Charlotte Wise (lawyer)

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Charlotte Wise is an United States of America|American]] professor, lawyer, and former officer in the United States Navy]].[1]

Wise was born in Brooklyn]], and moved to the Jamaica, NYC|Jamaica]] neighborhood of New York City]], when she was 12 years old.[2] Wise dropped out of school when she gave birth to a child when she was still a teenager. However when she worked to gain her high school equivalency, in her 20s, her instructors encouraged her to go to college and she attended York College]], graduating in 1981. After finishing a law degree at Brooklyn Law School]] she started her career as a legal officer in the Navy - a "JAG". She earned a Masters from the Naval Justice School]] in 1985.

The Queens Chronicle]] celebrated her promotion to Captain (naval)|Captain]], as an instance of a local kid who "made good".[2] They noted that she was the US Navy]]'s first African-American]] legal officer to rise to the rank of Captain.

Wise played a role in discussions, in December 2002, of reports that interrogators from the Joint Task Force 160]] and Joint Task Force 170]] were using controversial interrogation techniques on the captives held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]

Wise was one of Alberto Mora]]'s two military and executive assistants.[1] Mora convened the meeting when David Brant]], the Director of the Naval Criminal Intelligence Service|NCIS]], drew Mora's attention to use of the questionable interrogation techniques.

Wise served 23 years in the United States Navy]], her last assignment was as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Justice School]].[3][4]

In the winter of 2009, after retiring from the Navy, George Washington Law School]] at George Washington University]], appointed Wise their Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alberto Mora]] (2004-07-07). Memorandum from Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora to Navy Inspector General. United States Navy]]. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Daniel Hendrick. Longtime Jamaica Resident Breaks Race, Gender Barriers, Queens Chronicle]], 2001-12-13. Retrieved on 2024-02-04. “Touring her alma mater at York College on Monday, Wise—who was raised in Jamaica—didn’t wax on about making history as the Navy’s first female African-American captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.”
  3. Charlotte Wise. Premiere Training at NJS, Jag Mag]], Winter 2007. Retrieved on 2022-12-16.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Jamie L. Freedman. GW Law Welcomes New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, GW Law School]], Winter 2009. Retrieved on 2022-12-16. “Following a distinguished, 23-year career as an attorney in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps, Charlotte Wise joined GW Law last spring as associate dean for academic affairs. A highly decorated Navy captain, Wise comes to GW straight from a tour as commanding officer of the Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I.”