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  • Air Force Firing for Effect? 
    Time Magazine Online, January 2, 2012 (by Mark Thompson)

    US Air Force Face Litigation for Illegal Termination of 157 Officers
    The Daily Caller, December 2, 2011, (by Caroline May)

    Military advocates decry "illegal" early terminations of 157 Air Force majors
    The Daily Caller, November 25, 2011 (by Caroline May)

    CNSNews.com, Former Army Prosecutor: Some Prisoners 'Asked to Stay in Gitmo' Rather than Go Home, June 30, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.

    USA Today, More Than a Third of Former Guantanamo Detainees Were Labeled 'High Risk', April 26, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.

    OC Register, Marines' 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Training Revealed, April 22, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Tehran Times, U.S. Servicewomen encouraged to wear headscarves in Afghanistan, April 4, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Daily Caller, Caroline May, Don’ Forget your Hijab, Soldier!  American servicewomen encouraged to wear headscarves in Afghanistan, March 31, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Washington Post, Mark Thiessen, The State of Our Terrorist Detention Policy, January 25, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.

    Commentary, Arthur Herman, The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard, June 2009, Kyndra Rotunda.  

    American Veteran Magazine, Outside the Wire with Kyndra Rotunda, by Ryan Gallucci, Spring, 2009 at 18-20, Kyndra Rotunda.

    WorldNetDaily Exclusive, Obama Only “Tinkering” with Gitmo Former Prosecutor Reacts to Revival of Military Tribunals, May 20, 2009, Kyndra Rotunda.

    CATO @ Liberty, David Rittgers, Soft Interrogation Yields the Best Results, April 23, 2009, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Collegian, Richmond, Virginia, Masato Tsurita, Scholars Debate Constitutionality of Gitmo, April 5, 2009, Kyndra Rotunda.

    Orange County Register, Vik Jolly, Chapman Exploring Military Law Clinic, October 28, 2009 at Local, p. 1., Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Orange County Register, Professor Says Guards in Danger at Guantanamo Bay, September 16, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    Star Exponent, Obama Lacks American Values, September 8, 2008, Michael Sharman, Culpepeper Star-Exponent, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Wyoming Lawyer, U.S. Troops Honor Bound to Defend Rights of Guantanamo Bay Detainees, August 31, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Washington Post, Josh White, Plea Deal for Hamdan Had Been Discussed, August 10, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda. 

    USA Today, Alan Gomez, Decision Illustrates Difficulty of Cases, August 7, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda. 

    USA Today, First Military Commission Doesn’t End Fairness Debate, August 5, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda. 

    OneNewsNow.Com, Gitmo Torture – Where’s the Evidence?, June 24, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    CNS News.com, Nicholas Ballasy, Gitmo Lawyer Criticizes High Court Ruling on Detainees, June 23, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    Right This Way, Please, al Qaeda’s Law Firm, June 23, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Tank, JAG: Supreme Court Ruling Puts Soldiers at Great Risk, June 22, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    NewsBusters, Kevin Mooney, Media Reports Distort Reality of Generous Treatment Toward Gitmo Detainees, JAG Says, June 16, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    National Review Online, Katherine Lopez, Major Legal Issues, June 16, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    National Security, Is Gitmo a Day Spa, June 14, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

    The Virginia Lawyer, Lawyers Helping Warriors, May 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

  • Air Force Firing for Effect? 
    Time Magazine Online, January 2, 2012 (by Mark Thompson)

    US Air Force Face Litigation for Illegal Termination of 157 Officers The Daily Caller, December 2, 2011, (by Caroline May)

    Military advocates decry "illegal" early terminations of 157 Air Force majors
    The Daily Caller, November 25, 2011 (by Caroline May)

    Panther Productions Receives Three Telly Awards
    Chapman University Press Release, August 30, 2011. Award winning interview

    Troops' Voting Rights Found Lacking, University Study Finds
    Chapman University Press Release,     July 27, 2011.

    Obama's Bumblers Damage Military Voting Rights
    Washington Examiner, July 13, 2011.

    AMVETS' Pro Bono Legal Clinic Fills Veteran Need
    Business Wire, March 30, 2011.

    New Military Law & Policy Institute and AMVETS Legal Clinic Opens at Chapman University 
    Chapman University Press Release, October 22, 2010.

    Serving America's Veterans
    Ad Veritatem, St. Thomas Moore Society of Orange County, September 2010.

    Giving Our Troops Better Treatment
    Daily Pilot, December 12, 2009.

    Law Schools Pool Resources to Offer Legal Help to Military
    Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 18, 2009.

    Chapman’s Military Legal Clinic Gets $2.5m Boost
    Orange County Register, July 17, 2009.

    Pendleton Marines could get more access to legal help at Chapman University
    Orange County Register, October 27, 2008. 

    • The Don Kroah Show, Legal Implications of Air Force Terminations, WAVA Radio, Arlington VA,  November 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Carl Bott Show, KCNR 1460, Air Force Terminations, December 22, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • KNX 1070, News Radio, Legal Issues Related to Guantanamo Bay, with morning news anchor,  Dick Helton, CBS Los Angeles, January 11, 2012, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Dennis Miller Show, Unlawful Air Force Terminations, November 11, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Dennis Miller Show, Commentary on Military Voting study, July 12, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • WTCM Talk News 850 (Michigan), Deployed Soldiers wearing Headscarves in Afghanistan, April 8, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Laura Ingraham Show, Deployed female Soldiers wearing Muslim Headscarves in Afghanistan, April 4, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda. 
    • The Dennis Miller Show, Commentary and legal analysis on current and controversial topics, March 25, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • G. Gordon Liddy Show, Legal Analysis of Issues in the War on Terror, March 9, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • USA Today, Web Debate, What's Next for Guantanamo Bay, February 2, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Dennis Miller Show, Gitmo Will Remain, January 24, 2011, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Dennis Miller Show, Guantanamo Bay, Miranda Rights and Elena Kagan, May 25, 2010, Kyndra Rotunda. 
    • CBS News Radio, (Nationally Syndicated), Resuming Military Commissions New York, May 20, 2009, Kyndra Rotunda.  
    • Dialogue with Doti and Dodge, Repercussions of Pulling Out of Guantanamo, March 31, 2009, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • Dateline Washington with Greg Corombos,  (Nationally Syndicated) Commentary Regarding Guilty Pleas in Guantanamo Bay, Washington, D.C. December 8, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Hugh Hewitt Show, (Nationally Syndicated),  Irvine California, September 23, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • Hannity’s America, Fox News, June 25, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Britt Hume Report, Fox News, June 10, 2008 & June 23, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • Radio America, June 19, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Jim Bohannan Show (Nationally Syndicated), June 17, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • Federal News Today, Washington News Channel 8, June 16, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.
    • The Riz Khan Show, Al Jazeera, June 16, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda. Dateline Washington, with Greg Corombos, June 13, 2008, Kyndra Rotunda.

  • Books

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

    Kyndra Rotunda, Military and Veterans Law (Thomson/West, May 2011)

    Kyndra Rotunda, Civil Protections and Remedies for Servicemembers (Thomson Reuters, July 2017)

    Kyndra Rotunda, Transformative Client Interviewing & Counseling (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming, Fall 2013)

    Articles

    Bowe Bergdahls Last Minute Hail Mary Plea Should be Dead on Arrival                                                               The Hill.com, October 23, 2017, (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda)

    Kyndra Rotunda, A Short Comment on Current Detainee Policy: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back, Akron  J. Int’l Law, (Forthcoming, Spring 2012)

    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.)

    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) 

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

    Kyndra Rotunda, 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)

    Kyndra Rotunda, Intoxication as a Defense, the Drunk and Dangerous Model, 33 Land & Water Law Review 749 (1998)

    Air Force Off Base on Dismissals, The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2012 (letter to editor by Kyndra Rotunda and Josh Flynn-Brown)

    The Air Force Grounds Its Officers, The Wall Street Journal,  December 28, 2011 (Op-ed,  Joshua Flynn-Brown and Kyndra Miller Rotunda )

    The Disfranchisement of Our Military Voters
    Fox News.com, September 7, 2011 (Op-ed by Eric Eversole).

    No Vote For You: How the U.S. Disenfranchises America's Heroes
    Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 25, 2011,  (Op-ed 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).

    Stop Encouraging Female Soldiers to Wear Headscarves in Afghanistan
    Chicago Tribune. April 8, 2011, (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).

    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).

    Kagan's Anti-Military Campaign
    The Washington Times, May 19, 2010, (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).

    President Obama Plans to Close Gitmo Task Force Should Consult Geneva
    January 24, 2009, (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 Close Gitmo
    Washington Times    , June 23, 2008, at A24, (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).

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

    Denying self-defense to GIs in Iraq
    Christian Science Monitor    , March 2, 2007, (Op-ed by Kyndra Rotunda).