“What Happens Now?
Guantanamo Bay After Boumediene and Hamdan”
Join us in welcoming a distinguished panel of military judge advocates who have participated at varying levels in the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during the War on Terrorism. Find out how the commissions were developed, how they have operated and what they're future is under a new administration.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall (SOLES) Auditorium
Reception to Follow
PANELISTS:
Capt Keith Allred, JAGC, USN, Military Judge who presided over the Military Commission of Salim Hamdan
Charles "Cully" Stimson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs
Maj Kyndra Rotunda, JAGC, USAR, former Prosecutor in the military commissions
Maj Dan Mori, USMC, former Defense Counsel for David Hicks (the Australian detained at GITMO)
Prof Geoffrey Corn (LtCol, JAGC, USA ret.), South Texas College of Law, Areas of Expertise: Military Law, National Security Law, also was an expert witness in the military commissions
AGENDA:
Opening Remarks and Introductions by Dean Cole
Panelists identify their involvement with the military commissions
History of Military Law, Military Commissions and International Law of Armed Conflict by Captain Allred
Moderated Q & A
Audience Q & A
MCLE:
The University of San Diego School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider, and certifies that this activity is approved for MCLE credit in the amount of 2 hour of general credit.
FUNDING FOR THIS EVENT PROVIDED BY:
American Bar Association Law Students Division
USD Enhanced Student Faculty Initiative
USD School of Law Student Bar Association
USD School of Law Office of Student Affairs
Kaplan/PMBR
EVENT PARTNERS:
Veteran Law Students Association
American Constitution Society
Federalist Society
Criminal Law Society
International Law Society
International Human Rights Law Society
Pro Bono Legal Advocates
PANELIST BIOGRAPHIES:
Captain Keith Allred, JAGC, USN
Military Commission Judge
Judge Allred received his Bachelor of Arts degree (high honors) from Brigham Young University, and entered the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer in 1979. He served as the Assistant CIC Officer in USS OLDENDORF (DD-972) and Navigator in USS TOWERS (DDG-9), qualifying as a Surface Warfare Officer and Command Duty Officer. In 1982, he was selected for the Navy's Law Education Program, and attended the University of Washington School of Law, graduating in 1985. As a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, he has served in a number of challenging billets, including fourteen years of service in Asia, Latin America and Europe. He was appointed a military Judge in 1999, and a military commission judge in 2007. He presided over the case of United States v Salem Hamdan between June 2007 and August of 2008.
Charles “Cully” Stimson
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs
Currently a Senior Legal Fellow with The Heritage Foundationhttp://www.heritage.org/about/staff/charlesstimson.cfm
Charles "Cully" D. Stimson is a leading expert in criminal law, military law, military commissions and detention policy at The Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.
Before joining Heritage in 2007 as a Senior Legal Fellow, Stimson served as the Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Detainee Affairs, where he advised the Secretary of Defense on detainee issues worldwide, including at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan. In that capacity, he coordinated the department's detention policy and operations with his senior counterparts at the National Security Council, the Justice and State departments, the military services and the intelligence community. He also chaired the Pentagon's Joint Detainee Coordinating Committee, which was responsible for all matters related to detainees. And he co-chaired the Defense Senior Leadership Oversight Committee, which was responsible for tracking and executing all 492 recommendations from the 12 major investigations into the Defense Department's detention policy and practices in the aftermath of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.
At the Pentagon, Stimson represented the U.S. before the United Nations, and has briefed and testified before Congress. He led three high-level European delegations on official trips to Guantanamo Bay, including the United Kingdom's Foreign Affairs Committee, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Trans Atlantic Policy Network. Additionally, he traveled to Guantanamo Bay dozens of times to escort members of the House, Senate, media, policymakers, academics and other influential thinkers.
He has conducted hundreds of media interviews and appearances on TV and radio, appearing on C-SPAN, MSNBC's "Hardball," BBC, CNN, FOX, NPR, CBC and Voice of America, among others. He has been quoted by many of the world's largest newspapers, including The Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and London Times.
An accomplished trial lawyer who has tried more than 100 jury trials, Stimson spent the past 13 years as a criminal prosecutor, defense attorney and law professor. Stimson served four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia where he concentrated on violent crimes and domestic violence cases. Before that, he was a homicide prosecutor in Maryland, and a domestic violence prosecutor in San Diego.
Stimson is a decorated military veteran and continues to serve as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) reservist in the Navy. He is currently a Senior Instructor at the Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I., where he teaches active duty JAGS. There, among other duties, he leads and teaches the "Prosecuting Complex & Capital Litigation" course and co-teaches the "Effective Courtroom Communications" course.
Beyond his military teaching assignment, Stimson was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the George Mason University School of Law from 2000-2005, and has taught for The National District Attorney's Association (NDAA), the National Child Advocacy Center, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Departments of the Army and Navy, and other organizations.
In his three active-duty tours in the Navy, Stimson has served as a military prosecutor in San Diego, and a military defense attorney while stationed in London and Jacksonville, Fla. Additionally, Stimson deployed to East Africa in 2000 for Operation Natural Fire as the Force Judge Advocate, and deployed with Navy SEALS as the Joint Special Operations JAG in 2001.
In addition to his law jobs, Stimson worked in business as a Vice President for Marsh McLennan, where he headed up the Washington branch of the Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions division. He continues his business interests as a member of the Executive Committee of his family real estate company in Seattle.
