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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Here’s some interesting career advice for law students interviewing with firms that acceded to Trump’s demands ⤵️

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Another suggestion from the guide: "Hijack recruitment." Apply to firms "that have actively capitulated to the current administration" and, when interviewing, ask employees sharp questions about their response. "Then withdraw your application," the guide read. "It wastes firms' time and forces them to take law students seriously."
April 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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United, we stand
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Apr 4
NEWS: More than 500 law firms sign on to an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie amid the firm’s legal battle against Trump’s executive order targeting its business.

Read the list of firms that signed the brief authored by former SG Don Verrilli:

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April 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Amid fears of a global trade war and worldwide recession set off by Trump’s tariffs, a weekend statement from the White House:

“The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.”
April 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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On his last day at the law firm WilmerHale, an associate named Gilbert Orbea emailed his colleagues:

“I implore all of us to cherish and defend the delicate pillars of our constitutional republic. We must resist their erosion…Please fight back. Please speak up. We owe it to future generations.”
Gilbert G. Orbea On my last day at WilmerHale, I sent the following email to the firm. The news today about Jenner & Block being the fourth firm targeted by executive order only underscores the need for the legal profession to unite, stand up, and fight back. Silence emboldens bullies. The intimidation of firms individually (while the rest sit back paralyzed by fear) ensures that they will all fall to the arbitrary whims of the president, one by one. Please fight back. Please speak up. Subject: Goodbye, and as ever Hi all, Happy Monday. Today is my last day at the firm. Though my time here has been short, I leave with lasting impressions. The few of you I had the privilege to work with have exemplified for me the art and practice of Good Lawyering. I never knew a lawyer growing up, and so I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn from such talented, kind professionals. Thank you to all who have helped me grow. On a personal note: my parents fled the communist Cuban regime in 1991 in search of a world based on merit, fairness, opportunity, stability, and justice. At the heart of these ideals in America lies the rule of law. As a second-generation American, I owe immense gratitude to these principles, which have given my family and me everything we know. With this in mind, I implore all of us to cherish and defend the delicate pillars of our constitutional republic. We must resist their erosion lest we suddenly find ourselves in a brave new world devoid of the "law of rules." My family's struggles remind me, every day, that such a world is not a pretty one. Please fight back. Please speak up. We owe it to future generations. With relentless hope, and as ever, Gilbert P.S. I do not authorize the firm to release my personal or private information pursuant to the frivolous EEOC letter. If the firm intends to disclose attorney information, I request prior notice via email or phone.
March 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM