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SUMMARY: “It Is Now or Never”: A Crossroads for Lawyers and Law Students
DESCRIPTION: As major legal institutions acquiesce to authoritarian threats
 \, join us for an urgent conversation about what this moment means for lawy
 ers and law students with guests Rachel Cohen and Massachusetts State Senat
 or Lydia Edwards Rachel Cohen\, a (former) third-year associate at Skadden 
 and HLS alum\, resigned last week in protest after the Paul\, Weiss\, Rifki
 nd\, […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><span class="OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off 
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 ethrough-none">As major legal institutions acquiesce to authoritarian threa
 ts\, join us for an urgent conversation about what this moment means for la
 wyers and law students with guests Rachel Cohen and Massachusetts State Sen
 ator Lydia Edwards</span></p><p><strong>Rachel Cohen</strong>\, a (former) 
 third-year associate at Skadden and HLS alum\, resigned last week in protes
 t after the Paul\, Weiss\, Rifkind\, Wharton & Garrison <a href="https://ww
 w.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/business/paul-weiss-trump-reaction.html" data-outl
 ook-id="13ff29d3-976a-4201-9eb5-3974bd2cd65d">capitulated to the Trump admi
 nistration</a>. In her <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/
 sites/4/2025/03/Rachel-Cohen-Skadden-Defense-of-the-Legal-Profession-Letter
 .pdf">conditional resignation lette</a>r she called on her firm and all fir
 ms to use their power and influence to defend the rule of law and stand up 
 for their colleagues.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.lydiaedwards.org/"
  data-outlook-id="da80bdb3-e628-4e66-a7b3-fb7497b34bf9">Senator Lydia Edwar
 ds</a></strong> is currently working in the legislative policy space and th
 inking big-picture about the authoritarian turn and what are some options f
 or response. Her extraordinary journey—from law school\, to Big Law\, to co
 mmunity organizer\, to movement lawyer\, to elected official—gives her a de
 ep insight and a variety of perspectives regarding these urgent questions. 
 <strong>Learn more about Senator Edwards <a href="https://urldefense.proofp
 oint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.lydiaedwards.org_priorities&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-R
 GvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=eU1lMs0jQEnyK7WECOKT_OUmUMQPmVACffbW5KUYRXA&m=jK888GwE
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 YGhv13tPYxkBVZBgWjg6PPMwr0w&e=" data-outlook-id="4dc3be1d-63ca-438c-85df-2e
 19605e3de3">here</a>.</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Pound 102</strong></li><l
 i><strong>Lunch Provided</strong></li><li><strong>Check updates at: <a href
 ="http://nownever.org/">nownever.org</a></strong></li></ul>
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LOCATION:Pound Hall\; 102 Classroom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jon Hanson":MAILTO:hanson@law.harvard.edu
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