Reducing Military Sexual Assault through UCMJ Reforms: A Conversation With Charles Stimson

Puget Sound Lawyers Chapter

Speaker: 

• Charles D. Stimson, National Security Law Program Manager and Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Speaker:

• Charles D. Stimson, National Security Law Program Manager and Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Please join the Puget Sound Chapter of the Federalist Society for a discussion of recent reforms to the Uniform Code of Military Justice intended to reduce sexual assault in the military. Charles Stimson is the Manager of National Security Law Program and a Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and author of the Heritage Special Report: Sexual Assault in the Military: Understanding the Problem and How to Fix It. A former civilian and military prosecutor, Mr. Stimson served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and is a military trial judge. Mr. Stimson will discuss the impact of changes to the UCMJ, including Article 32 (preliminary hearings) and Article 60 (commander’s sentence modification).

Please RSVP to Sandra Lonon at [email protected] 

1 hour CLE credit pending