Project on National Security Reform -

The Legal Affairs Working Group is responsible for determining legal impediments to interagency integration, generating solutions to those impediments, and translating the Project’s recommendations into a draft statutory text, presidential directives, and congressional resolutions. Legal Affairs is critical for ensuring that legal impediments to interagency integration are resolved and that the Project’s final product submitted to Congress and the Executive Branch is specific and actionable.

The Legal Research Team conducts legal research on various topics ranging from major constitutional questions to specific statutory impediments to greater interagency integration. The Working Group Liaisons Team members function as mini-general counsels within other analytical working groups and provide situational awareness. The Legal Advisory Board provides strategic advice to Legal Affairs and reviews the work of the Legal Research Team. The Outreach Team maintains the Legal Advisory Board and arranges interviews with current and former government attorneys and other key individuals.

Legal Affairs has benefited greatly from the generous pro bono legal support from such reputable law firms as:

•   Arnold & Porter LLP
•   Bingham McCutchen LLP
•   Crowell & Moring LLP
•   Morrison & Foerster LLP
•   Venable LLP
•   Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr LLP