Past Event
Seminar

Jack Goldsmith and Stuart Russell: America's International Predicament in Cyberspace

Open to the Public

Jack Goldsmith (Harvard Law School Professor) and Stuart Russell (Cyber Security Project Fellow) will preview their paper, "America's International Predicament in Cyberspace." This event is open to the public, but seating and lunch will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Biographies

Jack Goldsmith is Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard University. He is the author, most recently, of The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside The Bush Administration (W.W. Norton 2007), as well as of other books and articles on many topics related to terrorism, national security, international law, conflicts of law, and internet law. Before coming to Harvard, Goldsmith served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, from October 2003 through July 2004, and Special Counsel to the General Counsel to the Department of Defense from September 2002 through June 2003. Goldsmith taught at the University of Chicago Law School from 1997-2002, and at the University of Virginia Law School from 1994-1997. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a B.A. and M.A. from Oxford University, and a B.A. from Washington & Lee University. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, and Judge George Aldrich on the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal.

Areas of Interest:

  • Civil Procedure
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Foreign Relations Law
  • International Law
  • National Security Law

 

Stuart Russell is a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center where he works on the Cyber Security Project.  Stuart is on loan from the UK Government where he has worked in a range of roles covering technology, cybersecurity and national security.  His research focus is on the interplay between cybersecurity, privacy and national security.  Stuart holds a Master’s degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Durham, UK.