (2012)
“Understanding When and How Domestic Courts Apply International Humanitarian Law,” 44 Case Western
Reserve Journal of International Law 1-20 (2011)
“The Consequences of a “War” Paradigm for Counterterrorism: What Impact on Basic Rights and Values?,” 46
Georgia Law Review 719-741 (2012)
• Reprinted in STATE FORCE AND STATECRAFT: LANGUAGES OF POWER, LANGUAGES OF
JUSTICE (forthcoming 2016)
“A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Stretching Law of War Detention Too Far,” 64 Rutgers Law Review 1169-1193
(2011)
“A New Twist on an Old Story: Lawfare and the Mixing of Proportionalities,” 43 Case Western Reserve Journal
of International Law 707-738 (2011)
“Defining the Battlefield in Counterterrorism and Contemporary Armed Conflicts: Understanding the
Parameters of the Zone of Combat,” 39 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 1-38 (2010)
“Characterizing United States Operations in Pakistan: Is the U.S. Engaged in an Armed Conflict?,” 34 Fordham
International Law Journal 151-189 (2011) (with B. Farley)
“Finding Facts but Missing the Law: The Goldstone Report and Lawfare,” 43 Case Western Reserve Journal of
International Law 279-305 (2010)
“In Counterterrorism, The Law of War is a Key Source of Law for the Courts,” 32 ABA National Security Law
Report 1, 7-11 (Winter 2010); part of a dialogue with G. Corn, “The Problem With Law Avoidance,” 32 ABA
National Security Law Report 1, 4-7 (Winter 2010)
“Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict in New Warfare,” 1 Harvard
National Security Journal 45-85 (2010) (with A. Guiora)
“The Application of IHL in the Goldstone Report: A Critical Commentary,” 12 Yearbook of International
Humanitarian Law 347-402 (2009)
• Reprinted in THE GOLDSTONE REPORT “RECONSIDERED”: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS (Gerald
Steinberg & Anne Herzberg, eds 2011)
“Updating the Commander’s Toolbox: New Tools for Operationalizing the Law of Armed Conflict,” PRISM: A
Journal of the Center for Complex Operations Vol 1:3, 59-78 (June 2010) (with A. Guiora)
“The Laws of War in Shakespeare: International vs. Internal Armed Conflict,” 30 New York University Journal
of International Law and Politics 251 (Fall 1997/Winter 1998)
“United Nations Sanctions: Creating a More Effective Tool for the Enforcement of International Law,” 48
Austrian Journal of Public and International Law 161-195 (1995)
Book Chapters
“Two Perspectives on Counterterrorism: International Law and the Just War Tradition: A Dialogue,” in STATE
FORCE AND STATECRAFT: LANGUAGES OF POWER, LANGUAGES OF JUSTICE (forthcoming 2016) (with J.
