The Threat from Within: Current and Alternative Responses to Sexual
Assault in the Military
February 21, 2014
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Madison, WI
8:30-9:15: Registration/ Breakfast
9:15-9:30: Welcoming Remarks
9:30-10:00: Francine Banner, Military Sexual Assault and the Rights/Trust Dilemma
10:00-10:30: Jonathan Lurie, the Transformation of Article 32: What and Why?
10:30-11:00: Jonathan P. Tomes, Practical Problems in Modifying the Military Justice System.
11:20-12:00: Morning Scholars Panel
12:00-1:15: Lunch
1:15-1:20: Afternoon Welcome
1:20-1:50: Rachel E. VanLandingham, Two for One: The Ethical Pursuit of Justice in the Military, And
Battlefield Success, Through Joint Prosecutorial Decisions.
1:50-2:20: Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, Breaking the Chain of Command Culture: A Call for an
Independent Investigative Body to Curb Sexual Assaults in the Military.
2:20-2:50: Captain Seth Engel, When Sexual Assault is Not Provable Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: How
Title IX and Student Discipline in Higher Education Can Help the Military Combat Sexual Assault.
3:10-3:50: Afternoon Scholars Panel
3:50-4:30 Survivor Advocacy Panel:
Robert Brania, Captain, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Wisconsin National Guard and
Jennifer Sluga, Assistant Veterans Service Officer - Army Veteran, Dane County Veterans
Service Office.
4:45-5:00 Closing Remarks
For more information, please visit: http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/wjlgs/events/
Co-sponsored by: Wisconsin Experience Grant, Associated Students of Madison, The University of Wisconsin
School of Sociology, University of Wisconsin QLaw, Wisconsin Women’s Law Student Association, and University
of Wisconsin Veterans Law Center.