Gregory S. McNeal is a visiting assistant professor of law at Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law. His research employs organizational theory to analyze the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with a particular substantive focus on criminal law and procedure, national security law and international criminal law.
His legal scholarship has appeared in or is forthcoming in The Northwestern University Law Review, The Richmond Law Review, The University of Iowa Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, and The Case Western Reserve University Journal of International Law, among others. His co-edited book Saddam On Trial: Understanding and Debating the Iraqi High Tribunal was selected as one of three finalists for L’Association Internationale de Droit Penal’s 2007 Book of the Year Award. During and after 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.
He is the Editor of The National Security Report, a publication of The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security. His non-academic writing has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Times, and The Baltimore Sun. 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.
Previously, Professor McNeal co-directed an innovative transnational counterterrorism program funded by a $250,000 U.S. Department of Justice grant. The program improved cooperation between senior officials in the U.S. and their European counterparts. He also served as a consultant to the Chief Prosecutor for the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions.
His other experience includes work as Senior Fellow in Counterterrorism and International Law and Assistant Director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy. He has advised or consulted with the staff of Congressional committees, members of both houses of Congress, Fortune 500 Companies, The Iraqi High Tribunal, and members of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on counterterrorism prosecution, national security and international criminal law matters.
As an Academic Fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies he completed their Israel based counterterrorism training and educational program and lectures frequently on numerous college campuses regarding counterterrorism and homeland security.
Previously Professor McNeal served as an officer in the U.S. Army. In law school, he was executive editor for The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy (Symposium Edition).
