What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty, and National Security

Florida International Student Chapter

What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty, and National SecurityThe rise of transnational terrorism and evolving threats to the national security of the United States has forced remarkable changes in United States foreign and domestic policy. The United States’ various strategies and policies for coping with these threats are celebrated by some and rejected by others.  What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty, and National Security will focus on the law as well as related policy, political, and societal implications of national security policy.  How do we balance liberty and individual freedoms with national security in today’s America? Where do we go from here? [More]

Florida International UniversityThe rise of transnational terrorism and evolving threats to the national security of the United States has forced remarkable changes in United States foreign and domestic policy. The United States’ various strategies and policies for coping with these threats are celebrated by some and rejected by others. What the Future Holds: Balancing Law, Liberty, and National Security will focus on the law as well as related policy, political, and societal implications of national security policy. How do we balance liberty and individual freedoms with national security in today’s America? Where do we go from here?

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Speakers Include:

  • Dean Alex Acosta, Florida International University College of Law
  • Mr. Robert Alt, Senior Legal Fellow and Deputy Director for the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation
  • Mr. Kendall Coffey, Coffey Burlington, PL
  • Hon. Maria Cooke, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Florida
  • Col. Rodger A. Drew Jr., Staff Judge Advocate, United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
  • Ms. Becky Norton Dunlop, Vice President for External Relations, The Heritage Foundation
  • Prof. Michael Greenberger, University of Maryland School of Law
  • Prof. Michael Lewis, Ohio Northern University College of Law
  • Prof. Peter S. Margulies, Roger Williams University
  • Prof. Gregory McNeal, Pepperdine University School of Law
  • Prof. Jeremy Rabkin, George Mason University School of Law
  • Prof. Scheherazade Rehman, Director, European Union Research Center, George Washington University
  • Dr. Nicholas Rostow, National Defense University
  • Prof. John F. Stack Jr., Florida International University College of Law
  • Prof. Hannibal Travis, Florida International University Collge of Law
  • Prof. Noah Weisbord, Florida International University College of Law

Friday, November 4, 2011

Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
FIU College of Law Atrium

Welcome & Introduction
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
RDB 1000

Panel I: From Terrorism to Modern Warfare: A New Legal Reality?
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.
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Panel II: National Security 2.0: Economic Markets and Technological Advancements
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.
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Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 p.m.
FIU College of Law Atrium

A Conversation on Balancing Law, Liberty, and National Security
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
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Panel III: Looking Back to Shape the Future: How Foreign Policy Will Affect Law, Liberty, and National Security
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
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Closing by Dean R. Alexander Acosta
4:30 - 4:45 p.m.
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Networking Reception
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
FIU College of Law Art Hall

There is no cost to attend this event

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