Wayne Law to welcome John Hutson for lecture March 2
Wayne State University Law School’s Program for International Legal Studies and the International Law Student Association are pleased to host a lecture by John Hutson, dean and president emeritus of the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center), from 12:15-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, in the Law School’s Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. Hutson’s lecture is titled “Rules of Engagement in Counterinsurgency Campaigns.”
“U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine is now on full display in Afghanistan and was previously central to our strategy in the Iraq conflict,” said Wayne Law Professor Gregory Fox, director of the Program for International Legal Studies. “Drawing on critical aspects of international humanitarian law, the doctrine seeks to balance effective military tactics with efforts to win support from the civilian population. Dean Hutson is the ideal person to explain how American policy has navigated these difficult legal straits.”
Hutson served as dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law from July 2000 through January 2011. He is a retired rear admiral, attorney and former judge advocate general of the U.S. Navy. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with three gold stars), the Meritorious Service Medal (with two gold stars), the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. Hutson also serves on the board of directors of Human Rights First.
A North Muskegon, Mich., native, Hutson earned a bachelor of arts from Michigan State University, a juris doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School, and a master of laws from Georgetown University Law Center.
Thelen named associate dean at Cooley Law
James B. Thelen has been named Associate Dean for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Cooley Law School. He takes over duties from James Robb, who has been named Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations.
Thelen was most recently a partner at Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone, where he worked in the firm’s Lansing office and handled several matters on Cooley’s behalf. He first joined Miller Canfield in 1995, and was an associate attorney in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. He was named a principal in 2005.
Thelen served as the Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Vice President for Legislative Affairs at Western Michigan University 1997-1999 before returning to private practice at Miller Canfield. He also served as an adjunct professor at WMU from 1997-2002, teaching upper level undergraduate courses in judicial process and political/social history.
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