Personnel

Directors

Center Director John Norton Moore, Associate Director Robert F. Turner, Distinguished Fellow "Spike" Bowman, Senior Fellow Fred P. Hitz, Senior Fellow Myron H. Nordquist, and Senior Associate Samuel P. Menefee all maintain a rigorous yearly schedule of teaching, publishing, researching, organizing national conferences, testifying before congressional committees, and meeting with law students.

Professor John Norton Moore, Director

Professor Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and Director of the Center for National Security Law and the Center for Oceans Law and Policy.

He is the author or editor of thirty-eight books and over 170 scholarly articles and served for two decades on the editorial board of the American Journal of International Law, where he is currently an Honorary Editor. In addition to his scholarly career, Professor Moore has a distinguished record of public service. Among seven Presidential appointments, he has served two terms as the Senate confirmed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace and, as the first Chairman, set up this new agency. He also served as the Counselor on International Law to the Department of State, and as Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference, a Member of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, Chairman of the National Security Council Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea, and as a Deputy Agent of the United States before the International Court of Justice in the Nicaragua case. He further served as the Legal Adviser to Kuwait during the Gulf War and as their Legal Adviser in the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission after the war. He prepared the first draft of what became the Community of Democracies for Freedom House. Viewed by many as the founder of the field of national security law, Professor Moore chaired the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security for four terms. His work today focuses on the origins and control of war, democracy and the rule of law, the oceans frontier, and national security challenges.

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Professor Robert F. Turner, Associate Director

Bob holds both professional and academic doctorates from the Law School, where he co-founded the Center with Professor Moore in April 1981. He has served as its Associate Director since then, except for two periods of government service in the 1980s and during 1994-1995 when he was the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. A former three-term chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Professor Turner was the first President of the U.S. Institute of Peace. He earlier served as national security adviser to a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in the Pentagon as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, as Counsel to the President's Intelligence Oversight Board at the White House, and as Principal Deputy and acting Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. He served twice in Vietnam as an Army Lieutenant and Captain and is the author or editor of more than fifteen books and numerous articles.

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Fellows and Associates

M. E. "Spike" Bowman, Distinguished Fellow

Recently retired Deputy Director, National Counterintelligence Executive, Spike Bowman first achieved distinction while a Navy JAG officer. He was the first JAG officer assigned to the National Security Agency where he served as military legal counsel to the Director. He played key roles in litigating the landmark espionage cases of Jerry Whitworth, John and Michael Walker, and Jonathan Pollard. He also taught as Head of the International Law Department at the Naval War College. After retiring from the Navy as Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy for Litigation, he worked at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Senior Executive Service as Senior Counsel for National Security Law and then as Chief, Intelligence Issues Group, National Security Branch. Spike has for many years been a guest lecturer in the CNSL National Security Law Institute and contributed two key chapters to the Center's National Security Law casebook. Widely acclaimed as one of the nation's preeminent practitioners in the field, he also served as Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University. His responsibilities at the Center include research and writing projects and continuing to assist with the Institute and other programs. Publications list

Professor Frederick P. Hitz, Senior Fellow

Fred Hitz is a Senior Fellow at the Center. Since 1998 he has been lecturing at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University and at the University of Virginia School of Law. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he entered the Career Training Program at the CIA and served in the clandestine service in Africa. In 1974, he returned to law practice but re-entered government service in congressional liaison capacities with the State, Defense, and Energy departments before resuming his career at the CIA in 1978 as Legislative Counsel to the Director of Central Intelligence. Hitz was responsible for managing the Agency's response to the Intelligence Charters legislation that came out of the Church Committee hearings in 1976. In 1980, he became Deputy Director for Europe in the Directorate of Operations. Hitz was appointed the first statutory Inspector General of CIA by President George H.W. Bush. He served in that capacity from 1990-1998 when he retired. Among the many investigations he led at the CIA was the Aldrich Ames betrayal. He has written extensively about espionage and intelligence issues. Additional information about Professor Hitz, including his publications.

