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Program
7:45-8:20 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
  Welcome and Overview
8:20-8:30 a.m.
James J. (“Jim”) Alfini President and Dean, South Texas College of Law

First Morning Panel Presentation           8:30-11:00a.m.
  The Criminal Prosecution of Terrorists
 

The Civilian Perspective
Jeanne Baker “Terrorism” Is a Crime So Heinous That Even Innocence Is No Defense

Bobby Chesney Terrorism and the Utility of Federal Criminal Prosecution the military perspective

Col. Lawrence J. Morris They Would Have Invented It: The Historical, Constitutional, and Practical Case for Military Commissions

Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. (ret.) Have We Targeted the Offenses or the Defendants?

Michael Lewis The Military Costs and Benefits of a Criminal

Prosecution Model
Question & Answer session.............. Victor M. Hansen, Lt. Col. (ret.)                                     moderator

 
 
Morning Keynote     11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
  Fred L. Borch, Col. (ret.) The Historical Role of Military Lawyers in National Security Trials
12:00 LUNCH
   
Afternoon Keynote           1:30 p.m.
  Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr. The Ethical Dimension of National Security Legal Advice
 
Afternoon Panel Presentation         2:30 p.m.
  Has the United States Lost the Ethical High Ground in the War on Terror?

John Hutson, Vice Adm. (ret.) How America Could Actually Lose the War on Terror

Amos N. Guiora, Lt. Col. (ret.) Freedom of Religion–Freedom from Religion

Richard Jackson, Col. (ret.) Law of War in GWOT–Regaining the Moral High Ground

Christopher J. Borgen Hearts and Minds and Laws: Legal Compliance and Diplomatic Persuasion

Eugene R. Fidell The High Ground and the National Narrative

question & answer session................Walt Huffman, Maj. Gen. (ret.)                                                   moderator