Kelsay)
“Media Warfare, Propaganda and the Law of War,” in THE ETHICS OF SOFT WAR (forthcoming 2016)
“The Proportionality Principle in War,”
in THE USE OF FORCE: MILITARY POWER AND INTERNATIONAL
POLITICS, Rowman & Littlefield (8th Edition, 2015)
“What’s in a Word: War, Law and Counterterrorism,” in ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF LAW AND TERRORISM,
Routledge (2014)
“Military Operations and Media Coverage: The Interplay of Law and Legitimacy,” in ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK
ON MILITARY ETHICS, Routledge (2015)
“The Use of Force Against Pirates,” in PROSECUTING MARITIME PIRACY: DOMESTIC SOLUTIONS TO
INTERNATIONAL CRIME, Cambridge University Press (2014)
“Targeted Killing,” in ASHGATE RESEARCH COMPANION TO MILITARY ETHICS, Ashgate (2014)
“Cyber War/Cyber Attack: The Role of Rhetoric in the Application of Law to Activities in Cyberspace,” in
CYBERWAR: LAW & ETHICS FOR VIRTUAL CONFLICTS, Oxford University Press (2014)
“Les Véhicules Aériens Inhabités et le Droit des Conflits Armés,” in LES DRONES AÉRIENS: PASSÉ, PRÉSENT ET
AVENIR. APPROCHE GLOBALE, La Documentation française (2013)
“Due Process and Terrorism,” in NATIONAL SECURITY LAW: FIFTY YEARS OF TRANSFORMATION FROM THE
PAST TO THE FUTURE, AN ANTHOLOGY, American Bar Association (2012) (with A. Guiora)
“The Laws of War: Regulating the Use of Force,” in THE JOURNALISTS’ GUIDE TO NATIONAL SECURITY LAW,
American Bar Association (2012) (with G. Corn)
“Rules of Engagement: Law, Strategy and Leadership,” in ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP: ETHICS, LAW AND
SPIRITUALITY, Marine Corps University Press (2012)
Other Publications
“Karadzic Conviction A Reminder of Genocide’s Horror.” CNN.com, March 24, 2016 (with G. Corn)
“ISIS Committed Genocide: Are the Gloves Off?,” CNN.com, March 18, 2016 (with G. Corn)
“Tough Talk on Torture is Unethical – and Dangerous,” THE HILL, February 19, 2016
“Obama’s Speech and the Rhetoric of War,” THE HILL, December 9, 2015
“Was the U.S. Attack on the Kunduz Hospital a War Crime?,” WASHINGTONPOST.COM, October 8, 2015
• Also published in NEWSWEEK: “Was the Kunduz Bombing a War Crime? Not So Fast,”
NEWSWEEK.COM, October 8, 2015
“What the UN Report on Gaza Left Out,” THE HILL, July 7, 2015
“Guantánamo, Detainee Reengagement and Tackling Hard Questions,” THE HILL, March 13, 2015
“The Limits of Inviolability: UN Facilities and Armed Conflict,” JURIST, January 22, 2015
“Torture, the Senate Report, and Keeping Our Eye on the Ball,” THE HILL, December 11, 2014
“Proportionality: Principle, Perception and Process,” THE VOLOKH CONSPIRACY/WASHINGTONPOST.COM,
August 6, 2014
“Asymmetries and Proportionalities,” THE HILL, July 29, 2014
“Getting the Law Right on the Israel-Hamas Conflict,” THE HILL, July 11, 2014
“Drones, Transparency and Legitimacy,” THE HILL, May 28, 2014
“Ukraine’s Crisis: Implications for the Law of Armed Conflict,” Harvard National Security Journal, May 24,
2014
“Armed Conflict and Terrorism: Identification of Military Objectives,” Military and Strategic Affairs 75-79
(April 2014)
“The Law of War’s Essential Role in Containing Brutality: Syria’s Painful Reminder”, Global Policy Journal
(July 2013) (with G. Corn)
Book Review, WHAT IS WAR? AN INVESTIGATION IN THE WAKE OF 9/11 and INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE
CLASSIFICATION OF CONFLICTS, 107 American Journal of International Law (October 2013)
“Protecting Civilians or Using Them as Pawns: The Israel-Hamas Conflict,” JURIST, December 1, 2012
“Targeted Killing’s Flexibility Doctrine that enables US to Flout the Law of War,” The Guardian, August 10,
2012 (with A. Guiora)
“Syria Must Be Held to the Law of War,” CNN.com, April 4, 2012 (with G. Corn)
