About the Authors

• Author: Craig Forcese/Leah West
• Pages: 765-765

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Craig Forcese is a full professor at the Faculty of Law (Common Law

Section), University of Ottawa. He is also an adjunct research profes-

sor and senior fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Aairs,

Carleton University and a national secur ity crisis l aw fellow, Center

on National Security and t he Law at Georgetown Law (Washington,

DC). Craig sits on the executive of the Canadian Network for Research

on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS), and is a past president of

the Canadian Council on International Law and t he Canadian Associ-

ation of Law Teachers. At uOttawa, Craig teaches public international

law, national security law, and administrative law. He also co-teaches

advanced international l aw and relations at the Norman Paterson

School of International Aai rs. Craig has a BA from McGill Univer-

sity; an MA from the Norman Paterson School of International Aairs,

Carleton University; a JD (summa cum laude) from uOttawa; and an

LLM from Yale University. He is a member in good standing of the bars

of Ontario, New York, and the District of Columbia.

Le ah West is an assistant professor of International Aa irs (National

Security and Intell igence) at the Norman Paterson School of Inter-

national Aair s, Carleton University, where she teaches national secur-

ity law, counterterrorism, and public international law. She completed

her SJD at the University of Toronto in 2020, where she studied the

application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to state conduct in

cyberspace. Beyond her SJD, Leah obtained an L LM in International

Humanitari an and National Security f rom the University of Ottawa;

a JD from the University of Toronto; an MA in Intelligence from the

American Milit ary University; and is a g raduate of the Royal Militar y

College of Canada. She previously worked as a National Securit y lawyer

with the Depart ment of Justice and served for a decade as an ocer in

the Canadian Army.