Justice at Home

"It may not be ours to seek out the beauties of new country or organize a municipality; it may not be for us to sweep an ancient people from power or to labor upon the outposts of civilization. But it is for us to rescue nature’s endowment from the hand of the despoiler and deliver her beauty from the blight of avarice." 

-Robert H. Jackson, An Unappreciated Heritage

Welcome to Justice at Home, a special edition newsletter from the Robert H. Jackson Center that hits your inbox every three weeks with updates on our virtual programming, lesson plans and lectures, and interesting finds from our digital archives. 

If you enjoy this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and share it on your social media pages. Make sure to tag us (@roberthjacksoncenter) and use the hashtag #JusticeatHome.

Tea Time with the Jackson Center 

Tea Time with the Jackson Center takes both a look back at Jackson's place in history and a look forward showing how his legacy influences current events and contributes to our discussions today. Our 2021 programming theme is The Work Left to Do, and within that theme, we'll explore a different focus each month. In the first Tea of the month, we will look at a topic from a broader perspective to understand the universal and legal challenges. For the second Tea of the month, we will speak with those doing the work to educate and/or advance change so we can understand the continuing challenges and how we can contribute in our own communities. For the month of March our theme is environmental justice.

If you have a Facebook account, follow RHJC's page and Kristan's page. You can interact with us and ask questions of our guests by commenting on the video during the live stream. If you don't have a Facebook account, you can still watch the Teas on the Center's public Facebook page.

Our February Teas focused on women's rights, featuring experts from Equality Now and United WE's President and CEO Wendy Doyle. Find our discussions with Equality Now here and our latest Tea with Wendy Doyle here.

Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, and share the videos with your family and friends on social media using the hashtag #TeawithRHJC.

Valuing Water

On April 18, 2018, the Robert H. Jackson Center hosted a seminar entitled "Valuing Water: A New Deal For the Environment." It was moderated by Jackson's granddaughter and Center Board member Julia Craighill (Ensight Consulting) and included Prof. Kim Diana Connolly, University of Buffalo Law School; Dr. Michael Shelly, University at Buffalo, RENEW Institute; and Lee Willbanks, Executive Director of Save The River. Watch the entire program on our YouTube channel by clicking on the above video.

Coming Up at the Jackson Center

Thursday, March 11th & 25th at 3pm: Tea Time with the Jackson Center

The Week of March 8: Nuremberg Trial Audio and Video Resource Page Premiere

We currently are in the 75th anniversary year of the international Nuremberg trial, following World War II, of the leading Nazi war criminals. By appointment of President Truman, U.S, Supreme Court associate justice Robert H. Jackson served as U.S. Chief of Counsel – the U.S. chief prosecutor – at Nuremberg. 

The Robert H. Jackson Center is making available newly organized audio and video recordings of the Nuremberg trial proceedings. This guide, featuring links to those recordings organized in chronological order, will be expanding on a regular basis. This resource page will premiere on the Jackson Center's website the week of March 8th.

Special thanks to Jackson Center co-founder Greg Peterson for compiling and editing this material, intern and law student Brielle Edborg for organizing the materials, and Jackson biographer, Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow and RHJC Board member John Q. Barrett for his guidance. 

Application Deadline Extended for our Teacher Fellow Week!

The Robert H. Jackson Center is accepting applications for its 2021 Teacher Fellow program. Educators will work with the Jackson Center Archives and local institutions to create meaningful and engaging educational experiences through the relevance of Justice Jackson’s body of work during an immersion week beginning July 19, 2021. Educators will be encouraged to empower and inspire students to discuss and reflect on the universal principles of equality, fairness, and justice. Please share this announcement with any educator you know who may be interested in this opportunity!

To be accepted into the program, educators must demonstrate excellence in the classroom and participation in community and professional organizations, as well as knowledge of the importance of Justice Jackson and his contributions to issues of civil liberty.  Fellows are invited to the Jackson Center, or may utilize a virtual platform. Find out more about the program and application process here. Applications are due by Monday, March 15, 2021. 

Intern with the Jackson Center

The Robert H. Jackson Center offers internships for college and graduate students as an integral part of its mission. The Jackson Center is seeking applicants who have declared majors in a variety of fields, including Communications, History, Political Science, Community and Justice Studies, Education, English, German, Russian, Pre-Law, Journalism, Marketing, Art History, Library Science, Museum Studies, Business, Management, or other liberal arts majors. Law students are also encouraged to apply. All students currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate school may apply, and students with a 3.00 G.P.A. or higher will be given priority. Please share this opportunity with any college or graduate students you know who may be interested!

Interns will work directly with their academic advisors and the staff of the Robert H. Jackson Center to determine their project. Projects will reflect the skills and interests of the intern and the needs of the Jackson Center – including research, web design, content creation for newsletters, blogs, webinars, podcasts, social media and the website, program development, videography, resource organization, and translation.

In the event that we are unable to host an on-site program, we are prepared to hold a virtual internship. The Robert H. Jackson Center does not provide housing. Previous interns have arranged for housing privately or through Jamestown Community College. We can facilitate those connections.

Program Highlights:

• A $1,000 stipend.
• Regular seminars with our academic advisor and the creation of a written project.
• Networking with leading experts, researchers, and educators through seminars and conferences, including practitioners of international humanitarian law, the leading Jackson biographer, and legal experts.
• Professional development activities, career mentoring, and social events.
• Community interaction – leading tours of the Jackson Center and participating in Center events.

Click here to find out more and to apply. Applications are due by Monday, March 15. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

From Jackson's Desk

Robert H. Jackson was a gifted orator and writer. Many of his articles and speech transcripts are housed on our website. We feature them in our weekly #TuesdayMotivation and #SundayQuote on the Jackson Center's social media pages. 

Jackson, then Assistant Attorney General to the United States, addressed an annual convention of the Eastern Association of College Deans and Advisers of Men in Atlantic City on November 27, 1937. In this speech, he showed amazing foresight into the environmental issues that would plague the world because of over industrialization. Speaking of his goals for college educated students, he said:

"I should like to have college ground them in the political issues of the future, to teach them, for instance, the tremendous implications in cheap electric power resources, or in the deterioration of our soil, and in the thousand other developments that vex or cheer us, and influence the kind of life we are going to lead on this continent. "

Read the entire address at our website here.

Jackson Listens to Senate Discuss Appointment as Solicitor General, 1938

This Month in Jackson History

March 5, 1938: Robert H. Jackson is named the U.S. Solicitor General.

March 8-22, 1946: The defense of Hermann Goering, the first to be presented. Robert H. Jackson cross-examines Goering as well as other witnesses presented as part of his defense, including Goering’s military adjutant Karl Bodenschatz, former Field Marshall Erhard Milch, and Field Marshall Albert Kesselring. 

March 30, 1954: Robert H. Jackson suffers massive heart attack and is hospitalized.

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Your generous support enables the Robert H. Jackson Center to flourish as a forum for civil conversations about issues of law, justice, and equality through the lens of Justice Jackson. Your gift supports our mission to envision a global society where the universal principles of equality, fairness and justice prevail. You can help keep the Robert H. Jackson Center strong by joining our Bench Circle of sustaining donors or with an annual gift to support our new and expanded online learning opportunities, exhibits, and year-round educational programs for all ages. Learn more about the educational programs we offer that are made possible through your support. Thank you!