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Mr. Nicholas W. Mull joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) in March 2024 as a Senior Lecturer for Civilian Harm Mitigation (CHM) within Practice and Capability. In this role, Mr. Mull provides subject matter expert (SME) advice and support for the design, planning, and execution of global CHM Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) programs and leads CHM education activities.
Prior to joining ISG, Mr. Mull spent five years with the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), first serving as an ICB Attorney, followed by four years as the CHM Program Director. Prior to joining DIILS, he spent three years producing independent legal scholarship, including publishing, and presenting at conferences. Before that, he served 16 years as an adjutant and a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps.
In his role as CHM Program Director, Mr. Mull’s work included various CHM policy efforts of the U.S. Government. He also provided advice on the strategic risk around civilian harm associated with Security Cooperation plans; designing, planning, and executing ICB activities focused on CHM; and developing educational, training, and advisory curricula related to civilian protection. In this role, Mr. Mull was also the Course Director for Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict and Law of Military Operations resident courses. Mr. Mull is a published legal scholar and expert in CHM and public international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law. Current research includes CHM, Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), and the intersection of socio-cultural elements and formal institutional structures for the achievement of civilian protection effects.
As an adjutant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Mull served at the battalion and regimental levels, including two deployments to Iraq, He subsequently served as the Head of Personal Awards at Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps where he authored policy and promulgated interpretive guidance related to military awards, and served as an adjunct inspector for the Inspector General of the Marine Corps. After becoming a judge advocate, Mr. Mull held various duties, including as the Pacific Regional Officer-in-Charge for legal assistance, administrative law, and civil law, followed by duties as a prosecutor. He last served in uniform as the Head of Operational Law at the International and Operational Law Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General for the Department of the Navy, where he, inter alia, provided strategic legal advice to senior executives in the Department of the Navy and to Fleet Judge Advocates related to international, national security and operational law.
Mr. Mull holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School with honors as a James Kent Scholar and a certificate of excellence from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School with his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in the top ten of his class and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Mull graduated from Eastern Michigan University Honors College with a dual Bachelor of Science in Political Science and History with minors in Military Science, Communications, and General Studies. Further, Mr. Mull is also a distinguished graduate of the Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and Expeditionary Warfare School. Mr. Mull is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Civilian Harm Mitigation and Protection of Civilians
- Strategy and Policy
- Rule of Law and Democratic Governance
- Leadership, Ethics, and Organizational Culture
- Women, Peace, and Security
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Defense Security Cooperation University
Mr. Nicholas W. Mull joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) in March 2024 as a Senior Lecturer for Civilian Harm Mitigation (CHM) within Practice and Capability. In this role, Mr. Mull provides subject matter expert (SME) advice and support for the design, planning, and execution of global CHM Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) programs and leads CHM education activities.
Prior to joining ISG, Mr. Mull spent five years with the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), first serving as an ICB Attorney, followed by four years as the CHM Program Director. Prior to joining DIILS, he spent three years producing independent legal scholarship, including publishing, and presenting at conferences. Before that, he served 16 years as an adjutant and a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps.
In his role as CHM Program Director, Mr. Mull’s work included various CHM policy efforts of the U.S. Government. He also provided advice on the strategic risk around civilian harm associated with Security Cooperation plans; designing, planning, and executing ICB activities focused on CHM; and developing educational, training, and advisory curricula related to civilian protection. In this role, Mr. Mull was also the Course Director for Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict and Law of Military Operations resident courses. Mr. Mull is a published legal scholar and expert in CHM and public international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law. Current research includes CHM, Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), and the intersection of socio-cultural elements and formal institutional structures for the achievement of civilian protection effects.
As an adjutant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Mull served at the battalion and regimental levels, including two deployments to Iraq, He subsequently served as the Head of Personal Awards at Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps where he authored policy and promulgated interpretive guidance related to military awards, and served as an adjunct inspector for the Inspector General of the Marine Corps. After becoming a judge advocate, Mr. Mull held various duties, including as the Pacific Regional Officer-in-Charge for legal assistance, administrative law, and civil law, followed by duties as a prosecutor. He last served in uniform as the Head of Operational Law at the International and Operational Law Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General for the Department of the Navy, where he, inter alia, provided strategic legal advice to senior executives in the Department of the Navy and to Fleet Judge Advocates related to international, national security and operational law.
Mr. Mull holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School with honors as a James Kent Scholar and a certificate of excellence from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School with his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in the top ten of his class and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Mull graduated from Eastern Michigan University Honors College with a dual Bachelor of Science in Political Science and History with minors in Military Science, Communications, and General Studies. Further, Mr. Mull is also a distinguished graduate of the Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and Expeditionary Warfare School. Mr. Mull is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
Practice & Capability
Mr. Nicholas W. Mull joined the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) in March 2024 as a Senior Lecturer for Civilian Harm Mitigation (CHM) within Practice and Capability. In this role, Mr. Mull provides subject matter expert (SME) advice and support for the design, planning, and execution of global CHM Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) programs and leads CHM education activities.
Prior to joining ISG, Mr. Mull spent five years with the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS), first serving as an ICB Attorney, followed by four years as the CHM Program Director. Prior to joining DIILS, he spent three years producing independent legal scholarship, including publishing, and presenting at conferences. Before that, he served 16 years as an adjutant and a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps.
In his role as CHM Program Director, Mr. Mull’s work included various CHM policy efforts of the U.S. Government. He also provided advice on the strategic risk around civilian harm associated with Security Cooperation plans; designing, planning, and executing ICB activities focused on CHM; and developing educational, training, and advisory curricula related to civilian protection. In this role, Mr. Mull was also the Course Director for Human Rights and Law of Armed Conflict and Law of Military Operations resident courses. Mr. Mull is a published legal scholar and expert in CHM and public international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law. Current research includes CHM, Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), and the intersection of socio-cultural elements and formal institutional structures for the achievement of civilian protection effects.
As an adjutant in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Mull served at the battalion and regimental levels, including two deployments to Iraq, He subsequently served as the Head of Personal Awards at Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps where he authored policy and promulgated interpretive guidance related to military awards, and served as an adjunct inspector for the Inspector General of the Marine Corps. After becoming a judge advocate, Mr. Mull held various duties, including as the Pacific Regional Officer-in-Charge for legal assistance, administrative law, and civil law, followed by duties as a prosecutor. He last served in uniform as the Head of Operational Law at the International and Operational Law Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General for the Department of the Navy, where he, inter alia, provided strategic legal advice to senior executives in the Department of the Navy and to Fleet Judge Advocates related to international, national security and operational law.
Mr. Mull holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School with honors as a James Kent Scholar and a certificate of excellence from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School with his Juris Doctor (J.D.) in the top ten of his class and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Mull graduated from Eastern Michigan University Honors College with a dual Bachelor of Science in Political Science and History with minors in Military Science, Communications, and General Studies. Further, Mr. Mull is also a distinguished graduate of the Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and Expeditionary Warfare School. Mr. Mull is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and resides in Alexandria, Virginia.