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May 21, 2019 at 8:40am

2019 Spring CLE: “The Fall of the Buffalo Mob”

The Robert H. Jackson Center is pleased to announce the 2019 Spring Continuing Legal Education Seminar:"The Fall of the Buffalo Mob"on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 beginning at 8:40am at the Jackson Center.  The public is welcome to attend this free event.  Advanced registration is required for the luncheon online or by telephone at (716) 483-6646.

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June 19, 2019 at 9:00am

Living Voices: “Through the Eyes of a Friend” and “New American”

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15th Annual Young Readers Winning Essays

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Robert H. Jackson Center names Kristan McMahon President

The Robert H. Jackson Center envisions a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness and justice prevail.

JACKSON CENTER EVENTS

EXHIBITS AT THE JACKSON CENTER

Current Exhibit: “A Loaded Weapon” – Photographic Perspectives on U.S. Internment Camps Of WW II

“A Loaded Weapon: Photographic Perspectives on the Japanese American Internment Camps of World War II."  This exhibit is part of the Jackson Center’s ongoing series of rotating exhibits exploring current events and challenges through the lens of Justice Jackson’s life and work.

Featured Lesson Plan

Checks & Balances- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer

Two 40 minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes including references to the DVD, Liberty Under Law, The Robert H. Jackson Story, websites, and student readings.

 

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Justice at Nuremberg

Four 40-minute lessons for Grade 11: United States History and Government classes complete with websites, handouts and suggested video clips from the DVD, Liberty Under Law: The Robert H. Jackson Story....

This Day in Nuremberg

von Schirach I

On May 23, 1946, Dr. Fritz Sauter called his witness defendant Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth Leader, to the stand. You hear the testimony through an english translator. Following the direct examination is the cross examination conducted by Thomas Dodd, Deputy U.S.Prosecutor. Read More

We do not feel that due process of law should be construed to mean that non-resident traders shall be at liberty to seek our markets and to avoid our courts. While we are properly prohibited from seizing a defendant who has not submitted itself in some manner to our jurisdiction, we should not be compelled to banish a citizen plaintiff to an alien jurisdiction that he has never submitted himself to in order that he may pursue a cause of action arising here.

Jamestown, NY Lawyer Robert H. Jackson. New York Law Review, 1927.