MEDIA ADVISORY: UND School of Law to host Gregory Gordon lecture on Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz
What: “Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor: Gregory Gordon on Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Law” — a public lecture and discussion centered on Gordon’s new biography of Benjamin B. Ferencz
Who: Gregory S. Gordon, Professor of Law at Peking University School of Transnational Law and former war crimes prosecutor
When: Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 from noon to 1 p.m.
Where: UND School of Law, Gerald W. VandeWalle Courtroom
Background:
The UND School of Law will host a talk by Gregory S. Gordon about Benjamin B. Ferencz, who at age 27 served as chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial — described at the time as “the biggest murder trial in history.”
Gordon will discuss Ferencz’s role in modern international criminal justice — from investigating and prosecuting Nazi war crimes after World War II to helping establish the International Criminal Court and securing restitution for Holocaust survivors.
The lecture will draw on Gordon’s research and unprecedented access to Ferencz’s personal papers, as detailed in his 2025 book, “Nuremberg’s Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice” (University of Virginia Press).
Gordon has worked as an attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and as a human rights prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Investigations. He currently advises Ukrainian prosecutors on Russian war crimes. In 2025, he received the World of Upstanders Award from World Without Genocide for his work protecting victims of gross human rights violations.
Media contact: Beth Moe, director of alumni and public relations, UND School of Law, 701.777.2856, beth.moe@UND.edu
