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March 1. Carrie Johnson: In the federal court system, law clerks find little recourse for bullying and abuse.
March 6. Bart Jansen: Trump halts security clearances of Perkins Coie, cites links to Hillary Clinton.
March 11. NPR: American Bar Association president speaks out against attacks on judges and lawyers.
March 19. Ryan Lucas: Experts say Trump’s targeting of law firms is unprecedented.
April 1. Baher Azmy: Lawyers Face an Existential Choice: Conciliation only fuels Trump’s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline.
April 4. Mike Scarcella & Sara Merken: More than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump order.
April 5. Aysha Bagchi: An attack on the Constitution? Why Trump’s moves to punish law firms are causing alarm.
April 9. Chris Tillen: YLS Dean, faculty speak out on “Rule of Law” amid Trump attacks on law firms.
April 9. Devlin Barrett: Justice Dept. Bars Its Lawyers From American Bar Association Functions. The punitive move comes amid the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against big law firms.
April 10. Perry Stein and Ann E. Marimow: With many career lawyers gone, Justice Dept. hires Trump loyalists for court.
April 13. Ryan Lucas: Trump attacks on law firms begin to chill pro bono work on unfavorable causes.
April 28. Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck: Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts: Civil rights division director Harmeet K. Dhillon has redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”.
May 19. Ryan Lucas: 70% of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division lawyers are leaving because of Trump’s reshaping.
May 17. Perry Stein & Jeremy Roebuck: Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions.
May 18. Jordan Green: Trump’s pick for top DC prosecutor told AR-15-toting sect US institutions must fall.