Tess Bridgeman
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter) is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Just Security. She served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President, Associate Counsel to the President, and Deputy Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (NSC) during the Obama administration. She also served at the State Department in the Office of the Legal Adviser as Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser and, prior to that role, as an Attorney Adviser in the Office of Political-Military Affairs.
Bridgeman is a Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar at NYU Law School’s Reiss Center on Law and Security, where she created the War Powers Resolution Reporting Project. She serves on the American Society of International Law’s Strategic Initiatives Committee, is an affiliate at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), lectures at Berkeley Law, and is on the board of the Women’s Foundation California and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Bridgeman has a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar; a JD from NYU Law School, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, which she attended as a Root-Tilden-Kern and Institute for International Law and Justice Scholar; and a BA from Stanford University.
Articles by this author:
A Warm Welcome to Just Security’s New Editorial Board Members!
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Apr 12th, 2022
Introduction to Symposium: Still at War – Where and Why the United States is Fighting the “War on Terror”
by Tess Bridgeman and Brianna Rosen
Mar 24th, 2022
The Good Governance Papers: A “Report Card” Wrap-Up of 2022 Updates
by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Megan Corrarino, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill
Mar 1st, 2022
The Al-Qurayshi Operation and Minimization of Civilian Casualties
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Feb 3rd, 2022
2022 Update: Good Governance Paper No. 14: War Powers Reform
by Tess Bridgeman and Stephen Pomper
Jan 21st, 2022
The Good Governance Papers: A January 2022 “Report Card” Update
by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Megan Corrarino, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill
Jan 20th, 2022
Holiday Giving: Please Support Just Security with a Tax-Deductible Donation
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Dec 22nd, 2021
Giving Tuesday: Please Support Just Security with a Tax-Deductible Donation
by Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman
Nov 30th, 2021
Litigation Tracker: Major Decisions Facing the Biden Administration
by Karl Mihm, Justin Cole, Iva Petkova, Margaret Shields, Mari Dugas, Nicholas Tonckens and Tess Bridgeman
Nov 19th, 2021
Welcome Just Security’s New Managing Editor, Megan Corrarino
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Nov 16th, 2021
Questions on the Baghuz Strikes
by Brianna Rosen, Luke Hartig, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Nov 15th, 2021
Announcing a Partnership With Oxford University Press
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Sep 20th, 2021