“Blurring the Legal Lines on Targeted Strikes,” JURIST, February 2, 2012
“Operational Law Experts Roundtable on the Gotovina Judgment: Military Operations, Battlefield Reality and
the Judgment’s Impact on Effective Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law,”
Emory International Humanitarian Law Clinic report, January 26, 2012
“Gaddafi’s Demise and the Law of War: Lessons from Literature,” JURIST, October 22, 2011
“Drone Strike Casualties and the Laws of War,” JURIST, August 22, 2011
“Torture is Always Illegal – Under Any Law – And Should Remain So,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 11,
2011 (with A. Guiora)
“Finding the Paradigm: Investigating Bin Laden’s Demise,” JURIST, May 8, 2011
“Why Goldstone’s ‘Retraction’ Is Not Enough,” JURIST, April 14, 2011
“Build Detainee Policy on Sound Law,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 18, 2011
Book Review, GURULE AND CORN’S PRINCIPLES OF COUNTERTERRORISM LAW, 25 Emory International Law
Review 771 (2011)
“Introductory Note to the U.S. Supreme Court: Samantar v. Yousuf Et Al.,” 50 International Legal Materials 76
(2011)
“Don’t Deny Detainees Their Day in Court,” Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2011 (with A. Guiora)
“Where is the Battlefield in the ‘War on Terror’? The Need for a Workable Framework,” JURIST, December 1,
2010
“Judicial Abdication in Times of War: Lessons Not Yet Learned,” JURIST, Sept. 13, 2010 (with A. Guiora)
“Court, administration ignored perils to repatriated detainees,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 28, 2010 (with
A. Guiora)
“Sovereignty, Atrocities and Accountability,” JURIST, March 17, 2010
“New Wars, New Rules? Not So Fast,” JURIST, January 12, 2010
“U.S. Lacks a Defined Mission in Afghanistan,” Salt Lake Tribune, December 18, 2009 (with A. Guiora)
“Goldstone and (Dis)Proportionality: Three Strikes,” JURIST, November 4, 2009 (with G. Gordon)
“The Role of International Financial Institutions in International Humanitarian Law: A Report from the
International Humanitarian Law Working Group”; U.S. Institute of Peace Peaceworks No. 42, January 2002
Book Review, CIVILIANS IN WAR, 48 Naval Law Review 200 (2001)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia
2007-present
• Clinical Professor of Law
• Courses Taught: International Humanitarian Law Clinic; National Security Law; Transitional Justice
• Director and Founder, International Humanitarian Law Clinic
• Supervise students’ legal work with international tribunals, non-governmental organizations, militaries
and law firms working in the field of humanitarian law
• Teach seminar on international humanitarian law
• Project Director, Rules of War and Tools of War
• Co-director of Law of War Training project: updating Law of War Training Manual and managing
website and database of information about national military training programs in the laws of war
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia
• Teaching Assistant for course entitled Terrorism and the Law
• Assisted in researching and writing casebook on terrorism and the law
2005 – 2007
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE; Washington, D.C.
1999 – 2003
• Program Officer, Rule of Law Program
• Ran experts’ working group on International Humanitarian Law
• Co-founded project on military training programs in the laws of war; co-author of Law of War Training:
Resources for Military and Civilian Leaders
• Projects included international humanitarian law, transitional justice, and war crimes tribunals
SHEARMAN & STERLING; New York, New York
• Associate, Litigation Department
UNITED STATES DEP’T OF STATE; Bureau of Int’l Organizations; Washington, D.C.
