Thursday, November 20: 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials

Join the Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center and Human Rights Center on Thursday, November 20, for an open house and display commemorating the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Nuremberg Trials on November 20, 1945. 

The open house and display will feature material from the Center's archives related to St. Paul native Horace Hansen, a lead prosecutor at the Dachau Trials, as well as information about Minnesota legal professionals with connections to the Nuremberg trials.

Bagged snacks and drinks will be provided.

What: 80th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials Open House

Where: Riesenfeld Rare Books Research Center, N30*

When: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, November 20

* The Center is located on the Subplaza, past Legal Grounds Cafe.

Tuesday, November 11: Law Library Movie Night!

All are invited to the Law Library and Riesenfeld Center's fall 2025 Movie Night, on Tuesday, November 11, from 3:30 to 6 p.m.!

Enjoy pizza, popcorn, candy and pop, and an evening of classic cinema, featuring Inherit the Wind (1960)! 

What: Inherit the Wind (1960), 

When: 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 11

Where: Room 20 (subplaza) 

There will be a short quiz for two Law School sweatshirt prizes afterwards, and brief discussion of the movie's fidelity to the trial.

Inherit the Wind (1960) brought The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes (1925) to cinematic life, portraying the battle between Darwinian evolution and creationism in a form that captured the fireworks of the landmark courtroom showdown between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan.   

Don’t miss this memorable film that (sometimes with inadvertent, campy humor) fictionalized the trial that shook a nation.

The screening is part of the Library and Riesenfeld Center's commemorations of the Scopes Trial and its yearlong exhibit currently open in the Riesenfeld Center.