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Holocaust Museum to host ABA project, dedicate courtroom exhibit

The Virginia Holocaust Museum will dedicate its Nuremberg Courtroom Exhibit Thursday, May 1, as part of a Rule of Law Conference at the museum.

The conference, organized under the auspices of the American Bar Association World Justice Project, will begin at 9 a.m. with remarks by Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and Virginia Chief Justice Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr.

ABA President William H. Neukom will describe the World Justice Project, and his remarks will be followed by a series of breakout sessions on 12 broad topics, including the arts, business professions, religion, education, government, health care and public safety.

The conference will adjourn at 12:15 and will be followed by the Richmond Bar Association’s Law Day luncheon in the museum’s auditorium. Virginia Supreme Court Justice Donald W. Lemons will be the speaker.

A holocaust remembrance service will be held at 4:30 p.m. followed by the dedication of the exhibit with a talk by Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Eli M. Rosenbaum, director of the U.S. Justice Department’s office of special investigations will receive the Rule of Law award presented jointly by the museum and the Virginia Bar Association. The VBA was a major contributor to the courtroom exhibit and assists in programming related to it.

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