Prof. Scott Sullivan
Professor of Law
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Lieber Institute for Law & Warfare
Law and Philosophy
Army Cyber Institute
Scott Sullivan is a professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with appointments in the Army Cyber Institute and Department of Law. Professor Sullivan’s research focuses on the intersection of emerging technology and cybersecurity with international and U.S. foreign relations law. His work has been published in the University of Texas Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Fordham Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of International Law, among others. Currently a co-principal investigator on a $1.5 million cybersecurity grant awarded by the National Security Agency, the European Community previously funded his research on issues implicated by military privatization. Before joining West Point, Scott held an endowed professorship at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he taught courses in international law, U.S. foreign relations law, constitutional law, criminal procedure, and transnational technology. While on the faculty at LSU, Scott regularly served as the chairperson of the faculty scholarship committee and received multiple scholarship awards. Prior to entering academia, Scott worked as an attorney at law firms in New York and Chicago, advising clients on UN, EU, and U.S. sanctions compliance and representing numerous individuals accused of terrorism. A former Fulbright Fellow, he received a J.D. from the University of Chicago and an LL.M. from the European University Institute.
LL.M. - European University Institute
J.D. - University of Chicago
B.A. - University of Kansas
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Operations, International Law, Foreign Relations Law
Selected Publications
Scott Sullivan and Iben Ricket, Targeting in the Black Box, “Over the Horizon,” NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre (2024) (book chapter)
Scott Sullivan and Iben Ricket, The Empirics of Criminal Federalism, 21 Ohio State Crim. L. J. __ (forthcoming, 2024)
Scott Sullivan, Unpacking Cyber Neutrality, in “Meeting Reality,” NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre (2023) (book chapter)