Ryan Goodman
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) is founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security. He is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. He served as Special Counsel to the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2015-16).
Ryan is also a Professor of Politics and Professor of Sociology at NYU. He was the inaugural Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Harvard Law School. He received a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. from Yale University, and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Law, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the US Naval War College’s Board of Advisers for International Law Studies, a Distinguished Fellow at the National Institute of Military Justice, and a former member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law. Ryan is also on LinkedIn.
Areas of Expertise: National Security Law, International Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Use of Force, Human Rights Law.
Articles by this author:
Model Prosecution Memo for Trump Classified Documents
by Andrew Weissmann, Ryan Goodman, Joyce Vance, Norman L. Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, Siven Watt, E. Danya Perry, Joshua Stanton and Joshua Kolb
Jun 2nd, 2023
Assessing the Controversial Meeting of a U.N. Official and Russian Official Wanted for Arrest in the Hague
by Ryan Goodman
May 22nd, 2023
Why the E. Jean Carroll Verdict Will Matter to Voters
by Ryan Goodman and Norman L. Eisen
May 9th, 2023
Tracker: Litigation and Legislation on the “Insurrection Bar” to Office – Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
by Ryan Goodman and Clara Apt
May 1st, 2023
The Broad Scope of “Intent to Defraud” in the New York Crime of Falsifying Business Records
by Ryan Goodman, Norman L. Eisen, Siven Watt, Joshua Kolb and Joshua Stanton
Apr 3rd, 2023
Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records
by Siven Watt, Norman L. Eisen and Ryan Goodman
Mar 21st, 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
The Limited Scope of Vice President Pence’s Speech or Debate Clause Immunity
by Andy Wright and Ryan Goodman
Feb 21st, 2023
Pomerantz vs. Pomerantz: An Annotation of His Leaked Resignation Letter in Manhattan DA Trump Investigation
by Ryan Goodman
Feb 7th, 2023
Could Biden Face Charges? The Alberto Gonzales Precedent Says Not
by Andrew Weissmann, Ryan Goodman and Norman L. Eisen
Jan 19th, 2023
Tracker: Evidence of Trump’s Knowledge and Involvement in Retaining Mar-a-Lago Documents
by Ryan Goodman and Clara Apt
Jan 19th, 2023
На шляху до створення Тимчасового Офісу Прокурора в Гаазі для розслідування злочину агресії проти України
by Ryan Goodman
Jan 17th, 2023
Toward an Interim Prosecutor’s Office in The Hague for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine
by Ryan Goodman
Jan 17th, 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
How Jan. 6th Committee’s Revelations of Interference in Their Investigation Can Enable the Special Counsel
by Ryan Goodman
Dec 19th, 2022
Mar-a-Lago Clearinghouse: All Key Documents in the Special Counsel Investigation
by Ryan Goodman
Dec 1st, 2022
Our Prosecution Memo Points the Way for the Special Counsel
by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, E. Danya Perry, Donald Simon, Joshua Stanton, Joyce Vance, Siven Watt, Andrew Weissmann and Fred Wertheimer
Nov 21st, 2022
Mar-a-Lago Model Prosecution Memo
by Andrew Weissmann, Ryan Goodman, Joyce Vance, Norman L. Eisen, Fred Wertheimer, E. Danya Perry, Siven Watt, Joshua Stanton, Donald Simon and Alexander K. Parachini
Nov 17th, 2022
Citizens Guide to January 6th Hearings: Comprehensive Account of the Evidentiary Record
by Ryan Goodman and Sang-Min Kim
Sep 7th, 2022