From the Front Lines: The Rule of Law and Counterinsurgency in Iraq

U.S. Army Captain and Attorney Phillip Carter will speak at the UC Davis School of Law at noon in the Moot Courtroom on September 28, 2006. His talk is titled, "The Rule of Law and Counterinsurgency in Iraq." Carter is an attorney and writer currently on leave from the Los Angeles office of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, where he practices government contracts and international law. He served nine years in the Army as a military police and civil affairs officer, including a recent tour in Iraq from October 2005 to September 2006 as an adviser to the Iraqi police with the Army's 101st Airborne Division. He contributes regularly on national security issues to publications, including Slate, the Washington Monthly, the New York Times, and NPR.

The Wall Street Journal profiled Carter's tireless efforts working with the Iraqi legal system in order to free prisoners held illegally.