Bobby Chesney is the Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at the University of Texas School of Law, a Distinguished Scholar of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution. He also serves as the law school's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 2009, Chesney served in the Justice Department as an advisor to the Detention Policy Task Force and previously served the Intelligence Community as an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board and a member of the Advanced Technology Board. His scholarship focuses on U.S. national security policies and institutions, including military detention, the use of lethal force, civilian criminal prosecution in terrorism-related cases, civil litigation involving the state secrets privilege, and the convergence of functions across the military and the Intelligence Community. He is a magna cum laude graduate of both Texas Christian University and Harvard Law School.