The Commander-in-Chief: Presidential Powers in Time of War

Memphis Lawyers Chapter

Speaker:

• Prof. John Yoo, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley

Speaker:

• Prof. John Yoo, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley

John Yoo is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he has taught since 1993. He has published more than 50 scholarly articles on foreign affairs, national security, and constitutional law in a number of the nation's leading law journals, and his work has appeared on the editorial pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of The Powers of War and Peace (Chicago 2005) and War by Other Means (Grove/Atlantic 2006).

Professor Yoo has served in all three branches of the national government. He was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked onnational security and terrorism matters arising from the September 11 attacks. He served as general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Chairman Orrin Hatch. Upon graduating from law school, professor Yoo served as a law clerk for Judge Laurence Silberman of the D.C. Circuit and Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professor Yoo has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Law School, the University of Trento, and the Free University of Amsterdam. He has received research fellowships from the Rockefeller and Olin Foundations and has been a Fulbright Distinguished Professor. In 2001, Professor Yoo received the Paul M. Bator Award for excellence in legal scholarship and teaching from the Federalist Society.

Professor Yoo graduated from Yale Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Yale Law Journal, and summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in American history.

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The Event is Free, but there will be a $5.00 Charge for anyone requesting CLE credit.

CLE Credit The Event Sponsors will apply for one hour General Tennessee CLE Credit.

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