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Military Law & Policy Institute

Institute for Military Personnel, Veterans,
Human Rights and International Law

AMVETS Legal Clinic In January 2011, Chapman University opened the Institute for Military Personnel, Veterans, Human Rights and International Law. It is a premiere research Institute bringing attention to an array of military, human rights and international law issues. The Faculty consists of leaders in their field that have received international recognition for their work.

The cornerstone of the new Institute is the AMVETS Legal Clinic, a clinical fellowship program which provides legal assistance to military personnel and veterans, while simultaneously providing a post-J.D. educational opportunity to the Institute's academic fellows.

The Institute also sponsors educational programs and conferences; hosts distinguished speakers and lecturers; pursues policy initiatives; consults with practicing lawyers about Military and Veteran's cases; provides media commentary on a host of military law related issues; provides expert testimony; and pursues scholarship in an array of areas.

Institute Professors and scholars have testified before Congress on matters impacting service members and frequently appear on national and international television and radio programs including Al Jazeera, Fox News, The Dennis Miller Show, Dateline America, and others and have been cited in newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Orange County Register.

For all inquiries regarding the Institute please contact the Office Coordinator, at (714) 628-2692.

Below are a few examples of the policy work and scholarship of Professors within the Institute.

book publications

Honor Bound: Inside the Guantanamo Trials (Carolina Academic Press, June, 2008) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Military and Veterans Law (Thomson/West, forthcoming, Fall 2011) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Military and Veterans Law, Teacher’s Edition (Thomson/West, forthcoming, Fall 2011) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Client Interviewing & Counseling (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming, Fall 2012) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Client Interviewing & Counseling, Teacher’s Edition and Accompanying DVD (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming, Fall 2012) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Book Chapters

The TriCare Program and Servicemembers Group Life Insurance (SGLI): SGLI and Related SGLI Benefits, In Desktop Guide to Military Service and Civil Law, Akeela White & Margaret R. Thomas, (Brian Clauss ed., Matthew Bender, Forthcoming Fall 2011).

Articles

Employees Called to Duty in the National Guard and Reserve – An Overview of

the Applicable Federal and Illinois Laws, The Illinois Municipal League Newsletter, February 2008, at p.21-23 (Publication by Margaret Thomas).

The Origins and Original Meaning of the Spending Clause, Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, Vol. 4, at p. 437 (Gale Cengage Learning, Macmillan Reference, David S. Tanehaus, ed., 2008) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Applying Geneva Convention Principles to Guantanamo Bay, 43 University of Richmond Law Review 1067 (2009) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

A Comparative Historical Analysis of War Time Procedural Protections: From The Civil War To The War on Terror, 12 Chapman Law Review 449 (2009) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Halting Military Trials in Guantanamo Bay: Can the President Call a Time Out? 19 Michigan State Journal of International Law, 95 (Fall 2010) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

A Short Comment on Current Detainee Policy: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back, Akron J. Int’l Law, (Forthcoming, Spring 2011) (Publication by Kyndra Rotunda).

Newspaper Columns

Denying Self Defense to GI’s in Iraq, Christian Science Monitor, March 2, 2007, at p. 9 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Hollywood Interrogates Al Qaeda, Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2007, at p. A16 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Supreme Court Ruling Puts Soldiers at Risk, Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2008 at p. 23 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Don’t Close Gitmo, Washington Times, June 23, 2008, at A24 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Gitmo Russia, and China: Fair Trial, New York Sun, August 15, 2008, at p. 7 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Don’t Smear our Troops: Homeland Security Report suggests ex-warriors could Attack the U.S., Orange County Register, April 26, 2009 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

U.S. Soldiers are Heroes, not Terrorists: Homeland Security Warning is Unjustified, Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2009 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Kagan’s Anti-Military Campaign, The Washington Times, May 19, 2010 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Geneva Conventions Support Keeping Gitmo Open, The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute, January 21, 2011 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Stop Encouraging Female Soldiers to Wear Headscarves in Afghanistan, Chicago Tribune, April 8, 2011 (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).

Testimony

Kyndra Rotunda Provided Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding Restoring the Rule of Law, Washington, D.C., September 16, 2008.

Practice guides

Illinois State Laws and Benefits in Military Service and the Law (IICLE, 2009) (Written by Margaret Thomas).

Pamphlets

Line of Duty Compensation Act and Its Impact on Members of the Armed Forces, Illinois Attorney General (2007) (Written by Margaret Thomas).

Hiring & Promotion Preference within State & Local Government, Illinois Attorney General (2007) (Written by Margaret Thomas).

Guard/Reserve Call-Up Information, Illinois Attorney General, (2007) (Written by Margaret Thomas).

Employment Rights of Persons Discharged from Military Service, Illinois Attorney General (2007) (Written by Margaret Thomas).

Allen J. Lynch, Benefits for Illinois Veterans, Illinois Attorney General (Margaret R. Thomas ed. 2007) (2003).