About this Event
Recent executive orders targeting law firms for the clients they represent, the partners they associate with, or the causes they pursue raise urgent constitutional questions. Such measures strike at the core of the First Amendment, threatening both expressive freedom and the independence of the legal profession. How should the Constitution protect professional autonomy against ideological restrictions? What happens when principles of expressive association collide with anti-discrimination law? How do legal ethics, the Sixth Amendment, and the historic role of lawyers as Alexis de Tocqueville’s "natural aristocracy" safeguard the rule of law itself?
Joined by leading First Amendment scholars and nationally recognized figures in legal ethics, this symposium The Constitutional Rights of Lawyers and Law Firms, will explore each of these questions in depth.
Location: University of St. Thomas School of Law, Minneapolis | Hybrid format (in-person and Zoom).
An application will be made to the Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 5.75 CLE hours.
Agenda
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Breakfast
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
Host: Michael Hurd, Law Journal Editor-in-Chief
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Panel 1
Host: Professor William Baude
Info: The First Amendment Rights of Lawyers and Law Firms to Choose their Clients, Cases, Causes, and Colleagues.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel 2
Host: Professor Richard Painter
Info: The Right to Counsel, Lawyers' Professional Independence, and the Practical Consequences of the Trump Executive Orders.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
J. Michael Luttig Interview
Host: J. Michael Luttig
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Panel 3
Host: Professor Abner Greene
Info: "The first thing we do, let's K*ll all the lawyers": Government Coercion and the Role of Lawyers in Preserving a Free Society.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of St. Thomas School of Law, 1101 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, United States
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