“That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.” — from Jackson's Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal

2005 Events


Calendar News & Events

December 28, 2005

Chautauqua County: More than Meets the Eye

A welcome home luncheon will take place at the Jackson Center at noon, December 28, inviting college, graduate, law and medical students to visit the Robert H. Jackson Center for lunch and to learn about job opportunities in the Greater Jamestown, NY, area.

November 18-20, 2005

Jackson Society Nuremberg trip

Events include:
Palace of Justice Tour
Lecture by Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court
Panel Discussion at Castle Stein with Contemporary Witnesses

Post-Journal, November 27, 2005

BBC News article, November, 2005

November 18, 2005

We the People …
The Citizen and the Constitution

The We the People curriculum provides upper elementary, middle and high school students with an innovative course of instruction in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
event brochure

November 11, 2005

Nuremberg And The Birth Of International Law
A Day to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Trials at Nuremberg

Co-sponsored by the American Bar Association & the Robert H. Jackson Center
Georgetown University Law Center, 9AM-5PM

November 4, 2005

CLE: "Trusts, Structures and Tax Planning"

Speakers: Ken Joyce, Judge Paula Feroleto (Supreme Court Justice), Judge Steve Cass

September 27-29, 2005

Sixty Years After the Nuremberg Trials:
Crimes Against Humanity and Peace
A Conference Commemorating the Living Legacy of Robert H. Jackson

To commemorate the living legacy of Justice Robert H. Jackson on the 60th anniversary of Nuremberg, Chautauqua Institution - together with the Robert H. Jackson Center and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia - hosted a conference entitled, Sixty Years After the Nuremberg Trials: Crimes Against Humanity and Peace.

Conference Information: Schedule | Brochure

Jamestown Post-Journal 9/26-29
Conference Discussions Stirring Thoughts Already
Final Preparations Being Made For Week-Long Event
Brilliant Lawyers Lose Cases Too
Interpreter Leaves Impression Of Nazi Criminals
Donihi Recalls Role In Prosecuting Japanese
International Criminal Court Takes Center Stage
Robert H. Jackson Symposium Reactions Are Unwaveringly Positive
Assistant Professor Of Law Gives Presentation At Symposium
Practical Critiques Come Out On Symposium’s Second Day
City Native To Speak At Conference
International Criminal Law Conference Comes To An End At Chautauqua
Jackson Center On Cutting Edge Of Law

July 11, 2005

Chautauqua Institution's inaugural Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States

Geoffrey R. Stone, the Harry Kalven, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, delivered Chautauqua's inaugural Jackson lecture on the Supreme Court today.  Co-sponsored by the Jackson Center.

Professor Stone, formerly Dean of the University of Chicago Law School (1987-93), Provost of the University of Chicago (1993-2002) and a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. (1972-73), is one of the nation's premier constitutional law scholars.  His latest book, just published and already widely acclaimed, is Perilous Times:  Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (W.W. Norton).

Post-Journal 07/09/05  Jackson Society Dinner Set For Monday
Post-Journal 07/12/05  Distinguished-Service Professor Addresses Civil Liberties In Times Of War At Chautauqua Institution

C-SPAN2 Book TV: Geoffrey Stone appeared with author Gerald Posner Saturday June 11 at the Printers Row Book Fair in Chicago.

June 22, 2005

Aaron Beckwith
Follow the North Star

Post-Journal 06/22/05  Film Producer Brings ‘Follow The North Star’ To Jackson Center

Last year's event:
Post-Journal 06/15/04  Emmy-Award Winning Film Producer To Show 'Follow The North Star' At Jackson Center
Post-Journal 06/23/04  Emmy-Winning Producer Speaks To JPS Pupils At Jackson Center

June 13, 2005

Norbert Ehrenfreund
“Reflections on Nuremberg Trial”

transcript of “Reflections on Nuremberg Trial”

Post-Journal 06/12/05  Reporter To Speak About War Trials: Jackson Center Speaker Was In Nuremberg Gallery
Post-Journal 06/14/05  ‘America Was Enraged’: Stars and Stripes’ Reporter Gives His Views On Jackson, Nuremberg Trials
Post-Journal 06/14/05  Lecturer Enlivens Audience’s Understanding Of Robert H. Jackson
Post-Journal 06/17/05  Superior Court Judge Feels Welcome

June 8-9, 2005

Professor David D. Siegel
presented by Albany Law School and the Robert H.Jackson Center

