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:
Book Release: Race & National Security, Professor Matiangai Sirleaf ed.
by Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman and Megan Corrarino
Sep 22nd, 2023
Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases
by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Samara Angel and Beth Markman
Sep 19th, 2023
Chart: Names of the “Unindicted Co-Conspirators” in Fulton County, Georgia Indictment
by Ryan Goodman, Norman L. Eisen, Siven Watt, Allison Rice, Francois Barrilleaux, Beth Markman and Michael Nevett
Aug 25th, 2023
Deciphering the Trump Indictment from the Apparent Fulton County Docket Entry
by Ryan Goodman, Norman L. Eisen and Joshua Kolb
Aug 14th, 2023
National Security Implications of Trump’s Superseding Indictment: A Damage Assessment 2.0
by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
Jul 31st, 2023
An Overlooked January 6 Charge: The “Stop the Count” Scheme
by Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann
Jul 30th, 2023
Trump Classified Docs Clearinghouse: All Key Documents in the Special Counsel Prosecution
by Ryan Goodman
Jul 27th, 2023
Unpacking the “Surprise” Crime in DOJ’s Target Letter to Trump
by Norman L. Eisen, Ryan Goodman, Joshua Kolb and Jacob Gaba
Jul 20th, 2023
Pending Supreme Court Case Complicates Special Counsel Smith’s Choices
by Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman
Jun 8th, 2023
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
Оцінка контроверсійної зустрічі представника ООН та російської чиновниці, яку розшукують для арешту в Гаазі
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