Virginia Patton Prugh

Adjunct Professor of Law

Virginia Patton Prugh is an Adjunct Professor of Law and works as Attorney Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser, Law Enforcement & Intelligence, for the U.S. Department of State. She has served as a member of the US delegations to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Crime Commission, and the Crime Congress. From 1982-2006, Professor Prugh served in the United States Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Phil Schrag

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Paul Ohm

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Mary McCord

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Laura K. Donohue

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and National Security & Director, Center on National Security

Steve Vladeck

Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Federal Courts

Carlos Manuel Vazquez

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Greg Shaffer

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Neal Katyal

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Jennifer Hillman

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Kathleen Claussen

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Rosa Brooks

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Martin S. Lederman

Martin S. Lederman

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Jane E. Stromseth

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Julie Cohen

Julie Cohen

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Matt Blaze

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David Luban

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David Koplow

Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law & Assistant Director, Center on National Security

Mary B. DeRosa

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