• Handled daily operation of UN and US sanctions against Haiti, Serbia, Iraq and Libya
1998 – 1999
1994
UNITED STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS; New York, New York
1992 • Handled daily operation of UN sanctions against Iraq, Serbia and Libya
PRESENTATIONS AND MEDIA
Rule of Law in Stability Operations, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia,
March 7, 2016
Law of Armed Conflict in an Era of Hybrid Threats, Hybrid Threats = Hybrid Law?, Center on Law, Ethics and
National Security, Duke University School of Law, February 26-27, 2016
Moderator, Transnational Tensions and National Security: Immigration, Domestic Terrorism, and Cross-Border
Security, Redefined National Security Threats: Tensions and Legal Implications, Randolph W. Thrower
Symposium, Emory University School of Law, February 11, 2016
A New Twist on an Old Story: Lawfare and the Mixing of Proportionalities, Minerva Center for Human Rights,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, November 15-17, 2015
Legal Issues of Future War, American Bar Association 25th Annual Review of the Field of National Security
Law, November 5-6, 2015, Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Airstrike that Targeted a Doctors Without Borders Hospital, The Kathleen Dunn Show, Wisconsin
Public Radio, wpr.com, October 8, 2015
Ukraine Case Study: Qualification of Situations: Case Studies from Recent Practice, Online Learning Series on
Humanitarian Law and Policy, International Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and
Protection, July 21, 2015
Humanitarian Relief Operations in Armed Conflict, Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed
Conflict, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 15-16, 2015
Targeting Non-State Groups Economic and Financial Infrastructure, National Security Law Workshop,
Houston, Texas, May 14-15, 2015
Panelist, From Theory to Practice — Professional Symposium on the Law of Armed Conflict, Practical
Orientation of International Law in Contemporary Armed Conflicts, Israel Defense Forces Military Advocate
General’s Corps, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 17-19, 2015
Contemporary Conflicts: The Situation Between Russia and Ukraine, American Red Cross International
Humanitarian Law Workshop, Seattle University School of Law, January 31-February 1, 2015
Conflict Classification: When Does IHL Apply?, American Red Cross International Humanitarian Law
Workshop, Seattle University School of Law, January 31-February 1, 2015
Israel-Hamas 2014: War, Law and Legitimacy, Carol Becker Middle East Security Speaker Series, Institute for
National Security and Counterterrorism, Syracuse University, January 22, 2015
Legitimacy and Law of War Compliance, Challenges of Warfare in Densely Populated Areas, Institute for
National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel, December 2, 2014
The End of War, Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, November
12, 2014
An Evolving Threat: The View from the United States, New Battlefields/Old Laws: The Next Steps in
Counterterrorism: Adapting to an Evolving Threat and an Expanding Battlefield, World Summit on
Counterterrorism: Terrorism’s Global Impact, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel,
September 8-11, 2014
The Law of War — What Israel and Others Can and Can’t Do, American Jewish Committee University Series,
Atlanta, Georgia, July 14, 2014
Status: Combatants vs. Civilians, International Committee of the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law
Workshops, Washington D.C., July 9-10, 2014
Roundtable: The End of Conflict — Accountability, Security Cooperation, and Other Issues, Applying
International Humanitarian Law Seminar, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 28-29, 2014
Civilians v. Combatants — Targeting and Detention, Applying International Humanitarian Law Seminar,
Charlottesville, Virginia, May 28-29, 2014
Ending War, National Security Law Workshop, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 15-16, 2014
International Humanitarian Law and Emerging Technologies, Washington College of Law, American
University, May 8, 2014
Religion, Law & Ethics of War, Everyday Ethics, Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters TV, aired April 2014
Panelist, Law of Warcraft: New Approaches to Generating Respect for the Law, American Society of
International Law Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 9-12, 2014
Legal Implications of the Gotovina Judgments, Roundtable on Legal Implications of Appeals Judgments at the
