Stephen Vladeck
| Stephen I. Vladeck | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | law professor |
| Known for | expert on the prosecution of war crimes |
Stephen Vlaceck is an award winning legal scholar, known for his work on the prosecution of war crimes.[1][2] He is currently at University of Texas School of Law.[3][4][5][6]
Vladeck has commented on the legality of the United States use of extrajudicial detention and torture.[7]
Vladeck's Bachelor Degree is from Amherst College, and his law degree is from Yale Law School. While at Yale, he was the executive director of the Yale Law Journal, and was the student director of the Balancing Civil Liberties & National Security Post-9/11 Litigation Project. He was awarded two prizes there -- Potter Stewart Prize and Harlan Fiske Stone Prize.
Vladeck clerked for Marsha Berzon and Rosemary Barkett—judges on the 9th and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. He worked on the legal team managed by Neal K. Katyal that successfully challenged the Constitutionality of George W. Bush's President Guantanamo Military Commissions.
In 2005 Vladeck joined the law faculty at the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. In 2007 he joined the faculty at the Washington College of Law at American University.
Vladeck is a founding member of Lawfare, and a contributor at PrawfsBlawg.
Vladeck married Karen Shafrir in 2011.[8]
References
- ↑ "Posts by Steve Vladeck". Lawfare. 2013-05-16. Archived from the original on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
A 2004 graduate of Yale Law School, Steve clerked for Judge Marsha Berzon on the Ninth Circuit and Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Eleventh Circuit.
- ↑ "Stephen I. Vladeck". University of Texas School of Law. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
A nationally recognized expert on the role of the federal courts in the war on terrorism, Vladeck’s prolific and widely cited scholarship has appeared in an array of legal publications—including the Harvard Law Review and the Yale Law Journal — and his popular writing has been published in forums ranging from the New York Times to BuzzFeed. Vladeck, who is a Supreme Court analyst for CNN and a co-author of Aspen Publishers’ leading national security law and counterterrorism law casebooks, frequently represents parties or amici in litigation challenging government counterterrorism policies, and has authored reports on related topics for a wide range of organizations—including the First Amendment Center, the Constitution Project, and the ABA’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
- ↑ "Stephen I. Vladeck, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Scholarship". Washington College of Law. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29.
His teaching and research focus on federal jurisdiction, constitutional law, national security law, and international criminal law. A nationally recognized expert on the role of the federal courts in the war on terrorism, he was part of the legal team that successfully challenged the Bush Administration's use of military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), and has co-authored party and amicus briefs in a host of other major lawsuits, many of which have challenged the U.S. government’s surveillance and detention of terrorism suspects.
- ↑ Steve Vladeck (May 22, 2013). "Why Clapper Matters: The Future of Programmatic Surveillance". Lawfare. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Kent Klein (2011-06-01). "Supreme Court: US Muslim Cannot Sue Former Official". Voice of America.
A law professor at the American University College of Law, Stephen Vladeck, said the justices agreed unanimously that Ashcroft could not be sued personally. And a majority also rejected the merits of al-Kidd's case.
- ↑ Carol Rosenberg (2016-10-18). "Guantánamo judge has U.S. Marshals seize no-show war court witness". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18.
Vladeck questioned the war court’s authority to do this. “I have to imagine he has a pretty good habeas claim,” he said of Gill’s overnight detention to testify. “If the commissions can’t usually issue extraordinary writs, what is the government’s legal basis for detaining him?”
- ↑ Geoffrey Cowley (2013-05-21). "Obama defends his Guantánamo crackdown". MSNBC. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ↑ "Karen Shafrir, Stephen Vladeck". New York Times. 2011-11-13. p. ST16. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22.
Mr. Vladeck, 32, is a law professor and the associate dean for scholarship at American University Washington College of Law. He graduated summa cum laude from Amherst and received a law degree from Yale.