Justice Robert H. Jackson Lecture with Hon. J. Michelle Childs
This lecture is presented free of charge.
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Days & Times
9 a.m. Hawaii
10 a.m. Alaska
11 a.m. Pacific
12 p.m. Mountain
1 p.m. Central
2 p.m. Eastern
Duration: 60 minutes
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
This lecture is presented free of charge.
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Robert H. Jackson & the Justice Jackson Lecture Series
Robert Houghwout Jackson was born in 1892 on the same farm as his father and grandfather in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. He never attended college but went to Albany Law School for one year. He obtained most of his legal education under the old apprenticeship system as a law clerk and did not acquire a law degree until after he was named a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was awarded an honorary degree by Albany Law School.
Justice Jackson was invited by President Franklin Roosevelt to serve in the New Deal government, first as general counsel to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, later as solicitor general and attorney general. He took his seat as a justice of the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, 1941, and served until his death in 1954.
Robert Houghwout Jackson was born in 1892 on the same farm as his father and grandfather in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. He never attended college but went to Albany Law School for one year. He obtained most of his legal education under the old apprenticeship system as a law clerk and did not acquire a law degree until after he was named a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was awarded an honorary degree by Albany Law School.
Justice Jackson was invited by President Franklin Roosevelt to serve in the New Deal government, first as general counsel to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, later as solicitor general and attorney general. He took his seat as a justice of the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, 1941, and served until his death in 1954.
Justice Jackson is best remembered for his wisdom, vigorous decisions, and for his role as America’s chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg War Trials.
The decision to honor Justice Jackson with this lecture series was made by his friend and Supreme Court colleague Justice Tom C. Clark, one of the founders of The National Judicial College. Justice Jackson is best remembered for his wisdom, vigorous decisions, and for his role as America’s chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg War Trials.
The decision to honor Justice Jackson with this lecture series was made by his friend and Supreme Court colleague Justice Tom C. Clark, one of the founders of The National Judicial College.
This lecture is presented free of charge. $0
Hon. J. Michelle Childs
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Judge Childs has been a member of Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit since 2022. She previously served a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina beginning 2010 and was a finalist for the seat on the Supreme Court of the United States that ultimately went to Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
After a career in private legal practice that saw her become a partner in the law firm Nexsen Pruet (now Maynard Nexsen) in Columbia, South Carolina, she began her public service as deputy director for the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Division of Labor in 2000. In 2006, the South Carolina General Assembly elected her a state circuit court judge. During her time on the state bench, she served as chief administrative judge for General Sessions, which is South Carolina’s criminal court, and as chief administrative judge for the state’s business court.
She has been active in many local, state, and national bar and community organizations, including the Federal Judges Association (current president) and as a member of the American Bar Association’s Committee on the American Judicial System. She is former chair of the ABA’s Judicial Division.
Her academic degrees include a law degree and a master’s in personnel and employment relations from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Judicial Studies from the Duke University School of Law.
Sponsored by Thomson Reuters.
CLE is not available for this lecture.
Robert H. Jackson & the Justice Jackson Lecture Series
Robert Houghwout Jackson was born in 1892 on the same farm as his father and grandfather in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. He never attended college but went to Albany Law School for one year. He obtained most of his legal education under the old apprenticeship system as a law clerk and did not acquire a law degree until after he was named a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was awarded an honorary degree by Albany Law School.
Justice Jackson was invited by President Franklin Roosevelt to serve in the New Deal government, first as general counsel to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, later as solicitor general and attorney general. He took his seat as a justice of the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, 1941, and served until his death in 1954.
Robert Houghwout Jackson was born in 1892 on the same farm as his father and grandfather in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania. He never attended college but went to Albany Law School for one year. He obtained most of his legal education under the old apprenticeship system as a law clerk and did not acquire a law degree until after he was named a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was awarded an honorary degree by Albany Law School.
Justice Jackson was invited by President Franklin Roosevelt to serve in the New Deal government, first as general counsel to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, later as solicitor general and attorney general. He took his seat as a justice of the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, 1941, and served until his death in 1954.
Justice Jackson is best remembered for his wisdom, vigorous decisions, and for his role as America’s chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg War Trials.
The decision to honor Justice Jackson with this lecture series was made by his friend and Supreme Court colleague Justice Tom C. Clark, one of the founders of The National Judicial College. Justice Jackson is best remembered for his wisdom, vigorous decisions, and for his role as America’s chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg War Trials.
The decision to honor Justice Jackson with this lecture series was made by his friend and Supreme Court colleague Justice Tom C. Clark, one of the founders of The National Judicial College.