Institute for Law, Science and Global Security

The Institute for Law, Science and Global Security[1] in the Department of Government at Georgetown University was established to promote teaching and research in the area of intersection between international law and international relations. The Institute sponsors undergraduate and graduate courses and runs a Master's Program in International Law and Global Security.[2] The Institute seeks to inform the public policy debate about the nature, role and importance of international law as it connected to issues of science and global security. To this end, it sponsors a series of specific programs including the Program on Non-Proliferation Law and Policy,[3] which is jointly run with the James Martin Center of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Most recently, the Institute has begun a special initiative in the area of cyber security.[4][5] Among the participants in this initiative have been former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency General Michael Hayden,[6] Siobhan Gorman, national security correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, and Suzanne Spaulding, former General Counsel for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Since its creation, the Institute has also sponsored events with a variety of other speakers, including Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, Bill Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico, Neal Katyal, Deputy Solicitor General of the United States and legal counsel to former detainee Salim Hamdan, and David H. Remes, a former partner at Covington & Burling and currently representing detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.

The Institute was founded by Professors Christopher C. Joyner and Anthony Clark Arend, and was initially called The Institute for International Law and Politics. It is currently directed by Professor Joyner, and Professor Catherine Lotrionte serves as the Associate Director of the Institute. Amit Yoran, former Chief of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security and Phillip A. Karber serve on the Board of Advisers of the Institute. From 2007 to 2009, Brendan P. Geary—previously an Associate Attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and currently an Attorney in the Department of Justice's National Security Division—served as the Institute's William V. O'Brien Fellow.

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  1. ^ "Institute for Law, Science and Global Security | Georgetown University". Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
  2. ^ "M.A. Program | Institute for Law, Science and Global Security | Georgetown University". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
  3. ^ "Washington Program on Nonproliferation Policy & Law | Institute for Law, Science and Global Security | Georgetown University". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
  4. ^ "Integrating Disciplines: Cyber Security, Law and Policy - Institute for Law, Science and Global Security - Georgetown College". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  5. ^ "Cybersecurity and International Law - Institute for Law, Science and Global Security - Georgetown College". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  6. ^ "Georgetown University: Former Security Head Joins Cybersecurity Team". Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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