Lawyers Must Band Together In The Battle To Save The Rule Of Law – Above the Law

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Rights can’t simply exist in dusty regulation books, recited in lecture rooms and promptly forgotten, or in tiny font in contracts most of us don’t learn and might’t perceive. And rights can’t be reserved only for firms and rich people who pays for authorized illustration.

Few chapters in our historical past have extra instantly referred to as on our occupation’s expertise and obligations than this one. The personal bar should now step up in protection of equal justice, or we are going to all fall.

— Kathleen Rubenstein, former govt director of the Skadden Basis, in an essay printed in Bloomberg Legislation, the place she calls upon legal professionals to defend the rights of others throughout a time when the rule of regulation is underneath assault by the Trump administration. Within the wake of Skadden’s take care of Trump, Rubenstein resigned from the Basis “fairly than endorse actions that [she] imagine[s] will undermine its mission.”

Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Legislation, the place she’s labored since 2011. She’d love to listen to from you, so please be at liberty to electronic mail her with any ideas, questions, feedback, or critiques. You may observe her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or join together with her on LinkedIn.