Bobby Chesney

Career

In addition to his post at the University of Texas School of Law, Chesney is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy and director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He also holds a courtesy appointment at the LBJ School of Public Policy. In 2009, he served on the Detention Policy Task Force created by President Barack Obama, which was tasked with developing long-term policy in relation to the capture, detention, trial or other disposition of persons in the context of combat and counterterrorism operations. Previously, he was a law professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. Before that he practiced law with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. He clerked on both the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Chesney is a magna cum laude graduate of both Harvard Law School and Texas Christian University.

In May 2022, it was announced that Chesney had been selected to be the next dean of the University of Texas School of Law, succeeding Ward Farnsworth, who had held the position since 2012.

Teaching

Chesney has taught a range of subjects, including constitutional law, national security law, evidence, the role of the judiciary in national security affairs, civil procedure, and U.S. counterterrorism policy in legal and historical perspective.

Publications

Chesney has written or co-authored many articles relating to the legal aspects of U.S. national security policies and practices:

• {{cite news |url = http://legalworkshop.org/2009/06/25/detention-of-terrorists-and-the-acceleration-of-the-convergence-trend
• {{cite news| url=http://www.mpepil.com/subscriber_article?script=yes&id=/epil/entries/law-9780199231690-e381&recno=1&author=Chesney%20%20Robert%20M| title=The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantanamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking| year=2010| author=Robert M. Chesney co-authored with Benjamin Wittes and Rabea Benhalim| publisher=Brookings Institution
• {{cite news| ssrn=1754223| title=Who May Be Killed? Anwar al-Awlaki as a Case Study in the International Legal Regulation of Lethal Force| year=2011| author=Robert M. Chesney
• Robert M. Chesney (2013). "Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond Al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture of Counterterrorism" Michigan Law Review. 2138623
• Robert M. Chesney (2013). "Computer Network Operations and U.S. Domestic Law: An Overview" International Law Studies (Naval War College). 119080
• Robert M. Chesney (2015). "Postwar" Harvard National Security Journal. 2332228

Podcast

Chesney co-hosts the National Security Law Podcast with fellow University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck.

References

References

1. (10 May 2022). "Robert Chesney Appointed Dean of the School of Law".
2. "Robert M. Chesney: Fellow". [[Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law]].
3. "Robert M. Chesney". The Strauss Center.
4. "Biography of Robert M. Chesney". Brookings Institution.
5. (September 2010). "About Lawfare: A Brief History of the Term and the Site".
6. "Hosts – The National Security Law Podcast".
7. [http://www.brookings.edu/experts/chesneyr?view=bio Brookings Institution Biography of Robert M. Chesney]
8. Robert M. Chesney. (2009-09-16). "Robert Chesney: Mutually assured disagreement won't resolve detention issue". [[The Cap Times]].
9. "Robert M Chesney". Texas Law.
10. (2022-05-10). "Robert Chesney Appointed Dean of the School of Law".
11. He was named Wake Forest University School of Law's Teacher of the Year for 2004 and 2007.''[https://www.lawfaremedia.org/ Lawfare Blog]''