CENTER FOR ETHICS AND THE RULE OF LAW

CERL Conferences

Upcoming Conference

Domestic Violent Extremism and the Threat to U.S. National Security

September 28 -

30, 2022

Co-sponsored By: The Annenberg Public Policy Center

Conference Reports

Circling the Arctic: Security and the Rule of Law in a Changing North

October 1-3, 2020 Conference Report

Protecting Democracy: Foreign Interference, Voter Confidence and Defensive Strategies in the 2020 Elections and Beyond

Autocrats’ Tech Assault and Democracy’s Response

The Weaponization of Outer Space: Ethical and Legal Boundaries

Past Conferences

The Future of Guantánamo Bay

November 11 -
12, 2021

When Society’s Safety Is at Stake

May 11 -
11, 2021

Left of Launch: Communications and Threat Escalation in a Nuclear Age

April 21 -
23, 2021

Circling the Arctic

October 1 -
3, 2020

Protecting Democracy

September 17 -
17, 2020

National Security Is A Feminist Issue

February 11 -
11, 2020

Hybrid Threats in the Grey Zone

December 5 -
7, 2019

Autocrats’ Tech Assault and Democracy’s Response

November 21 -
22, 2019

Ethical Challenges in the Development of New Weaponry

September 26 -
26, 2019

Protecting Democracy FARA

April 17 -
17, 2019

Challenging the Grey Zone

April 3 -
4, 2019

Democracy In The Crosshairs

November 1 -
3, 2018

Interrogation & Torture

September 20 -
21, 2021

The Weaponization of Outer Space

April 5 -
7, 2018

Legal Responses to the Opioid Addiction Crisis

March 16 -
16, 2018

Navigating Law and Ethics at the Crossroads of Journalism and National Security

November 9 -
10, 2017

North Korea: Bargaining in the Shadow of Armed Conflict

October 17 -
17, 2017

Foreign Interference with Democratic Institutions

April 18 -
18, 2017

The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War

April 4 -
6, 2017

Using Law to Fight War

October 27 -
29, 2016

Understanding trauma in Sex and War

September 22 -
22, 2016

Producing Leaders of Character and Integrity

September 15 -
15, 2016

The Ethics of Negotiation in Armed Conflict

April 14 -
14, 2016

Preventing and Treating the Invisible Wounds of War

December 3 -
5, 2015

Cyberwar and the Rule of Law

October 15 -
15, 2015

Ethical Dilemmas in the Global Defense Industry

April 15 -
16, 2015

Interrogation and National Security in the 21st Century

February 25 -
25, 2015

The Ethics of Autonomous Weapons Systems

November 21 -
21, 2014

The Weighing of Lives in War

April 11 -
12, 2014

Transparency and Publicity in Deliberative Democracy

November 22 -
23, 2013

Professional Ethics in National Security Law and Policy

October 4 -
4, 2013

Sovereignty

April 19 -
20, 2013

The Logic of Deterrence and the Changing Face of Warfare

November 16 -
17, 2012

Roundtable on Cyberwar and the Rule of Law

October 15 -
15, 2012

Inaugural Panel on Foundational Questions in National Security

September 11 -
11, 2012

The Ethics of Secrecy

May 18 -
19, 2012

Actio Libera in CAUSA

December 8 -
9, 2011

Using Targeted Killing to fight the War on Terror

April 15 -
16, 2011

Foundations of International Law Conference

April 23 -
24, 2010