2007 Events
2007 Events
Calendar News & Events
December 1, 2007
Holocaust Survivor Speaks at Jackson Center
On Saturday, Dec. 1, Holocaust survivor Joe Diamond spoke at 3 p.m. in the Carl Cappa Theater of the Robert H. Jackson Center. Rabbi Allen Podet of Congregation Hesed Abraham and Gregory Peterson, Esq., Jackson Center board chairman, also spoke at this event. A question and answer session followed their presentation. The event was hosted by Congregation Hesed Abraham and was open to the public free of charge. Light refreshments were served following the presentation.
Post-Journal article
Post-Journal report "To Hell and Back"
November 8–9, 2007
Minneapolis Presentations
Gregory L. Peterson, Jackson Center Board president, was in Minneapolis, Minn., to present "The Trials at Nuremberg and the Legacy of Robert Jackson" at the Dr. Harold C. Deutsch World War II History Round Table and "From Nuremberg to The Hague" to the St. Paul-Minneapolis Committee on Foreign Relations. His presentations included the trials, Jackson's conduct of the trials and the impact of Nuremberg on international war crimes trials today.
October 30, 2007
Roger M. Adelman
Roger M. Adelman, who served as chief prosecutor in the trial of John Hinckley Jr., presented "The Federal Insanity Defense: The Lessons Learned from the Trial of John Hinckley" at 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 30, in the Jackson Center's Carl Cappa Theater. This event was open to the public free of charge.
Mr. Adelman received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout his legal career he as been both a prosecutor and a defense attorney and has handled a number of significant civil and criminal cases including, most notably, the trial of John Hinckley Jr.
As a solo practicioner since 1997, Adelman concentrates on civil and criminal trial, white collar crime, professional and medical malpractice and complex litigation cases.
This event was co-sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Inns of Court.
Post-Journal report "Hinckley Prosecutor Discusses Changes To Insanity Defense"
October 25, 2007
Continuing Legal Education Seminar and Luncheon
The Robert H. Jackson Center hosted What’s Up Doc? on Thursday, October 25th. Registration began at 8:30 a.m. at the Jackson Center.The keynote speaker was Robert O. Swados, Esq., original attorney for The Buffalo Sabres, and author of the book Counsel in the Crease. A signed copy of the book was given to the first one hundred registered attendees.
This seminar and luncheon were provided at no cost to attendees.
Program brochure and registration information
October 22, 2007
Bratton Begins Duties as Executive Director of Jackson Center
Adam C. Bratton officially began his duties as executive director of the Jackson Center on October 22. The former Jamestown resident returned to his hometown from a post at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.“We are very pleased Adam has joined our team at the Jackson Center,” stated Robert H. Jackson Center Board Chairman Greg Peterson. “Adam has the experience, drive, and, most importantly, passion for our mission that we believe will take this organization into the future. I know his service will compliment the foundation that his father, Dan Bratton, Betty Lenna, Carl Cappa, the Gebbie Foundation and others before him helped build at the Jackson Center.”
Jackson Center News Release
The Post-Journal Article
October 11, 2007
2007 Syracuse Symposium
Jackson Center Board president Gregory L. Peterson moderated a conversation between Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor and former Nuremberg prosecutor Henry T. King Jr. and Syracuse University College of Law Professor David Crane as part of the Syracuse University Lectures series and 2007 Syracuse Symposium. The conversation, "Judgment of Nuremberg in Today's World,” took place at Hendricks Chapel.
September 28, 2007
To Prevent and to Punish: An International Conference in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Negotiation of the Genocide Convention
The Robert H. Jackson Center and the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center presented To Prevent and to Punish: An International Conference in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Negotiation of the Genocide Convention, on Friday, September 28, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.As an outgrowth of Robert Jackson's work at Nuremberg, sixty years ago, Raphael Lemkin, working with the U.N. Secretariat legal staff, completed the first draft of the Genocide Convention, launching the intense negotiations that would conclude in the U.N.’s adoption of the Convention in December 1948.
Today, the Genocide Convention has 137 parties, and after years of dormancy, the Convention has become an important legal tool in the international effort to end impunity for the worst crime known to humankind. The past year alone has witnessed important cases based on the Genocide Convention before the International Court of Justice, the ad hoc international criminal tribunals, and the domestic courts of several countries.
