Incoming Volume 44 Editor-in-Chief Jaxon Alston and Professor June Carbone, Robina Chair for Law, Science, and Technology trace how the current attacks on lawyers, law firms, and the justice system began, examine why major law firms are capitulating to external pressures, and explore the ripple effects on pro bono representation and education. The very foundations of advocacy and access to justice are being challenged. Watch and listen as the two unpack how we got here, what’s at stake, and where the profession must go from here to preserve its core mission.

Recommended Readings:

• The Price of Justice: The Myths of Lawyer Ethics, by Ronald Goldfarb
• Emily Berman, Weaponizing the Office of Legal Council, 62 B.C. L. REV. 515 (Feb. 2021)
• Mattew Lipmann, Law, Lawyers and Legality in the Third Reich: The Perversion of Principle and Professionalism, 11 TEMP. INT’l & COMP. L.J. 199 (1997)
• Plaintiff in Chief, A Portrait of Donald Trump in 3500 Lawsuits, by James D. Zirin
• The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Affirmative Action as Wedge and Weapon, By Mike Steve Collins
• Ronald A. Norwood, The Misguided Use of the Harvard/UNC Ruling to Thwart Law Firm and Other Employer DEI Efforts, SLU L. J. Online (2024)