MAJ Steve Szymanski

MAJ Steve Szymanski
Major Szymanski serves as an Assistant Professor and National Security Law Course Director in the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Major Szymanski has previously advised commanders on the full spectrum of legal disciplines in garrison and operational environments. His previous assignments include: Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, NC; Detachment Commander, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, VA; Battalion and Deputy Group Judge Advocate, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, CO; and Senior Trial Counsel, Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, GA.
Major Szymanski holds a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in National Security Law from Georgetown University Law Center, an LL.M. in Military Law from the Judge Advocate General’s School, a Juris Doctorate from Florida State University College of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science from Niagara University.
Publications and Presentations
- Is the Fourth Amendment Really for Sale: The Defense Intelligence Agency’s Purchase of Commercially Available Data, Journal of National Security Law and Policy Online (9 June 2021)
- “Gunba Control:” The Constitutionality of Semi-Autonomous Robotic Weapons, The Journal of Law and Technology, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (Vol 30, Issue 1, Fall 2021)
- The Use of Collected Exploitable Material (CEM) for Domestic Criminal Prosecutions, The NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany (2019).
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