*UPDATE! This year we are inviting the public to a pre-event reception at the nearby Crary Art Gallery starting at 5:30 p.m. Please let us know if you plan to attend.*
The Robert H. Jackson Center is proud to present the 2026 Jackson Day in Warren program, celebrating the life and legacy of Robert H. Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Nuremberg chief prosecutor, and native of Warren County.
This year’s featured speaker is The Honorable Joy Flowers Conti, Senior District Judge for the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Judge Conti has had a trailblazing career in law and public service, serving as the 49th commissioned judge of the court.
Born in Kane, Pennsylvania, Judge Conti is a graduate of Duquesne University and Duquesne University School of Law, where she earned her J.D. summa cum laude and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Duquesne Law Review. She went on to become the first woman attorney hired by Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchinson, and later built a distinguished career as a law professor, private practitioner, and ultimately federal judge.
Judge Conti’s professional contributions include leadership roles in the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. She has been widely recognized for her service and leadership, receiving honors such as the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Anne X. Alpern Award, the YWCA Tribute to Women Award, and the Pennsylvania Legal Services Outstanding Leadership Award.
Her judicial service and decades of leadership in the legal profession reflect the very qualities of justice, fairness, and civic responsibility that Robert H. Jackson championed throughout his career.
Join us in Warren, at the County Courthouse, as we honor Jackson’s enduring legacy and hear Judge Conti reflect on her journey in the law and the continuing importance of justice in American society.
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The Robert H. Jackson Center is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization that is dedicated to presenting accurate and balanced information about complex issues. The opinions expressed by various guest speakers, panelists, and authors do not necessarily reflect the views of the Center, its Board, and supporters.
The Center fulfills its educational mission by welcoming diverse views and by providing a forum to explore a wide range of perspectives on often controversial legal and public policy issues. While we make an effort to ensure the information we provide is accurate and balanced, we welcome your comments, suggestions, or correction of any factual errors.
Since 2001, the Robert H. Jackson Center has preserved the values embodied in the life and works of Robert H. Jackson, who served as U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Chief U.S. Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Through programs, presentations, exhibits, media, internships, and scholarship, the Center seeks to demonstrate to current and future generations the relevance and applicability of Justice Jackson’s ideas and writings. The Center provides educational content on the United States Constitution and Supreme Court, civil rights, the legacy of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and international human rights, and the rule of law. During his illustrious career, Justice Jackson addressed these subjects, and the Center recognizes his thinking remains relevant today.
