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Professor Beard was named the Chair for the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) Committee on the Use of Force.
The Committee’s national mandate is to advance the discussion and analysis of legal issues pertaining to the international use of force and related legal topics, to advance the discussion of scholarship in the field, and to conduct assessments of contemporary state practice.