Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Pennsylvania State University
Dickinson School of Law
Gregory S. McNeal is a visiting assistant professor of law at
Professor McNeal has advised the staff of Congressional committees and members of both houses of Congress on counterterrorism policy, and helped to write legislation for members of the U.S. House of Representatives. He serves on multiple working groups related to counterterrorism and international law and was recently one of two American academics invited by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in an international experts roundtable. He also designed and supervised an innovative comparative counterterrorism program funded by a U.S. Department of Justice grant which improved cooperation between officials in the
He was a legal consultant to the chief prosecutor for the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, and previously taught Counterterrorism Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he instructed and supervised students developing legal memoranda regarding the military commission process. There he also served as the assistant director of The Institute for Global Security Law and Policy and worked on international criminal law issues regarding the trial of Saddam Hussein through a relationship with the
As an Academic Fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies he lectures frequently on numerous college campuses regarding counterterrorism. He has appeared on talk radio and national television as an expert commentator on counterterrorism and international law and has been quoted by The New York Times and The Associated Press.
Professor McNeal’s editorials have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Times, and The Baltimore Sun. His book Saddam On Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal was recently selected as 1 of 3 finalists for L’Association Internationale de Droit Penal’s Book of the Year Award. During the trial of Saddam Hussein excerpts from the book were translated into Arabic, and in an effort at judicial outreach were read over the radio to the Iraqi people.
Previously McNeal served as an officer in the U.S. Army and as a fellow at the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy. In law school he was executive editor on The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy (Symposium Edition).
Selected Publications:
Books
Saddam On Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal (with Michael P. Scharf)
Articles and Book Chapters
“Countering the Cyber Jihad,” 40 Case
“Unfortunate Legacies: Why the Iraqi High Tribunal Should Reject Hearsay, Ex Parte Affidavits and Anonymous Witnesses,” 3 International Commentary on Evidence ___ (2007).
ICC Inability Determinations in Light of the Dujail Case,” 39 Case
“Commentary on Judgments of República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Dili District Court, the Special Panels for Serious Crimes and the Tribunal de Recurso - July 2003-2006,” in Annotated Leading Cases of the International Criminal Tribunal, ___ (Andre Klip & Goran Sluiter, eds. 2007).
“The Legal Impact of Counterterrorism on Business,” in Business Continuity and Homeland Security: Theory & Practice (David McIntyre and Bill Hancock, eds. 2007).
“Snatch and Grab Ops: Justifying Extraterritorial Abductions” 16
Selected Media Appearances
Radio Interview, “The Danger Zone” WTAM- Washington, DC, regarding the Guantanamo military commissions and habeas corpus.
Available at:
o https://streaming.psu.edu/media/?movieId=4514
Television Appearance C-SPAN Book TV,regarding the trial of Saddam Hussein.
Excerpts available at:
o https://streaming.psu.edu/media/?movieId=4528
o https://streaming.psu.edu/media/?movieId=4531
o https://streaming.psu.edu/media/?movieId=4526
