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 chairs the American Society of International Law’s Strategic Initiatives Committee, is an affiliate at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), and lectures at Berkeley Law.
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. Bridgeman is also on LinkedIn.
Articles by this author:
Welcoming Rebecca Ingber and Scott Roehm to Just Security’s Board of Editors
by Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman and Megan Corrarino
Sep 27th, 2023
Book Release: Race & National Security, Professor Matiangai Sirleaf ed.
by Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman and Megan Corrarino
Sep 22nd, 2023
National Security Implications of Trump’s Superseding Indictment: A Damage Assessment 2.0
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Jul 31st, 2023
National Security Implications of Trump’s Indictment: A Damage Assessment
by Tess Bridgeman and Brianna Rosen
Jun 10th, 2023
Welcoming to Just Security’s Board of Editors: Justin Hendrix, Jelena Pejic, and Andrew Weissmann
by Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman
Mar 7th, 2023
2023 Forward: Democracy, Russia-Ukraine War, Tech Policy, Climate Change
by Megan Corrarino, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Dec 26th, 2022
Please Support Just Security with a Tax-Deductible Donation
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Dec 26th, 2022
Tit-for-Tat Hostilities In Syria: War Powers and International Law Implications
by Tess Bridgeman and Brian Finucane
Sep 8th, 2022
Al-Kurdi Capture Raises Thorny Detention Issues
by Tess Bridgeman, Luke Hartig and Brianna Rosen
Jun 17th, 2022
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
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