LIVE ZOOM: Book Discussion: Lawyers Without Rights, The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin After 1933
Tuesday, April 22, 2025: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Please join the LA Law Library book discussion group for this very special discussion of Simone Ladwig-Winters Lawyers Without Rights: The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin After 1933*, edited by Bill Choyke, LWR Coordinator at the American Bar Association. The LALL is also hosting a display of the ABA travelling exhibit Lawyers Without Rights in the Main library through July 2025.
Professor John Q. Barrett of St. John’s University School of Law will co-facilitate the discussion.
“As the rule of law comes under attack today in both developed and Third World countries, Lawyers Without Rights tragically portrays what can happen when the just rule of law disappears – replaced by an arbitrary rule of law that sweeps aside the rights and dignity of selected populations. The story of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Berlin and all of Germany is more than a historical footnote; it is a wake-up call that a system of justice free of improper political considerations remains fragile and should never be taken for granted.” Amer. Bar. Assoc. https://tinyurl.com/3uuvujjs
About John Q. Barrett:
- Benjamin N. Cardozo Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law
- Fellow at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York. Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954) was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Chief Prosecutor of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. Barrett is also the originator of The Jackson List https://thejacksonlist.com/
- Graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School, former U.S. government attorney and investigator and regular lecturer and commentator on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Robert H. Jackson, Nuremberg and other historical and legal topics.
*The American Bar Association is generously offering a 50% discount on the book. Use promo code LWRLA50 through August 1, 2025. Lawyers Without Rights: The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933
Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Collections
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