Geoffrey S. Corn is the Gary A Kuiper distinguished professor of National Security Law, at South Texas College of Law, Houston, and a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. His Army career included service as both an intelligence officer and a military attorney. His last position with the Army was as senior law of war expert advisor for The Judge Advocate General and Chief of the Law of War Branch.
Prior assignments included chief prosecutor for the 101st Airbrone Division (Air Assault) and Regional Defense Counsel for the Western United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.
He earned a B.A. from Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, a JD with highest honors from George Washington University, and a Masters of Law as the distinguished graduate from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School.
He is co-author of The Law of Armed Conflict: An Operational Perspective; The Laws of War and the War on Terror; National Security Law and Policy: Principles and Policy; U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice; National Security Law and the Constitution, and Law in War: A Concise Overview (with K. Watkin and J. Williamson).