On June 10, 2026, Professor John Q. Barrett lectured in a Bar Association of Erie County program, Our System of Justice on the Precipice, held in the Ceremonial Courtroom in Old Erie County Hall in Buffalo, NY.
Moderated by Hon. Eugene Fahey of the New York Court of Appeals (ret.), the program featured:
- Professor Barrett’s lecture, Buffalo’s Robert H. Jackson and the Rule of Law, Eighty Years Since the Nuremberg Trial
- Former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor David V. Harbach, II, now a partner in Heaphy Smith Harbach & Windom, LLP in Washington, D.C., speaking on Personnel at the Department of Justice: Recent Trends and Outlook
- Former House January 6th Committee chief investigative counsel and former U.S. Attorney (W.D.Va.) Timothy J. Heaphy, also now at Heaphy Smith Harbach & Windom, speaking on Charlottesville & January 6th: What They Have in Common, and What They Say About America
- Remarks by Michael A. Battle, former U.S. Attorney (W.D.N.Y.) and former Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, DOJ
- Remarks by Denise O’Donnell, former U.S. Attorney (W.D.N.Y.) and former Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, DOJ
- Panelist discussion and audience Q&A
