Developed in partnership with the WSBA Legal Assistance to Military Personnel Section
During World War I, the impact of community tensions, racial segregation, the draft, and the prospect of overseas combat deployment resulted in a number of controversial courts-martial, including a capital case...
Developed in partnership with the WSBA Legal Assistance to Military Personnel Section
During World War I, the impact of community tensions, racial segregation, the draft, and the prospect of overseas combat deployment resulted in a number of controversial courts-martial, including a capital case that drew considerable national attention. Much of the attention focused on aspects of the military justice system in which trial and review procedures differed from civilian practices in significant respects, generating a variety of reform proposals and intense debates within the Army and in Congress. Those developments will be the subject of the first segment of the CLE presentation.
Shortly after the war ended, congressional hearings and legislation resulted in enactment of a number of reforms in the Army's Articles of War. The second segment of the CLE presentation will discuss the legacy of those reforms and summarize a variety of proposals that were not enacted at that time. Many of those proposals would be revisited over the next 100 years -- often featuring comparisons between military and civilian trials and review practices. The CLE presentation will address key turning points that produced legislation echoing many of the earlier proposals, including adoption of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in the aftermath of World War II, additional reforms during and after the Vietnam era, and further developments in the current century.
FACULTY
Senior Judge Andrew S. Effron - United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.
Eleanor M. Vuono - United States Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
SCHEDULE
10:45 a.m. Webinar Login Opens
11:00 a.m. Webinar Begins
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
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