Students address legal issues related to the contemporary and controversial “War on Terror.” Students work with faculty members on a variety of complex cases and projects, including: the representation of individuals detained at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the preparation of appellate briefs challenging the legality of the Detainee Treatment Act and the Military Commissions Act; assisting with the representation of “enemy combatants” charged under the Military Commissions Act; and the preparation of other documents, such as amicus curiae briefs, in cases related to the “War on Terror.”
UT Law’s new National Security & Human Rights Clinic is one of a handful of law school clinics that directly represent detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. On December 5, 2007, arguments they created will be presented before the United States Supreme Court in the Al Odah litigation, which will determine if detainees at Guantánamo have the right to present their Geneva Conventions claims in federal court. Read more …