Kristine A Huskey, a University of Texas law professor and former director of the National Security Clinic at UT Law, will discuss her new book "Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights."
"Justice at Guantanamo" is a memoir, chronicling Huskey's personal journey from a civil war in Africa, to bartending in New York City, to the law, where she found her calling defending human rights and the Rule of Law after practicing for several years at a white-shoe law firm in Washington, D.C. Huskey began representing Guantanamo detainees in 2002 as one of few lawyers willing to challenge the government soon after 9/11. She worked on the seminal Rasul v Bush case, in which the Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that Guantanamo detainees had a right to habeas corpus, and she represented Omar Khadr, the young Canadian citizen charged with war crimes. Huskey has represented over 15 detainees and visited Guantanamo numerous times. She has appeared on CNN, BBC, C-Span and was featured in Marie Claire and the Texas Lawyer.
Professor Huskey established the National Security Clinic at UT law in 2007 and has supervised UT law students on a variety of national security matters, including representing Guantanamo detainees and providing research in the landmark Boumediene case. She is also a fellow at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
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Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009
at 4:00pm
until 5:30pm
on Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009
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