The Military Law Task Force has a very busy schedule of events happening at the NLG “Law for the people” convention in Detroit (as well as online) from April 8-11, 2026.
All of these events are free, but we do encourage attendees to consider making a donation to the MLTF to help us to create more events like these in the future.
Schedule of MLTF events at the convention (all times below are Eastern Daylight time)
Wednesday, April 8th
- Wednesday, April 8th
- 2-3 pm – CLE: The Question of Illegal Orders under International Law and US Military Regulations – Taught by James M. Branum
- 3-4 pm – CLE: Latest developments in Military Law under the Trump Regime (a panel discussion)
- In-person: Algonquin 2 room
- Online: Zoom link
- More info: https://nlgmltf.org/military-law/2026/mltf-offers-cle-on-illegal-orders-at-2026-nlg-convention/
- Thursday, April 9th
- 6-7 pm – Informal Dinner/meet-up
- In-person: Location TBA (check out our literature table for details)
- 6-7 pm – Informal Dinner/meet-up
- Friday, April 10th
- 11:30 am-1 pm – From Cuba to Venezuela to Palestine: International Law, The Revival of the Monroe Doctrine, and 21st Century Imperialism (co-sponsored with the NLG International Committeee)
- In-person: Montcalm room
- Virtual: Zoom Link
- 2-3:30 pm – MLTF Membership meeting (open to both members and non-members)
- In-person: Montcalm room
- Virtual: Zoom link
- 11:30 am-1 pm – From Cuba to Venezuela to Palestine: International Law, The Revival of the Monroe Doctrine, and 21st Century Imperialism (co-sponsored with the NLG International Committeee)
