LOS ANGELES – The Center for the Study of Law & Genocide (CSLG) at LMU Loyola Law School will host the symposium, “When It Can’t Happen Here: Genocide in an Age of Nationalism,” from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28. To be held on the law school’s downtown L.A. campus, the event will feature keynote Benjamin Ferencz, chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials.
The day will begin with “Understanding the Relationship Between Nationalism and Genocide: When Does It Happen Here?” The panelists will include Elizabeth Drummond, associate professor and chair of history at LMU; Richard Hirschhaut, regional director, American Jewish Committee L.A.; and Ann Strimov Durbin, director of advocacy and grantmaking, Jewish World Watch. It will be moderated by Michael Bazyler, 1939 Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Fowler School of Law, Chapman University.
The lunchtime keynote speaker will be Benjamin Ferencz, chief prosecutor in Nuremberg on the trial of the 22 SS defendants in charge of the Nazi killing squads responsible for the murder of more than 1,000,0000 Jewish, Gypsy, Soviet and other men, women and children in the captured German territories of the U.S.S.R. He will be introduced by Professor Stan Goldman, director of the Center for the Study of Genocide Law. Goldman will also discuss his recent book, “Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream: The Bargain That Broke Adolf Hitler and Saved My Mother.”
The event will conclude with the screening the documentary, “Elder Voices: Stories for These Times.” A new film from Academy Award winner David Goodman, it tells the stories of Japanese-Americans, European Jew, and conscientious objectors who came of age during the Great
Depression and World War II.
The event will be held on Loyola Law School’s campus at 919 Albany St., Los Angeles, CA 90015.
About the Center for the Study of Law & Genocide (CSLG)
The CSLG couples research and practical advocacy to help victims of genocide achieve justice. Founded in 2007, it aims to promote legal scholarship on genocide and mass violations of human rights with a particular focus on improving and making more accessible and effective legal resources and remedies both in the U.S. and internationally. It also seeks to train current and future legal practitioners on using existing remedies to help victims of genocide and mass violations of human rights achieve a measure of justice. Learn more on the CSLG website.
About LMU Loyola Law School
Located on an award-winning Frank Gehry-designed campus in downtown Los Angeles, Loyola Law School is home to prominent faculty, dedicated students and cutting-edge programs. The law school strives to instill in students the knowledge they need to excel on their chosen paths. It dedicates itself to preparing students for the rigors of practice with an extensive portfolio of practical-training opportunities, a 18,000-strong alumni network and a focus on social justice. Learn more at: www.lls.edu.