The theme is "Religion, Ethics, and Armed Conflict Law: Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror," and the daylong event will feature an international panel of nearly 20 speakers. All sessions will take place in the School of Law Auditorium and are free and open to the public.

"The Barnes Symposium presents a unique opportunity to bring together the School of Law and cross-campus academic communities with scholars, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world," said Burnele Powell, dean of the USC School of Law. "It provides a forum to engage in serious academic inquiry on pressing issues of law and morality understood in the broadest sense."

The speakers include:

• Michael Hurley, deputy and senior director for the 9/11 Public Discourse Project and a career officer with the Central Intelligence Agency
  
• Deborah Pearlstein, director of the U.S. Law and Security Program for the international organization Human Rights First
  
• Brigitte Oederlin, member of the Legal Department of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
  

"The conference will promote discussion of how to balance national security with individual liberties and the rule of law, both internationally and domestically," said USC law professor David Linnan, the symposium organizer. Linnan and fellow USC professor Ken Perkins, who teaches Middle Eastern history, will represent the University as speakers.

For more information, go to www.barnessymposium.org.

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