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Feb 19 2014
Wednesday 12:00 a.m.    

Privacy, Transparency and Security: A Debate on the NSA and Civil Liberties

Speakers:
Michael W. Lewis
Topics:
Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Missouri - Columbia Student Chapter
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Nov 13 2013
Wednesday 12:00 a.m.    

Drone Strikes and Targeted Killings

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Michael W. Lewis
Topics:
International & National Security Law
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Washington & Lee Student Chapter
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Nov 7 2013
Thursday 12:00 a.m.    

Drone Strikes and Targeted Killings

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Michael W. Lewis
Topics:
International & National Security Law
Sponsors:
Maryland Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Nov 7 2013
Thursday 12:00 a.m.    

Drone Strikes and Targeted Killings

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Michael W. Lewis
Topics:
International & National Security Law
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Baltimore Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Oct 21 2013
Monday 12:00 p.m.    

Are Drones Moral, Legal, and Effective? The Use of Drones in Counterinsurgency Operations

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Feisal Istrabadi • Michael W. Lewis
Topics:
International & National Security Law
Sponsors:
Indiana - Bloomington Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Oct 15 2013
Tuesday 12:00 a.m.    

utonomous Weapons Systems: Is the Terminator the Future of Warfare?

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Michael W. Lewis
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North Carolina Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Jan 23 2013
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Coercive Interrogations

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Michael W. Lewis
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International & National Security Law
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Southern University Student Chapter
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Oct 29 2012
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Justice Thomas' Legacy: 20 Years on the Supreme Court

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Scott D. Gerber
Topics:
Federalism & Separation of Powers
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Campbell Student Chapter
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Oct 3 2012
Wednesday 12:00 a.m.    

Domestic & International Use of Drones

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Michael W. Lewis
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Emory Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Sep 26 2012
Wednesday 12:00 a.m.    

The Ethics and Law Involved in the Use of Military Drone

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Michael W. Lewis
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Notre Dame Student Chapter
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Feisal Istrabadi

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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Scott D. Gerber

Scott D. Gerber

Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

Biography

 

Scott Gerber clerked for U.S. District Judge Ernest C. Torres of the District of Rhode Island and practiced with the Boston-based law firm Bingham, Dana & Gould. He is a member of the Massachusetts, Colorado and Virginia bars as well as the U.S. Supreme Court bar. He is the 2002, 2009, 2011 and 2012 winner of the Fowler V. Harper Award for excellence in legal scholarship and the 2004, 2013 and 2016 recipient of the Daniel S. Guy Award for excellence in legal journalism. He held the Ella & Ernest Fisher chair in law at Ohio Northern University from 2008-10. He has served on the Ohio Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights since 2008 and was appointed to the Association of American Law Schools Committee to Review Scholarly Papers for the 2018 Annual Meeting. He is an associated scholar at Brown University's Political Theory Project. StateStats.org named him one of the top law professors in Ohio. He was on sabbatical as a visiting professor at Brown University's Political Theory Project during the 2018-19 academic year.

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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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Michael W. Lewis

Michael W. Lewis

Ella A. and Ernest H. Fisher Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Biography

Professor Lewis joined the Ohio Northern faculty in August, 2006.  Lewis flew F-14's for the United States Navy in Operation Desert Shield, conducted strike planning for Desert Storm and was deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce the no-fly zone over Iraq.  He was a Topgun graduate in 1992 and was featured in a NOVA documentary on Topgun and aircraft carriers.

After his naval service, Lewis graduated from Harvard Law School, cum laude, was a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, and served as a litigation associate with McGuireWoods, LLP, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Professor Lewis has published more than a dozen articles and essays on various aspects of the law of war and the conflict between the US and al Qaeda.  His work has been cited by the Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals.  He has testified before Congress on the legality of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen and on the civil liberties tradeoffs associated with trying some Al Qaeda members or terrorist suspects before military commissions.  His op-eds have appeared in numerous media outlets including the LA Times and the New York Post and he has appeared on Public Radio International to discuss the increasing use of armed drones in warfare.  He has delivered scores of presentations and panel presentations before military and law school audiences alike including presentations to the international Military Operations Law conference in Queensland, Australia, the US Army's JAG School in Charlottesville, VA and law school events at Stanford, Chicago, Columbia, Penn, Duke, Texas and Northwestern among others.

Professor Lewis received the Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching for the 2007-08 academic year.

He currently teaches Commercial Law, International Law, a Law of War Seminar and Torts. He has also taught Corporate Finance and Accounting for Lawyers. His other teaching interests include Civil Procedure and Contracts.

In Memoriam Michael W. Lewis



  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
  • B.A., John Hopkins University
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