ICTY, Hague Institute for Global Justice, The Hague, February 19, 2014
Experiential Learning in IHL Instruction, International Committee of the Red Cross Teaching International
Humanitarian Law Workshop, Brigham Young Law School, February 7-8, 2014
Building a Course Structure, International Committee of the Red Cross Teaching International Humanitarian
Law Workshop, Brigham Young Law School, February 7-8, 2014
Rule of Law in Stability Operations, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia,
January 7, 2014
Status: Combatants vs. Civilians, International Committee of the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law
Workshop, Washington, D.C., December 4-5, 2013
Panelist, The Laws of War for the 21st Century, Appellate Judges Education Institute, San Diego, California,
November 14-17, 2013
Moderator, The Public Right to Know vs. National Security: American and Israeli Perspectives, Arnall, Golden
& Gregory, Atlanta, November 5, 2013
Speaker/Moderator, Conflict Classification and Geography of War, US/Canada International Humanitarian Law
Workshop, Duke University School of Law, October 4, 2013
Discussant, How Does Customary International Law Change? The Case of State Immunity, Conference on
International Law and Politics, Emory University School of Law, September 20, 2013
Panelist, Roundtable on Legal/Operational Issues in Combating and Apprehending Pirates, International
Conference on Combating Maritime Piracy: New Challenges/New Solutions, Case Western Reserve University
School of Law, September 5-6, 2013
Integrating IHL into Specific Topics, International Committee of the Red Cross/George Washington University
Workshop on Teaching IHL to International Studies Faculties, George Washington University, August 5-6,
2013
Scope of Application and Classification of Conflicts, International Committee of the Red Cross/George
Washington University Workshop on Teaching IHL to International Studies Faculties, George Washington
University, August 5-6, 2013
Conflict Identification and Classification: International Participation in Conflicts with Non-State Actors,
Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: “Symmetries: International Humanitarian
Law and International Human Rights Law,” Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, University of
Oxford, United Kingdom, July 18-19, 2013
Panelist, The Future of American Warfare? Assessing the Legality of the Obama Administration’s Use of
Military Drones, American Constitution Society, Atlanta, June 5, 2013
Drones and the Law of War, Targeted Killing in U.S. Foreign Policy: Technology, Law, and Morality, Georgia
State University Center for Human Rights & Democracy, May 3, 2013
Extending Positive Identification from People to Places: Terrorism, Armed Conflict, and the Identification of
Military Objectives, International Law Colloquium, University of Georgia Law School, April 12, 2013
Guest Lecturer, Operational Law for Commanders, Marine Corps University, February 19, 2013
Armed Conflict and Terrorism: Identification of Military Objectives, Challenges of Warfare in Densely
Populated Areas, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 5-6, 2013
Guest Lecturer, Israel Defense Forces Department of International Law Monthly Seminar, Tel Aviv, Israel,
February 4, 2013
Panelist, Use of Force in the Real World, The Legal and Ethical Limits of Technological Warfare, SJ Quinney
College of Law, University of Utah, February 1, 2013
Organizer and Moderator, Expert Roundtable: The Application of the Law of Armed Conflict in Situations of
Organized Crime and Armed Conflict, Emory Law School, January 22, 2013
Panelist, A Case Study on Targeted Killing and Drones, The Boundaries of the Battlefield: A Critical Look at
the Legal Paradigms and Rules in Combatting Terrorism, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague, January 10-11,
2013
Panelist, Wherever War? Geographic Limitations of Armed Conflict, The Boundaries of the Battlefield: A
Critical Look at the Legal Paradigms and Rules in Combatting Terrorism, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague,
January 10-11, 2013
The Law of War and Military Operations in the Courtroom: Thoughts from the Gotovina Case, Hague Initiative
for Law and Armed Conflict Lecture Series, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague, January 9, 2013
Panelist, Past, Present and Future of the Law of Armed Conflict, American Bar Association National Security
Law Review, November 29-30, 2012, Washington, D.C.
