Prof Rachel E. VanLandingham
Prof Rachel E. VanLandingham
Rachel E. VanLandingham is the Irwin R. Buchalter Professor of Law and Co-Associate Dean For Research at Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles where she teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, international humanitarian law, and national security law.
Prior to teaching, Prof. VanLandingham was on active duty in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years, including more than a decade as a Judge Advocate, with tours focusing on criminal law as a trial and appellate defense counsel, and on the law of armed conflict. As the legal advisor for international law at Headquarters, U.S. Central Command, she advised on operational and international legal issues related to the armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq; she was also the command’s first formal liaison officer to the International Committee of The Red Cross.
After leaving active duty Professor VanLandingham led the National Institute of Military Justice, the only non-profit dedicated to the fair administration of U.S. military justice, and currently serves on its board of directors. She is a co-editor of the military criminal law casebook Military Justice: Cases And Materials, 3rd ed., and the 2015 Oxford University Press book, Military Operations: Law, Policy and Practice, which details the operationalization of law across the spectrum of U.S. military operations. Professor VanLandingham is also the author of numerous law review articles regarding military criminal law and international humanitarian law, and was the winner of the Benjamin Ferencz Essay Competition for her article, Criminally Disproportionate Warfare: Aggression as a Contextual War Crime. Prof. VanLandingham is a frequent media commentator regarding military legal and national security issues.
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