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"Military Justice Reform: The Next Twenty Years"

February 24, 2023
9:00 a.m.鈥�1:00 p.m.

Laurence E. Hirsch '71 Classroom (Room 101)
John F. Scarpa Hall

The American military justice system has undergone waves of reform, and the most recent of these took place over the last decade. Spurred by a growing concern over the prevalence of sexual violence in the military, this reform culminated in the removal of commanders' power to exercise prosecutorial discretion over a category of primarily sex-related offenses. With this sea change now past us, it is an appropriate time to ask: 鈥淲hat next?鈥�

The topic of this year's symposium, 鈥淢ilitary Justice Reform: The Next Twenty Years,鈥� will address that issue. Leading scholars, jurists and practitioners will come together at 奶糖直播 Law to discuss the most salient questions surrounding contemporary military justice.

The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this symposium for 1.5 Substantive and 1 Ethical CLE credits. Please note registration for this event is required. 

The annual 奶糖直播 Law Review Symposium is named for Norman J. Shachoy '58 COE, '61 CWSL who served as Editor-in-Chief, Volume Six of the . The naming was made possible through his generous support, along with that of his son N. James Shachoy '86 CWSL.

Agenda

9:00鈥�9:15 a.m.

Welcome

Video Address by

9:15鈥�10:30补.尘.
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:

• , Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU Law School; and Of counsel, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
• , Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
• , 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鈥�10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m.鈥�12:00 p.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 in the U.S. Army and Academy Professor of Law, Department of Law at the U.S. Military Academy
• , Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Center, Mississippi College School of Law
• , the Irwin R. Buchalter Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School and former judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force

Moderated by the , 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

12:00鈥�12:15 p.m.
Break

12:15鈥�12:45 p.m.
A Fireside Chat with Judge Tia Johnson

A fireside chat with Judge Tia Johnson about her life and path to becoming a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

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

Moderated by Brenner Fissell, Associate Professor of Law, Charles Widger School of Law

12:45鈥�1:00 p.m.
Closing