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James Baker
Fellow

James Baker

Member Since 1969

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Professor and Director Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism College of Law and The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University 2018 Present
Member, Vice Chair, Acting Chair Public Interest Declassification Board 2016 2019
Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow Center for International Studies MIT 2017 2018
Consultant Intelligence Advanced Projects Activity 2017 2018
Visiting Professor Georgetown Law School 2015 2017
Chief Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 2011 2015
Adjunct Professor Georgetown Law School 2004 2015
Adjunct Professor Iowa University College of Law 2004 2015
Adjunct Professor Washington University College of Law 2012 2015
Adjunct Professor University of Pittsburgh School of Law 2009 2012
Associate Judge United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 2000 2011
Visiting Lecturer Yale Law School 2001 2004
Special Assistant to the President and Legal Adviser The National Security Council 1997 2000
Deputy Legal Adviser The National Security Council 1994 1997
Counsel The President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board 1993 1994
Attorney Adviser Law Enforcement and Intelligence; Oceans Environment and Science U.S. Department of State 1990 1993
Aide and Acting Chief of Staff Office of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1985 1987
Aide-de-Camp, Platoon Leader, Weapons Platoon Leader, Company XO United States Marine Corps 1982 1985
Marine Corps Reserve 1979 2000

Expertise

Primary Sector

Federal

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty Academic Administration Budgeting and Finance Communications and Marketing Information Technology Intergovernmental Organizational Structure/Design/Development Risk Management Strategic Planning
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