To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the negotiation of the Genocide Convention, the Robert H. Jackson Center and the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University hosted a major international symposium featuring two-dozen of the world’s leading academic experts, high level government officials, and most distinguished jurists and practitioners in the field.
Speakers included: Juan E. Méndez, former U.N. Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, President, International Center for Transitional Justice; Robert Petit, Co-Prosecutor of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia; Hon. Ra’ad Juhi, former Chief Investigative Judge, Iraqi High Tribunal (making his first public appearance in the United States); Fabricio Guariglia, Senior Appeals Counsel of the International Criminal Court; Mischa Wladimiroff, Defense Counsel for Slobodan Milosevic; Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the International Bar Association; and former Nuremberg Prosecutors -- Henry King, Whitney Harris, and Ben Ferencz.
For more information
August 28–30, 2007
International Humanitarian Law Dialogs
The Laws of War: Past, Present, and Future
Current and past chief prosecutors of the international criminal tribunals, together with their colleagues from Nuremberg, gathered for a unique two days of discussions about the laws of war. The meeting was convened in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Hague Rules of 1907, the cornerstone of the laws regulating armed conflict today. Set in the pristine setting of the Chautauqua Institution, this gathering allowed the participants, their guests, and the public to contemplate lessons learned and future developments involving the laws of war in a roundtable setting, moderated by leading international criminal law experts.
Sponsoring organizations included the American Society of International Law; the Chautauqua Institution; Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law; the Robert H. Jackson Center; and Syracuse University Law School.
David M. Crane, SCSL; Sir Desmond DeSilva, SCSL; Whitney Harris, IMT, Nuremberg; Hassan Jallow, ICTR; Henry King, IMT, Nuremberg; Luis Moreno-Ocampo, ICC; Robert Petit, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia; Stephen Rapp, SCSL; and David Tolbert, ICTY participated.
The prosecutors issued a joint declaration at the end of the public sessions. The Chautauqua Declaration
Read Washington Post's Foreign Service Reporter Nora Boustany's "War Crime Prosecutors Issue Call for Action"
Read Post-Journal Reporter Luke Anderson's "Jackson Center Conference Trumpets Rule of Law"
Read Post-Journal Reporter Luke Anderson's "Promises for a Peaceful Future"
See event flyer for additional information.
ASIL link for this event.
Other international law links of interest
Post-Journal article
International Law Profiles
August 9, 2007
Sandra Day O'Connor honored at Jackson Center
July 9, 2007
Seth P. Waxman
Seth P. Waxman, former U.S. Solicitor General delivered the Chautauqua Institution's third annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States at 4 p.m. Monday, July 9, at the Hall of Philosophy, Chautauqua Institution.
Seth P. Waxman biographical information.
June 19 & 20, 2007
Aaron Beckwith
Aaron Beckwith's Emmy Award-winning Follow the North Star film about the Underground Railroad was viewed by local students in the Jackson Center's Carl Cappa Theater on Tuesday, June 19 and Wednesday, June 20.
The film produced by ABC more than 25 years ago is a Civil War-era film about a young slave boy and a friend who escape from the South and travel north to gain freedom, guided by the North Star.
The film, which is geared to students in grades 3–6, was shown each day at 9:30 a.m.
Read Post-Journal article "Award-Winning Producer to Present Program at Jackson Center"
June 11, 2007
“France, Nuremberg and the present International Criminal Tribunals”
Yves Beigbeder, who served as law clerk to French Judge H. Donnedieu de Vabres at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg (1945–46), spoke at the Jackson Center's Carl Cappa Theater at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, June 11.
Mr. Beigbeder is the only surviving member of the French court personnel at the Nuremberg Trial where Robert H. Jackson headed the American prosecution. He is an attorney and adjunct professor on international organization. He is the author of more than 25 books and articles including his most recent book Judging War Crimes and Torture, French Justice and International Criminal Tribunals and Commissions, 1940–2005, which includes a chapter on the Nuremberg Tribunal.
