Conference: Military Justice Reform: The Next Twenty Years

Military Justice Reform: The Next Twenty Years
February 24, 2023
9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Villanova University

Registration

Agenda
 
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Welcome
Video Address by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) 
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9:15–10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: The Jurisdictional Boundary Between Military & Civilian Criminal Justice
The first panel will feature experts discussing the desirability of continuing to maintain a separate military justice system or separate military courts.
Panelists:

• Eugene R. Fidell, Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU Law School; and Of counsel, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
• Robert Leider, Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• Hon. Margaret A. Ryan, the J.J. Clynes Endowed Visiting Professor, Notre Dame Law School and Senior Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• Dwight Sullivan, Senior Associate Deputy General Counsel for Military Justice and Personnel Policy, Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel

Moderated by Chief Judge Emeritus Scott W. Stucky, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

10:30–11:45 a.m.
Panel 2: Unlawful Command Influence: Ethical & Legal Issues
This discussion will explore the continuing effects of unlawful command influence, which occurs when a person bearing "the mantle of command authority" uses their authority to influence the outcome of military judicial proceedings.
Panelists:

• Major Caitlin Chiaramonte, Major in the U.S. Army and Academy Professor of Law, Department of Law at the U.S. Military Academy
• Frank Rosenblatt, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Center, Mississippi College School of Law
• Rachel E. VanLandingham, the Irwin R. Buchalter Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School and former judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force

Moderated by the Hon. Margaret A. Ryan, the J.J. Clynes Endowed Visiting Professor, Notre Dame Law School and Senior Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Break

12:00–1:15 p.m.
Panel 3: Military Justice in an Era of Conventional Warfare: Lessons from Ukraine
The final panel will examine the role of military justice in light of changed geopolitical circumstances.
Panelists:

• Mario L. Barnes, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Eugene R. Fidell, Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU Law School; and Of counsel, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
• Chris Jenks, Senior Advisor, Office of Global Criminal Justice at the Department of State and Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law

Moderated by Hon. M. Tia Johnson, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; Adjunct Professor of Law and former Director, National Security Law LLM Program, Georgetown Law; and Visiting Fellow, Georgetown's Center on National Security and the Law

1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Closing