Eric Talbot Jensen teaches and writes in the areas of Public International Law, Criminal Law, The Law of Armed Conflict, International Criminal Law, and National Security Law. His recent scholarship has appeared in the Texas, Temple, Houston, and Israel Law Reviews, as well as the Stanford Law and Policy Review, Virginia Journal of International Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, and Stanford Journal of International Law. Professor Jensen is a co-author on an Oxford University text analyzing application of the laws of war to the war on terror and is also co-authoring a law school casebook on the Law of Armed Conflict for Aspen Publishing.
Prior to joining the BYU law faculty in 2011, Professor Jensen spent 2 years teaching at Fordham Law School in New York City and 20 years in the United States Army as both a Cavalry Officer and as a Judge Advocate. During his time as a Judge Advocate, Professor Jensen served in various positions including as the Chief of the Army’s International Law Branch; Deputy Legal Advisor for Task Force Baghdad; Professor of International and Operational Law at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School; legal advisor to the US contingent of UN Forces deployed to Skopje, Macedonia as part of UNPREDEP; and legal advisor in Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor/Guard.
- LL.M. Yale Law School
- LL.M. in Military Law, The Judge Advocate General’s School
- J.D., University of Notre Dame
- B.A., Brigham Young University
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National Security, the President, and the 25th Amendment: The State of Our Union Post-January 6th
Brigham Young Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- BYU341 E Campus Drive
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Panel II: Are We @Cyberwar, and If So, How Should We Fight It?
2015 National Security Symposium
Steptoe & Johnson LLP Conference Center1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Domestic & Legal Issues Arising from American Intervention in Libya
International & National Security Law Practice Group and Fordham Student Chapter
Moot Courtroom (3rd Floor) Fordham Law School140 West 62nd Street
New York City, NY 10023
The 2022 Mike Lewis Memorial Teleforum: Peace in Cyberspace: How it was Lost and How to Restore It
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The Third Annual Mike Lewis Memorial Teleforum: Cyberwar and International Law
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Panel II: Are We @Cyberwar, and If So, How Should We Fight It?
2015 National Security Symposium
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Panel II: Are We @Cyberwar, and If So, How Should We Fight It?
2015 National Security Symposium
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Domestic & Legal Issues Arising from American Intervention in Libya
International & National Security Law Practice Group and Fordham Student Chapter
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