Jamil currently serves as Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute and as an Assistant Professor of Law as well as Director of both the National Security Law & Policy Program and the Cybersecurity, Intelligence & National Security LL.M. at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he teaches classes on counterterrorism, intelligence, surveillance, cybersecurity, and other national security matters, as well as a summer course in Padua, Italy with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. Jamil is also affiliated with Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and previously served as a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution from 2016 – 2019. Read more. 

Darren M. Dick serves as an Assistant Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he teaches on intelligence, surveillance, cybersecurity, and other national security matters. Darren is a seasoned national-security professional, with both military and civilian experience – from national-level decision-making in the Congress and Joint Staff to direct operational support in Afghanistan, East Africa, and afloat. Darren led the staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, serving as the Staff Director and General Counsel from August 2013 to January 2015 and as Deputy Staff Director and Counsel from January 2011 to August 2013. Darren also served on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 2005 to 2007, first as counsel and later as Deputy Staff Director. Read more.

Giovanna M. Cinelli is a partner at Morgan Lewis and the leader of their international trade and national security practice. As a practitioner for more than 25 years, she counsels clients in the defense and high-technology sectors on a broad range of issues affecting national security and export controls, including complex export compliance matters, audits, cross-border due diligence, and export enforcement, both classified and unclassified. Read more. 

Dennis M. Fitzpatrick is an expert in criminal procedure, evidence and federal criminal law. Dennis has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia since 2005, with the last seven years focused on investigations and trials in the National Security and International Crime Unit. Dennis has investigated and prosecuted matters under the Arms Export Control Act, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Espionage Act, and various terrorism statutes. He has travelled to the Middle East several times in furtherance of these objectives. Read more.