Ashley Deeks

Ashley S. Deeks is an American legal scholar who serves as an associate White House Counsel and deputy legal adviser to the U.S. National Security Council in the Biden administration.[1] She is also the E. James Kelly, Jr.–Class of 1965 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. She is an expert on national security law.[2]

Ashley Deeks
Associate White House Counsel
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
LeaderDana Remus
Preceded byOffice Established
Personal details
EducationWilliams College (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)
Ashley Deeks
Academic background
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineNational security law
International law
InstitutionsColumbia Law School
University of Virginia School of Law

Education and career

Deeks earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art from Williams College 1993 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as comment editor on the University of Chicago Law Review.[2]

Career

After graduating from law school, Deeks clerked for Judge Edward R. Becker on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[2] She worked at the U.S. State Department in its Office of Legal Adviser as an assistant legal adviser on political-military affairs, where she was advised on intelligence issues and legal issues such as armed conflict, the use of force and weapons, and the legal framework for the conflict between the U.S. and al-Qaida. Her previous positions within the State Department focused on international law enforcement, extradition and diplomatic property.[3][2][1]

Between 2010 and 2012, Deeks worked as an academic fellow at Columbia Law School before joining the University of Virginia School of Law as an associate professor in 2012.[4] Her teaching and research interests include international law, national security law, intelligence, and the laws of armed conflict.[2]

On January 11, 2021, the Biden administration announced that it had selected Deeks as a member of the Office of the White House Counsel.[1]

References
  1. "President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris Announce Additional Members of the Office of the White House Counsel | Biden-Harris Transition". www.buildbackbetter.gov.
  2. "Deeks Named to White House Post | University of Virginia School of Law". www.law.virginia.edu.
  3. "Ashley S. Deeks | University of Virginia School of Law". www.law.virginia.edu.
  4. "Professor Ashley S. Deeks | American Law Institute". www.ali.org.
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