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National Security Forum: Rising Stars in National Security

Six years after 9/11, national security issues permeate our society.  Join five national security experts for a no-holds-barred discussion of issues ranging from executive branch powers and civil liberties to the new Directorate of National Intelligence and the recent amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Program

Moderators

Professor A. John Radsan, William Mitchell College of Law. Former assistant general counsel for the CIA; and former assistant U.S. attorney with the Department of Justice

Professor Robert Delahunty, University of St. Thomas Law School. Former deputy general counsel, White House Office of Homeland Security and special counsel, Senior Executive Service, Office of Legal Counsel

Panel

Tung Yin, professor, University of Iowa College of Law

Stephen Vladeck, associate professor, American University College of Law

Mark Mazzetti, intelligence beat reporter, The New York Times

Bryan Cunningham, former federal prosecutor and former deputy legal advisor to the National Security Council

Bobby Chesney, associate professor, Wake Forest University School of Law

The National Security Forum, founded in 2005 by William Mitchell College of Law Professor A. John Radsan, fosters an ongoing dialog on national security issues through panels, seminars, and other events featuring national security experts, scholars, and policy-makers.

This forum is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Please note that it is not located on the William Mitchell campus.

Media contact:       Mary.Grant @wmitchell.edu       (651) 290-6400

William Mitchell College of Law, founded in 1900, is an independent, private law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota. The college is known for cultivating practical wisdom and for creating an environment that welcomes both traditional and non-traditional law students. The largest law school in Minnesota, William Mitchell has produced many distinguished leaders at the bench and bar and in the business and civic arenas, among them the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. Burger ’31.