Experiential Learning, International Committee of the Red Cross Teaching International Humanitarian Law
Workshop, Emory Law School, November 2-3, 2012
Building a Course Structure: Choosing Topics, International Committee of the Red Cross Teaching
International Humanitarian Law Workshop, Emory Law School, November 2-3, 2012
Panelist, Educating the Next Generation of Decision Makers: The Intersection of National Security Law and
International Affairs, Syracuse University School of Law and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
September 14-15, 2012
Moderator, The War Powers Resolution at 40: Still Controversial After All These Years, Presidential Power,
Foreign Affairs, and the 2012 Election, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, September 7, 2012
Guest Lecturer, Israel Defense Forces Department of International Law Monthly Seminar, Tel Aviv, Israel, July
25, 2012
What is the Impact on IHL of Using Targeted Killings as a Tool of Counter-Terrorism?, Association for the
Promotion of International Humanitarian Law Summer Event, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv,
Israel, July 22, 2012
Defending Against Cyber Attacks: The International Legal Regime, Naval War College, May 1-3, 2012
WWL New Orleans radio, Live Interview, April 30, 2012, on enhanced interrogation
The International Law of Armed Conflict: Lessons Learned and Challenges for the Future, After Afghanistan:
Where To From Here?, Duke University School of Law, April 13-14, 2012
Panelist, Experts Roundtable: Cyber Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict, International Humanitarian Law:
Emerging Issues in the Law of Armed Conflict, Washington College of Law, American University, March 28,
2012
Guest Lecturer, Operational Law for Commanders, Marine Corps University, January 26, 2012
Instructor/Presenter, The International Legal Framework, Rule of Law and Military Operations Workshop,
International Institute for Humanitarian Law, San Remo, Italy, December 13-15, 2011
Guest Lecturer, Israel Defense Forces Department of International Law Monthly Seminar, Tel Aviv, Israel,
November 17, 2011
Investigations into Military Operations: What Impact on Transitional Justice?, The Potential Impact of
Transitional Justice In Ongoing Conflicts, Minerva Center for Human Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
November 13-15, 2011.
Organizer and Moderator, Expert Roundtable: The Gotovina Judgment, Emory Law School, November 4, 2011
Using the Law of War as a Tool Across Disciplines, Faculty Workshop, University of North Dakota Center for
Human Rights and Genocide Studies, October 19, 2011
UAS and the Law of War, Exploring the Drone and the Legal Unknown, University of North Dakota Center for
UAS Research, Education and Training, October 18, 2011
Using the Rhetoric of War for Counterterrorism: What Impact on Human Rights?, University of North Dakota
School of Law, October 17, 2011
Understanding When and How Domestic Courts Apply International Humanitarian Law, International Law
Association Regional Conference, Case Western Reserve School of Law, September 9, 2011
The Consequences of a “War” Paradigm for Counterterrorism: What Impact on Basic Rights and Values?,
Civil Rights or Civil Wants, University of Georgia School of Law, August 26, 2011
Rules of Engagement: Law, Strategy and Leadership, National Security Law Workshop, U.S. Army Judge
Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 19-20, 2011
Rules of Engagement: Law, Strategy and Leadership, Aspects of Leadership: Ethics, Law and Spirituality,
Marines Corps University, Quantico, Virginia, March 31-April 1, 2011
Panelist, International Humanitarian Law: Emerging Issues in the Law of Armed Conflict, Washington College
of Law, American University, March 23, 2011
Teaching from the Headlines, International Committee of the Red Cross Teaching International Humanitarian
Law Workshop, Emory Law School, February 25-26, 2011
Guest Lecturer, Operational Law for Commanders, Marine Corps University, February 10, 2011
Panelist, Law of War Detention, American Society of International Law/Lieber Society Panel Discussion,
Washington, D.C., February 9, 2011
Panelist, The Rise of Lawfare, the Politicization of International Law and the Challenges to U.S. Sovereignty,
American Freedom Alliance Lecture Series, January 16, 2011
Guest Lecturer, Israel Defense Forces Department of International Law Monthly Seminar, Tel Aviv, Israel,
November 24, 2011
Lawfare and the Mixing of Proportionalities, Proportionality in Armed Conflict, Minerva Center for Human
Rights, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, November 21-23, 2010
Extending the Front Line? The Use of Force and International Law, Program on Humanitarian Policy and
Conflict Research, Harvard University, October 21, 2010
Targeted Killing by Unmanned Aircraft: Legal Framework, Congressional Research Service Seminar,
Washington, D.C., September 20, 2010
International Law and Contemporary Warfare: Challenges and Precedents, U.S. National Security Policy and
Military Strategy: Understanding the Environment for Contemporary Warfare, Texas Tech University,
September 15-16, 2010
Finding Facts But Missing the Law: The Goldstone Report and Lawfare, Lawfare!, Case Western Reserve
School of Law, September 10-11, 2010
The Goldstone Report and the Law of Armed Conflict, The United Nation’s Goldstone Report: Lawfare, The
Defamation of Israel and The Threat to American National Security in the Age of Terrorism, Fordham Law
