"Lawyers Without Rights" exhibit, depicting fate of Jewish lawyers in Nazi Germany, comes to UNM Law School
January 20, 2017 - Tamara Williams
Reception and talk on Tuesday, February 7 from 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Exhibition Sponsors
American Bar Association
German Federal Bar
The Holocaust and Intolerance Museum of New Mexico
New Mexico Black Lawyers Association
UNM School of Law
Reception Sponsor
Aleli & Brian Colón
The University of New Mexico School of Law will host the highly acclaimed international exhibit, “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich” from Tuesday, February 7, 2017 through March 11, 2017 pm in the Forum at the Law School, located at 1117 Stanford NE.
Jewish lawyers in Nazi Germany were one of the first populations to be targeted by the regime. While a sizable group emigrated, others went into hiding, ended up in jail, or worked in concentration camps. The fate of those judges and lawyers are highlighted in this exhibit.
The Law School is launching the exhibit with a reception and a talk on Tuesday, February 7 from 5:00 – 6:30 pm in the Forum at the Law School.
At 5:30 pm, Regents Professor Sherri Burr will present, “Defining Others to Justify Abolishing Legal and Human Rights: Parallels between Jews in Nazi Germany and Free Blacks in Colonial Virginia.”
Four hundred years of history reveal an ongoing tendency of those who seize power with evil intent to define groups as others, target them, and systematically reduce or eliminate their legal and human rights. Burr posits that we must study what happened to other groups in order to avoid making the same mistakes now and into the future.
The program is free and open to the public. This program has been approved by the New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 General hours of credit. Free parking is available in the Law School “L” parking lot.
“Lawyers Without Rights” will be available for viewing at the UNM Law School through March 11, 2017. For UNM Law School building hours of operation and parking, see http://lawschool.unm.edu/about/building-hours.php.