A graduate of Kenyon College, Stimson also has attended Harvard University, Exeter University in England, and has a law degree from the George Mason University School of Law.
Major Kyndra Rotunda, JAGC, USAR
Former Prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Currently a Visiting Professor at Chapman University School of Law http://www.chapman.edu/law/faculty/visiting/rotunda.asp
B.A. University of Wyoming
JD University of Wyoming College of Law
Kyndra Rotunda is the author of Honor Bound: Inside the Guantanamo Trials, which is published by Carolina Academic Press (June 2008) and is available on Amazon. Professor Rotunda formerly directed the Clinic for Legal Assistance to Service members at George Mason School of Law. She and her students successfully represented military families in various legal disputes, including Physical Evaluation Boards and Traumatic Service Group Life Insurance Appeals. Rotunda has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars for disabled troops. Professor Rotunda is regarded as a leading expert in military law, and was recruited by the National Veteran's Legal Services Program (NVLSP) to produce a series of instructional DVDs about military law. She also authored a coordinating outline, and co-authored NVLSP’s forthcoming book regarding military administrative/disability proceedings, to be published by Lexis Nexis.
Rotunda began her career in the US Army JAG Corps. She remains in the Army Reserves and holds the rank of Major. Rotunda has served in several missions related to the Global War on Terror. She served in Guantanamo Bay; was the legal advisor to a team of investigators pursuing leads in the war on terror; served as a prosecutor at the Office of Military Commissions; and represented wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was the lawyer assigned to Jessica Lynch after Lynch’s rescue.
Professor Rotunda is an avid writer and soldier advocate. She has written op-eds for the Christian Science Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune and The Washington Times. Rotunda is a regular television and radio commentator regarding military law, and the ongoing trials in Guantanamo Bay. She has appeared on over 20 nationally syndicated radio shows, including the Michael Reagan Show, the Dennis Miller Show and the Jim Bohannan Show. Rotunda has also appeared on national and international television news programs, including Hannity’s America, the Brit Hume Report, and Al Jazeera.
Courses Taught: Law of War, Family Violence Clinic
Major Dan Mori, USMC
Former Defense Counsel for David Hicks (AUS) at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Currently the Military Justice Officer for the 3rd Marine Air Wing and MCAS Miramar
Major Mori was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He reported for recruit training at Parris Island, South Carolina on 20 December 1983. After completing calibration and electronics training in Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tennessee, his first duty assignment was with MAG-32 at Cherry Point NC. Major Mori was honorably discharged in October 1987.
In May 1991, Major Mori graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont and was commissioned a second lieutenant under the Platoon Leaders Class LAW program.
In May 1994, he graduated from Western New England School of Law, Springfield, Massachusetts. After taking the bar exam and being admitted into the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he received orders to The Basic School, Quantico, Virginia in June 1995. Following TBS, Major Mori completed Naval Justice School.
In March 1996, Major Mori was assigned to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina and served as a legal assistance attorney and defense counsel.
In August 1998, Major Mori was transferred to Naval Legal Services Office Pacific, Yokosuka, Japan where he served as Civil Law Department Head and Senior Defense Counsel.
In August 2001, Major Mori was assigned to Marine Corps Base Hawaii serving as the Military Justice Officer and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.
In September 2003, Major Mori reported to the Pentagon as the U.S. Marine Corps’ representative to the Office of the Chief Defense Counsel to serve as a defense counsel.
In November 2003, Major Mori was assigned to represent David Hicks, an Australian citizen, before a military commission. In May 2007, Major Mori’s client was repatriated to Australia following a pre-trial agreement which determined that in exchange for a guilty plea before a military commission, Mr. Hicks would serve no additional confinement in excess of 9 months.
In July 2007, Major Mori reported to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California for duty as the Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Third Marine Aircraft Wing. In January 2008, Major Mori deployed to the Al Asad Air Base, Al Anbar Province, Iraq as the Staff Judge Advocate for Third Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) returning in August 2008. Major Mori currently serves as the Military Justice Officer and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for MCAS Miramar.
His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and other service and unit awards.
Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Corn, JAGC, USA, Retired
Associate Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law
http://www.stcl.edu/faculty-dir/Geoffrey_Corn.htm
BA, Hartwick College
JD, George Washington University Law School
LLM, The Judge Advocate General's School, United States Army
Geoffrey S. Corn joined the faculty of South Texas College of Law in July 2005 as an Assistant Professor of Law, and teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, International Law of Armed Conflict, and National Security Law. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Corn served as the Special Assistant for Law of War Matters to the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General, the Army’s senior law of war adviser and representative to the Department of Defense Law of War Working Group. Prior to serving in the position, Professor Corn spent 21 years on active duty in the Army, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. His career included service as a tactical intelligence officer in Panama, Chief Prosecutor for the 101st Airborne Division, Chief of International Law for United States Army Europe, and Regional Defense Counsel for the Western United States. He also spent three years teaching international law at the Army JAG School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Professor Corn routinely provides expert assistance to military, government, and non-governmental agencies. He is a contributor to the legal affairs website Jurist, and to the foreign affairs and national security daily World Politics Watch, and also frequently participates in national and international conferences related to national security law issues. He is the faculty adviser to the National Security Law Society at South Texas. Professor Corn earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Hartwick College, his JD (with highest honors) from George Washington University, and his LLM (distinguished graduate) from the Army Judge Advocate General’s School. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and Staff College.
Areas of expertise: Areas of expertise: criminal law, military law, national security, public international law