Dr. Samuel Pyeatt Menefee, Senior Associate

Sam is Senior Associate of the Center for National Security Law and Maury Fellow of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy. A summa cum laude and Scholar of the House graduate of Yale University, he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He also holds graduate degrees from Harvard, Virginia, and Cambridge. Dr. Menefee is the author or editor of four books or monographs, and some 130 contributions to law reviews, professional journals, and books, including the Dictionary of National Biography and the Oxford Companion to World Exploration. He has been Visiting Lecturer at the University of Cape Town's Institute of Marine Law, Cosmos Fellow at the University of Edinburgh's School of Scottish Studies, Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas School of Law and Professor of Law at Regent University School of Law. Dr. Menefee is a member of seven state bars and the District of Columbia's and a Fellow of numerous academic societies. Additional information about Dr. Menefee, including his publications.

Professor Myron H. Nordquist, Senior Fellow

Myron is a Senior Fellow, Center for National Security Law and the Associate Director and Editor, Center for Oceans Law and Policy at the University of Virginia School of Law. From January 1999 to January 2004 he was counsel to Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT). Formerly, Professor Nordquist was Professor of Law, United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, and the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the U.S. Naval War College. He also served as Attorney/Legislative Counsel, Department of State; Deputy General Counsel, Department of the Air Force; and Acting General Counsel, Department of the Air Force. Professor Nordquist is the editor or author of over 50 books, 25 proceedings, and many other scholarly publications.

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Dr. Christopher Swift, Fellow

Christopher Swift is an attorney and political scientist specializing in international law and contemporary armed conflict.  A fellow at the University of Virginia Law School’s Center for National Security Law, he has travelled to Afghanistan, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union to examine al-Qaeda’s relationships with indigenous Muslim insurgencies.

Dr. Swift’s legal practice focuses on complex international disputes, compliance with U.S. foreign trade and investment laws, and various aspects of public and private international law. Prior to joining the University of Virginia, he served in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), where he enforced economic sanctions programs targeting terrorist syndicates, weapons proliferators, and other specially designated entities.

Between 2006 and 2007, Dr. Swift served an international law fellow at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, where he examined armed conflict and sectarian violence in Iraq. He was previously affiliated with organizations including Freedom House, where he worked on Russian affairs, and the Center for Strategic & International Studies, where he served as an aide to former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski.A term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Swift has appeared as a guest analyst for CNN International, BBC News, National Public Radio,  RT Television, Voice of America and other leading international broadcast media. He holds an A.B. in Government and History from Dartmouth College, an M.St. in International Relations of the University of Cambridge, and a J.D. from Georgetown University. He successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis in Politics & International Studies at the University of Cambridge in October 2010. http://christopher-swift.com/

Staff

Under the leadership of Executive Administrator Julie Garmel, the staff members of the Center for National Security Law work as a team. Whether they're planning a conference, balancing the books, organizing Professor Moore's schedule, or preparing a new publication, staff members work together and keep the Center running smoothly.

Julie Garmel, Administrator

Julie joined our staff in the summer of 2011. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Michigan State University College of Law, she brings experience in grant writing and fundraising to the Centers, as well as prior experience in construction contract administration at UVa and as a Senior Legal Analyst at LexisNexis. She is responsible for the annual budgets, oversees other Center Staff, and organizes all of the Center's conferences, forums, lectures, and workshops. She also coordinates the National Security Law Institute each summer.

Executive Assistant to the Director

Professor Moore's Executive Assistant organizes his correspondence, appointments, student meetings, provides office reception, and assists with conferences.

Kathy H. Wood, Fiscal Technician

Kathy has been with the Center since November 1989. She is responsible for accounts receivable/accounts payable functions, and maintains overall mailing lists for the Center. Kathy also assists with workshops and conferences.

Judith A. Ellis, Program Publications

Judy, a graduate of UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago, has provided editorial services for the Center since May 2005. She works on the Center's publications program, including copyediting, proofreading, layout and design, and the preparation of camera-ready copy for the printer or publisher. Judy also handles Professor Moore's course material, assists with conference materials and conference support, and maintains this Web site and Professor Moore's class Web sites.