Featured Event
Free Expression & the Scope of the First Amendment: A Conversation with Floyd Abrams, Esq.
October 10, 2017 at 8:00am
Join us on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 from 8:30 am – 2:00 pm for an exciting continuing legal education seminar! Registration deadline is 10.3.17
October 2017
Free Expression & the Scope of the First Amendment: A Conversation with Floyd Abrams, Esq.
Join us on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 from 8:30 am – 2:00 pm for an exciting continuing legal education seminar! Registration deadline is 10.3.17
October 10, 2017 at 8:00am
September 2017
An Inside View: Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division Fourth Judicial Department
Continuing Legal Education Seminar 9/27/17 Registration deadline 9/20/17
September 27, 2017 at 1:00pm
“Meet Bob Jackson” Dramatization
On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm, the Robert H. Jackson Center will welcome the public to a ‘theatrical happening’ at 305 E. 4th Street in Jamestown, NY.
September 19, 2017 at 5:00pm
August 2017
Opening of the 11th Annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogues
On Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 7:00 pm, the Robert H. Jackson Center will open the 11th Annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogues, entitled "Changing Times: New Opportunities for International Justice and Accountability." The opening program will be at the Jackson Center, in its Cappa Theatre, at 305 East 4th Street in Jamestown, NY. Admission is free for this unique, dynamic program. Donations are welcome and appreciated.
August 27, 2017 at 7:00pm
13th Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States
The Honorable Jon O. Newman is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He assumed senior status in 1997. At the time of his appointment in 1979, he was a United States District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut. Judge Newman was Chief Judge from 1993 to 1997. Judge Newman will give the 13th Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States. Chautauqua Institution’s Robert H. Jackson Lecture, delivered each summer after the completion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, is a prominent expert’s take on the Court, the Justices, major decisions and related developments, trends and issues. The program is presented in partnership with the Robert H. Jackson Center.
August 16, 2017 at 4:00pm
RHJC Benefit-The Priceless Art of Free Expression
A Gala Art Exhibition and Auction to benefit the Robert H. Jackson Center.
August 6, 2017 at 5:00pm
June 2017
How “Far Gone” Are We Now? Immigration, Security, & American Values, from Justice Jackson’s Time to Our Own
“Congress has ample power to determine whom we will admit to our shores and by what means it will effectuate its exclusion policy. The only limitation is that it may not do so by authorizing United States officers to take without due process of law the life, the liberty or the property of an alien who has come within our jurisdiction; and that means he must meet a fair hearing with fair notice of the charges. It is inconceivable to me that this measure of simple justice and fair dealing would menace the security of this country. No one can make me believe that we are that far gone.”
Justice Robert H. Jackson, dissenting in Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration & Naturalization v. United States ex rel. Ignatz Mezei, March 16, 1953
June 23, 2017 at 10:00am
Living Voices-“Through the Eyes of A Friend” and “New American”
On June 14th and 15th, 2017 The Robert H. Jackson Center brings Living Voices to the Jackson Center. Living Voices creates dynamic interactive multi-media performances to bring life to history. Historical film footage and photographs, blended with audio and presented in synchronization with a solo actor, gives the audience a chance to experience how the world looked, sounded and felt during a significant time in history. Students in grades 3-7 are invited to view the performances at the Center.
June 14, 2017 at 9:00am
May 2017
RHJ Center Hosts All 6 Chautauqua County Executives
Our featured guests served as Chautauqua County Executive for the following terms: the Hon. Joseph Gerace served January 1, 1975 - May 10, 1983; John A. Glenzer served November 25, 1983 - December 31, 1989; Andrew W. Goodell served January 1, 1990 - December 31, 1997; Mark W. Thomas served January 1, 1998 - December 31, 2005; Gregory J. Edwards served January 1, 2006 - November 15, 2013; and Vincent W. Horrigan began his current term in January 1, 2014. This event is made possible, in part, through the generosity of the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency and Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.
May 30, 2017 at 5:00pm
2017 Young Readers Program with Carlotta Walls LaNier
Carlotta Walls LaNier, author of "A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School" is the Robert H. Jackson Center's 2017 Young Readers speaker.