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The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law, and policy—seeks an energetic, creative, and motivated full-time Director of Development.
Austin, Texas – The Strauss-Clements Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the 9th annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and national security. The winner of the “Inman Award” will receive a cash prize of $5,000, with two semifinalists each receiving a cash prize of $2,500. This competition is open to unpublished work by undergraduate and
Lawfare is now accepting Summer 2023 internship applications.
The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law, and policy—seeks an energetic, creative, and motivated full-time Associate Editor for Social Media.
Over the past several weeks, I have become aware of two serious quality control failures that have occurred at Lawfare, one recent and one several years old. I am writing this post both to publicly own our errors and to inform readers of the remedial steps we are taking to address them.
The first incident involves a student contributor who co-authored a number of SinoTech columns on the site. The student contributor program at Lawfare is one of which I am deeply proud and, as a general matter, I have the highest confidence in our published student work.
Editor's Note: On March 11, 2016, Lawfare published an article entitled, “Why the OPM Hack is Far Worse You Imagine.” In the years since, questions have arisen about the identity of the author. In recent weeks, after learning about these questions, we have endeavored to address them but have been unable to do so. Emails to the author have gone unreturned, and he appears to have vanished from social media. We have therefore lost confidence in the article and have removed it.
Lawfare is now accepting Spring 2023 internship applications.
Are you a current student interested in writing and researching for Lawfare? Join our Student Contributor Program for the 2022-2023 academic year!
The Lawfare Student Contributor Program allows current students to submit articles and provide research support on issues at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. The program is open to law students in their second and third years, LLMs, and SJDs (or foreign equivalent). Graduate students in relevant fields will also be considered.
The Voices in National Security Law Program will be open to full-time faculty members from AALS member schools. All scholars are welcome to attend the program and participate in the discussions.
On Friday, May 20 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes will sit down with Bryce Klehm, associate editor at Lawfare and host of Allies, and Max Johnston, creative producer at Goat Rodeo and the show’s lead producer, for a question and answer session on the making of the show.