Read Robert W. Plyer's Critical Eye column A Different Point of View
Read The Post-Journal's June 12, 2007 report Nuremberg Law Clerk Speaks at Jackson Center
May 16, 2007
Roundtable Discussion with 1951-52 U.S. Supreme Court Law Clerks
Focusing on the Steel Seizure Cases and other notable decisions and aspects of the Supreme Court’s October Term 1951, this roundtable discussion with 1951-52 U.S. Supreme Court Law Clerks was held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at Chautauqua Institution's Lenna Hall. Participants included attorneys Charles C. Hileman III, Judge Abner J. Mikva, James C.N. Paul, Neal P. Rutledge and Marshall L. Small. This roundtable, which was moderated by Professors John Q. Barrett of St. John’s University and Ken Gormley of Duquesne University, was co-sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society.
Biographies of the participants
Read Joshua Korman's Primer Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
Read Robert W. Plyler's Critical Eye column History-making People
Read Jackson Center News Release
Read The Post-Journal's May 15 article.
Read The Post-Journal's May 17 report.
May 2, 2007
Law Day
Retired New York State Supreme Court Justice Joseph C. Gerace will preside over an interactive mock trial from 9:30–11 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at the Jackson Center. Co-sponsored by the Jackson Center and the Jamestown Bar Association, this program is geared to 11th grade students.
This studio presentation, which will be recorded for future use, offers students a unique opportunity to learn about the U.S. judicial system. Contact Carol Drake at 716.483.6646 or by email to reserve seating for this free event.
Post-Journal report
April 17–18, 2007
Christopher Paul Curtis
The Robert H. Jackson Center and the Law, Youth and Citizenship Program of the New York State Bar Association are jointly sponsoring a statewide book review contest for seventh and eighth graders based on the Christopher Paul Curtis book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963.
Three statewide winners and one local winner will be invited to the Jackson Center to meet Mr. Curtis on April 17 at a 6:00 p.m. lasagna dinner and 7 p.m. public program featuring Vivian Taylor, George Lawn and Rolland Kidder, who will share their early 1960s civil rights movement experiences. The dinner, which is open to the public, costs $8 per person. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Jackson Center at 483-6646.
On April 18, Mr. Curtis will speak to local students, discussing desegregation, diversity and civil rights law.
Enrollment form and instructions
Newspaper In Education (NIE) Teachers’ Guide
Visit the Brown v. Board Website, which is the culmination of a project in 2005, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and minority Bar associations.
Law, Youth and Citizenship Website
Press releases
Read Statewide Book Review Award Recipients' Entries
Sarah B., Cortney L., Danielle S.
Read Chautauqua County Book Review Award Recipient's Entry
Sloane T.
Area Civil Rights Leaders Take Stage At Jackson Center
Read Post-Journal coverage of Wednesday's event
Newbery Award-Winning Author Speaks To Area Youth
March 26, 2007
James Meredith
James Meredith, the first African-American to gain admission to the University of Mississippi and an important civil rights activist, will mark the 45th anniversary of his entrance into the University with an appearance at the Robert H. Jackson Center. This event will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 26, 2007 in the Jackson Center's Carl Cappa Theater. Mr. Meredith's presentation will be followed by a question and answer session conducted by the Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell, Chair of the Department of Religion at the Chautauqua Institution and Benjamin Davis, Professor of Law at the University of Toledo.
Deadly Riots at Ol' Miss YouTube Video Posting
Read Post-Journal article
Read Robert W. Plyler's column
Read March 26, 2007 Post-Journal article
Read March 27, 2007 Post-Journal article
Read Meredith's speech History of the Black/White Issue in the United States (PDF)
February 12, 2007
Henry King, Jr. Marks Jackson's 115th Birthday at Warren, Pa. Observance
The eve of Robert H. Jackson's 115th birthday was observed on Monday, February 12, 2007 at the Warren County, Pa., courthouse with an evening lecture by Professor Henry T. King, Jr. This event, co-sponsored by the Warren County Historical Society and the Jackson Center, was the inaugural observance of Robert H. Jackson Day in Warren County, Jackson's birthplace. King, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University, was a Nuremberg prosecutor, arriving during 1946 while Jackson was prosecuting the international case and then serving as a trial prosecutor during the subsequent American prosecutions. Prior to the lecture, Professor King was the guest of honor at a reception at the Crary Art Gallery hosted by Sandra Rothenberg and Margaret Morgan.To read Professor King's lecture, click here.