Pierce Law to Welcome Author of Justice at Guantanamo for Bownes Forum

Franklin Pierce Law Center invites the public to hear Kristine A. Huskey,  University of Texas law professor and former director of the National Security Clinic at UT Law, discuss her new book Justice at Guantanamo: One Woman's Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights, the future of Guantanamo, and the current policy on preventive detention at the November 12 Judge Hugh H. Bownes Forum on Civil 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 ultimately, the law where she found her calling defending human rights and the Rule of Law.  Professor Huskey began representing Guantanamo detainees.  She worked on the seminal Rasul v Bush case, in which the Supreme Court ruled in 2004 that the Guantanamo detainees had a right to habeas corpus, and she represented Omar Khadr, the young Canadian citizen charged with war crimes.  Professor Huskey has represented over fifteen 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.

Professor Huskey will be joined on the panel by Jenny Workman, Franklin Pierce Law Center JD/MIP '05, and Dean John D. Hutson, retired Rear Admiral of the US Navy. Hutson  is a well-respected critic of U.S. policies regarding detainees, and Workman has represented Guantanamo detainees pro bono.

Pierce Law established the Judge Hugh H. Bownes Forum on Civil Rights in 1992 as an annual commemoration of the writing of the Bill of Rights. Named after United States First Circuit Court Judge Hugh H. Bownes, the Forum is Pierce Law’s annual renewal of its dedication to the protection of individual rights and liberties, and its testimonial to a man whose life’s work was committed to these ideals.

This year's event will be held in the Rich Room at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a reception and book signing. Space is limited; please RSVP to dhoefs@piercelaw.edu or call (603) 513-5116.