Tech, Law & Security Program

TLS Speaker Series

The Tech, Law & Security (TLS) Speaker Series is a monthly opportunity for the diverse Washington College of Law and broader Â鶹ÊÓƵ community to engage with distinguished practitioners in TLS subject areas. The Series was launched in early 2020 with former NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell and is supported in part by a donation from Raytheon Technologies.

Upcoming events

      PAST EVENTS

      October 29, 2021:ÌýA Conversation with Gen. Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security Service

      • Gen. Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
      • Raj De, former General Counsel of the NSA and current head of Mayer Brown's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice.

      October 22, 2021:ÌýA Conversation with Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, the White House

      • Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, the White House
      • Raj De, former General Counsel of the NSA and current head of Mayer Brown's Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice.

      October 15, 2021:ÌýA Conversation with Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

      • Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
      • Stephen Lilley, former Chief Counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism and current partner at Mayer Brown.

      April 28, 2021:ÌýTLS Speaker Series with John Martinez

      • Alex Joel, Senior Project Director & TLS Team Leader, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Washington College of Law (Moderator)
      • John Martinez, Vice President and General Counsel Raytheon Intelligence & Space

      November 10, 2020:ÌýErika Brown Lee in conversation with Alex Joel. Join TLS Speaker Series to explore what it is like, as a lawyer, to deal with privacy and technology issues in government versus the private sector.

      • Alex Joel, TLS Scholar-in-Residence (Moderator)
      • Erika Brown Lee, Senior Vice President, and Assistant General Counsel, Mastercard

      October 28, 2020:ÌýLtGen (Ret.) Vincent Stewart in conversation with Colonel (Ret.) Gary corn. Join TLS Speaker Fall 2020 Launch to learn about Lieutenant General (Ret.) Vincent Stewart's career and current work in intelligence.

      • Colonel (Ret.) Gary P. Corn, Director, Tech, Law & Security Program; Senior Fellow, R Street Institute (Moderator)
      • LtGen (Ret.) Vincent Stewart, Chief Innovation and Business Intelligence, Ankura

      June 23:ÌýTLS hosted Alumni in National Security Networking, an online event for students, featuring three distinguished WCL national security alumni discussing their career paths.

      • Brad Brooker, Acting General Counsel, Office of the Director National Intelligence
      • Carrie Cordero, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow and General Counsel at the Center for a New American Security
      • Andy Fausett,  Senior Counsel for National Security on the Democratic staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

      Apr. 28:Ìý.

      • Alex Joel, Scholar-in-Residence, Tech, Law & Security Program
      • Adam Klein, Chairman, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

      A recording of the event can be viewed .

      Mar. 4:ÌýTLS hosted a lunch.

      • Dana Dyson, Chief, Office of General Counsel’s Mission Center and Operations Division, Central Intelligence Agency.

      Jan. 29: Launch of TLS breakfast speaker series with National Security Agency General Counsel Glenn Gerstell.

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