“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

Research and Analysis


The Jackson Center has created an Advisory Committee to give guidance to the ongoing research and outreach activities of the Center. Its members consist of four distinguished attorneys whose lives were profoundly influenced by Justice Jackson.


John Q. Barrett, law professor at St. John's
University, speaking at an October 2001
Roundtable at the Jackson Center.

The Jackson Center’s Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellowship was established to support the work of an individual with expertise in the life and work of Robert H. Jackson.  The Jackson Center's Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow is Professor John Q. Barrett, law professor at St. John's University School of Law in New York City. Professor Barrett is currently working on biographies of Justice Jackson and has published many articles relating to Jackson and to events at the Jackson Center, including transcripts of the two Brown v. Board of Education commemorative roundtables held at the Center in 2004 and 2005.

The Eugene C. Gerhart Scholarship was established in 2005 to support the work of a year-long intern at the Jackson Center. The Gerhart Scholar for 2005-2006 is Eric A. Larson.

The Jackson Center also has a summer intern program that gives college students the opportunity to conduct historical research and work with the staff of the Jackson Center.