Biographical Sketch
Professor Raven-Hansen teaches national security law, counterterrorism law, and civil procedure and evidence. He is a co-author of the casebooks, National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law, as well as National Security Law and the Power of the Purse, First Use of Nuclear Weapons, and various articles on national security law. He appears frequently as a speaker and panelist on issues of war powers, military detention and military commissions, intelligence operations, counter terrorism, security enforcement, and national security and civil liberties.

Professor Raven-Hansen also is co-author of the student hornbook, Understanding Civil Procedure. Before joining the Law School faculty in 1980, Professor Raven-Hansen was in private practice with the firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C., and worked as a senior economic analyst with Abt Associates, Inc., in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Education
B.A., J.D., Harvard University

Current Semester Courses
Civil Procedure I; National Security Law