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Michel Paradis
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationOxford (DPhil) Fordham (JD/BA)
Occupation(s)Human Rights Lawyer, Historian, Professor
Websitewww.michelparadis.com

Michel Paradis is an American human rights attorney, law professor, and author. He has written several books, most notably The Light of Battle, a biography of Dwight Eisenhower, and Last Mission to Tokyo, about the war crimes trials following the Doolittle Raid during World War II.[1]

Early life and education

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In 2004, Paradis received his law degree from Fordham University in New York.[2] In 2011, he received his Doctor of Philosophy in computational linguistics from Oxford University, where he did early research on large language models.[2][3][4] While at Oxford, he was also an editor of the Oxonian Review.[5]

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Paradis has worked as a human rights lawyer on conflicts arising around the world and the human rights implications of emerging technology.[2][6][7][8][9][10][11]

In 2007, Paradis joined the Department of Defense as an attorney, where he worked on the cases of the Guantanamo detainees.[12] In 2014, Paradis won the Ali al-Bahlul case in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit,[13] which established the applicability of the ex post facto clause in Guantanamo.[14] In 2019, Paradis won the case of In re Al-Nashiri,[15] which invalidated five years of proceedings against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri on the ground that the military judge had committed misconduct.[16][17] Paradis was featured in the Netflix documentary Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror where he was critical of the human rights consequences of the War on Terror.[4][18][19][20]

In 2022, Paradis was elected as a Partner at the international law firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle.[21] He is a Lecturer at Columbia Law School in New York, where he teaches national security law and jurisprudence.[4][11][22] He is also a Contributing Editor at Lawfare.[23]

Books

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  • Counter-Terrorism: International Law and Practice (2012)[24]
  • Last Mission to Tokyo: The Doolittle Raiders and their Final Fight for Justice (2020)[7][25]
  • Reimagining the National Security State: Liberalism on the Brink (2019)[26]
  • The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day and the Birth of the American Superpower (2024)[27][28][29][30]

Awards and Recognition

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References

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  1. ^ "Michel Paradis Books - Biography and List of Works - Author of Last Mission To Tokyo". biblio.com.au. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  2. ^ a b c "Michel Paradis". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  3. ^ "'Gold rush mentality': Lawyers pile into AI advice". Australian Financial Review. 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  4. ^ a b c "Smart devices, cell phone cameras, social shaming. and the loss of the right to a private self: Interview with Michel Paradis". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  5. ^ "The Oxonian Review of Books". 2007-06-29. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  6. ^ "C.I.A. Torture Detailed in Newly Disclosed Documents (Published 2017)". 2017-01-19. Archived from the original on 2024-04-11. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  7. ^ a b Bass, Gary (July 28, 2020). "Trying the Japanese for War Crimes". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "The Legacy of Guantanamo Bay – Boston College Law School Magazine". lawmagazine.bc.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  9. ^ "Michel Paradis". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  10. ^ "NSA spying 'likely unconstitutional' and 'Orwellian', judge rules". The Telegraph. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  11. ^ a b "Unique Course Highlights Theory Behind War". www.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  12. ^ "Obama wanted to close Gitmo. Will Biden be able to finally do it?". PBS News. 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  13. ^ "Al Bahlul v. United States, 767 F.3d 1 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Archived from the original on 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  14. ^ Greenhouse, Linda (2013-10-03). "Fish or Cut Bait". Opinionator. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  15. ^ "In re Al-Nashiri, 921 F.3d 224 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  16. ^ "Court Rejects 2 Years of Judge's Decisions in Cole Tribunal (Published 2019)". 2019-04-17. Archived from the original on 2024-09-29. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  17. ^ Gerstein, Josh (2019-04-16). "Guantanamo military tribunal hit with another legal setback". POLITICO. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  18. ^ "The Legacy of Guantanamo Bay – Boston College Law School Magazine". lawmagazine.bc.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  19. ^ Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (Documentary, History, War), Mark Fallon, James LaPorta, Michel Paradis, Luminant Media, 2021-09-01, retrieved 2024-12-17{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  20. ^ "Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror season 1 Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  21. ^ a b "Michel Paradis". Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. 2024-12-13. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  22. ^ "Echoes from the Past: Do the post WWII Japanese War Crimes Tribunals have lessons for Guantanamo?". Center on National Security. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  23. ^ "Masthead". Lawfare. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  24. ^ Salinas de Frías, Ana María; Samuel, Katja LH; White, Nigel D, eds. (2012-01-01), "List of Contributors", Counter-Terrorism: International Law and Practice, Oxford University Press, p. 0, ISBN 978-0-19-960892-8, retrieved 2024-12-17
  25. ^ Ford, Daniel (2020-10-02). "'Last Mission to Tokyo' Review: Torture on Trial". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  26. ^ Greenberg, Karen J., ed. (2019). Reimagining the National Security State: Liberalism on the Brink. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108676946. ISBN 978-1-108-48438-1.
  27. ^ The Light of Battle. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  28. ^ "The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower by Michel Paradis". www.publishersweekly.com. April 24, 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
  29. ^ "Eisenhower and the Road To D-Day". The Cipher Brief. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  30. ^ Michel, Paradis. "The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower". Library Journal. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
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