School, April 27, 2010
Discussant, International Law Colloquium, University of Georgia School of Law, February 2010
CNN Newsroom, January 8, 2010: Live Interview on Enemy Combatants and terrorism suspect Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab
Structuring the Clinical Experience, Global Constitutional Justice Conference, University of Utrecht, June 2009
An Overview of Transitional Justice Mechanisms, Iraqi National Congress Annual Meeting, London, March
2001
TESTIMONY
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dutch Parliament, Armed Drones and International Law, The Hague, February
17, 2014
OTHER
2016 JURIST CONTRIBUTING EDITOR FOR THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT
VIRTUAL FELLOW, OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, United States Department of State
INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Senior Visiting Researcher, summer 2012
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS TEACHING IHL WORKSHOPS, February 2011 and November
2012, Emory Law School
• Conference Convener and Presenter
• Hosted by the Emory International Humanitarian Law Clinic
ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND PEACEBUILDING, U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE
• Co-Director, Course on International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION STANDING COMMITTEE ON LAW AND NATIONAL SECURITY
• Member, Advisory Committee, 2011-2014
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY GROUP PIRACY HIGH-LEVEL WORKING GROUP
• Working Group member
JACOB BLAUSTEIN INSTITUTE’S GENOCIDE PREVENTION HANDBOOK
• Member, Steering Committee
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AMICUS BRIEF
• Samantar v. Bashe Abdi Yousef (2010)
• Commissioned by Center for Justice and Accountability to write U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief on
behalf of Retired Military Professionals
• Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victims Protection Act case addressing applicability of Foreign Sovereign
Immunities Act to former Defense Minister and Prime Minister of Somalia
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW TEACHING SUPPLEMENTS, produced by the Emory International
Humanitarian Law Clinic with the Support of the Regional Delegation for the United States and Canada,
International Committee of the Red Cross
• Series Editor
• Volume I: NATIONAL SECURITY LAW; Volume II: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW; Volume III:
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; Volume IV: REFUGEE LAW (forthcoming)
CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENOCIDE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
• Visiting Fellow, October 2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Member, American Society of International Law
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Lieber Society Interest Group, Treasurer and Member of Executive Committee
•
Chair, Francis Lieber Prize Committee
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Teaching International Law Interest Group
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International Criminal Law Interest Group
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South-East Interest Group, Member of Executive Committee
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Host Committee, 2012 Mid-Year Meeting
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Judge, International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition
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Mentor, Women in International Law Interest Group
Member, International Institute of Humanitarian Law
Member, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Member, International Law Association, American Branch
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, The Hague
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Member, Editorial Board
Emory Law School
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Chair, Clinical Faculty Review and Promotion Committee, 2014-2016
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Member, Colloquium Committee, 2013-2014
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Member, ABA Self-Study Committee, 2013-2015
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Member, Appointments Committee, 2012-2013
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Member, Student Career/Professional Development Committee, 2011-2012
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Member, Curriculum Committee, 2010-2011
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Faculty Advisor, Emory International Law Review
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Member, International Studies Committee
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Faculty Advisor, International Law Society
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Faculty Advisor, Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition Team
Emory University
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Member, Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell Scholarship Selection Committee
Evaluator, International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition
TENNIS EXPERIENCE
Princeton University Varsity Women’s Tennis Team, 1989-1993
Nationally and regionally ranked junior tournament player, 1981-1989
Bronze Medal; Maccabiah Games, Israel, 1985