Robert H. Jackson is one of Albany Law School’s most esteemed graduates in its 160 year history.

In 2012 we will celebrate Justice Jackson’s Centennial anniversary since attending—and graduating—Albany Law School as a member of the Class of 1912.

To celebrate Jackson’s Centennial, the Law School will will host a variety of activities that include a series of talks from prominent experts on Jackson, civil rights, international human rights and other areas of law marked by Jackson’s decisions; the Justice Jackson lecture; and a student writing contest with cash prizes.

Events to date for the 2012 spring semester are listed below.

"Jackson in Albany"
Feb. 2, 2012, 5 p.m. | Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom 
The year of events will kick off with a panel discussion on Jackson's Albany experience. Speakers will include:

Victoria A. Graffeo '77, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, will set the stage by describing legal education, and specifically the Albany Law School experience, in 1912.

Professor John Q. Barrett, St. John's University School of Law and Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow at the Robert H. Jackson Center, will talk about Jackson's time in Albany.

Paul Grondahl, Albany historian, book author and Times Union reporter, will talk about life in Albany in 1912.

Movie Night
Feb. 22, 2012, 5 p.m.
Nuremberg, starring Alec Baldwin as Justice Jackson
With an intermission for pizza, popcorn and other refreshments

Hosted by the Student Bar Association

March 15, 2012
Papers are due for the cash-prize Justice Robert H. Jackson Centennial Student Writing Competition. 

April 12-14, 2012
Africa and International Law: Taking Stock and Moving Forward,
featuring the annual Justice Jackson Lecture

Justice Jackson Lecture
Thursday, April 12, 2012, 4 p.m. | Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom
Speaker: Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague 

Speakers for the larger conference will include:

• Judge Abdul Koroma (Sierra Leone), International Court of Justice, The Hague 
• Dr. Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya
• Adama Dieng, Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal

Albany Law School would like to thank the following for their support:
Albany Institute of History & Art
Robert H. Jackson Center
Scheiberling, Rogan & Maney