COL Elizabeth "Liz" Allen, Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) Director, and other DIILS colleagues were pleased to meet up with many former DIILS Resident Course alumni at the African Military Law Forum in Zambia last month. African Military Law Forum.  

This was the seventh iteration of the Forum, hosted by AFRICOM and the Zambia Defence Force. The Forum brings together African military legal professionals from throughout the continent to discuss current legal issues confronting them. It provides a venue to share best practices, meet colleagues, and address challenging legal issues in service of our militaries.

For over 30 years, DIILS, located in Newport, R. I., has been the lead U.S. Department of Defense Security Cooperation resource for global legal engagement with Partner Nation security sector institutions and personnel. As a component of the Defense Security Cooperation University, DIILS’ broad mission is to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests by building the capacity of foreign security forces to respond to shared security challenges in a responsible, accountable, and legally compliant manner.