Post-Journal 06/09/05  Professor To Speak Today At Jackson Center Seminar Provides Continuing Education For Lawyers
Post-Journal 06/10/05  Distinguished Professor Addresses County Attorneys

May 18, 2005

Dinner honoring the Jackson Center 's Brown II Event Guests

Athenaeum Hotel, Chautauqua Institution

Speaker: William T. Coleman, Jr., former Secretary of Transportation and former NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc. attorney

Post-Journal 05/19/05 Civil Rights Battle Continues, Speaker Says

May 18, 2005

A Roundtable Discussion of Brown II with Four Attorneys Who Served As Law Clerks During the Supreme Court's October Term 1954

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall, Chautauqua Institutuion

Roundtable Speakers:
Earl E. Pollock  (Chief Justices Vinson and Warren)
E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.  (Justices Jackson and Harlan)
Gordon B. Davidson  (Justice Stanley Reed)
Daniel J. Meador  (Justice Hugo Black)

Post-Journal 05/03/05  Supreme Court Law Clerks To Attend Session
Post-Journal 05/19/05  Court Clerks Express Viewpoints On Brown II

Here is the transcript of the May 18, 2005 roundtable discussion at the Jackson Center of Supreme Court law clerks Gordon B. Davidson, Daniel J. Meador, Earl E. Pollock, and E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., who served on the Court at the time of the Brown II decision in 1955, moderated and introduced by John Q. Barrett. Although Robert H. Jackson died before the Brown II decision, his last law clerk, E. Barrett Prettyman continued to clerk for John Marshall Harlan, who succeeded Jackson on the Court. With the phrase "with all deliberate speed," Brown II dictated how the unanimous anti-segregation Brown I decision from the year before was to be implemented. Brown I was the last case that Robert H. Jackson was involved in before his death on October 9, 1954.

See the Summer 2004 St. John's Law Review for the Jackson Center's 50th anniversary Brown I roundtable, Supreme Court Law Clerks' Recollections of Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 2005

"Segregation in South Carolina"
a presentation by Ophelia DeLaine Gona

Post-Journal 05/18/05  Daughter Of Civil Rights Leader Speaks On Inequality

April 24, May 1, May 15

Brown v. Board of Education film series

April 24 — Separate But Equal (part 1)
May 1 — Separate But Equal (part 2)

Host: Justice Joseph Gerace,
Supreme Court, State of New York

May 15 — Brown Revisited
The event is a Time Warner Cable/Robert H. Jackson Center joint production prepared as “a contribution of time and talent” by Time Warner Cable 8 News reporters Casey Bortnick and Brooke Buesink

May 4, 2005

Observance of Law Day
The American Jury:  We the People in Action

Guest speaker:  Justice Joseph Gerace
Director:  Bob Terreberry

The American Bar Association's Law Day homepage

Previous Law Days at the Jackson Center: 
2004, 2003, 2002

Post-Journal 04/27/05 Law Day To Honor Former Volunteer
Post-Journal 05/05/05 Law Day Shows Students Process, Honors Volunteer

May 2005

A 50th Anniversary Reconsideration of Brown v. Board of Education II (1955) co-sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society

Post-Journal 04/20/05  Jackson Center To Commemorate Brown v. Board Of Education II

Watch the April 29, 2004 roundtable discussion with the Brown sisters at the Chautauqua Institution (streaming video)

Post-Journal April 29, 2004  Sisters Call On Youth To Carry On Legacy

April 6, 2005

The New York State Bar Association's Law, Youth and Citizenship Program and the Jackson Center co-sponsored a New York State student book review contest on Jerry Spinelli's Milkweed.  The event included appearances by author Jerry Spinelli and Holocaust survivor Dr. Helen Fagin. 

Read the winning essays:

Post-Journal articles:

Other links & documents:
Dr. Fagin's bio at the Florida Holocaust Museum (scroll down)
Jerry Spinelli's home page
Event Announcement / Brochure
Teacher's Guide
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Days of Remembrance

Feb.15, 2005

The Supreme Court Historical Society and the Jackson Center co-sponsored Senator Christopher Dodd's Nuremberg lecture at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Professor John Q. Barrett's introductory remarks:
From Justice Jackson to Thomas J. Dodd to Nuremberg

Senator Christopher J. Dodd's lecture:
Prosecuting the Peace of the World:  The Experiences of Thomas J . Dodd at the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-46.

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