It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

Readers discuss the firms that capitulated to the president’s demands, and those that didn’t.

Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, A&O Shearman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft agreed to do free legal work on causes the White House supports.

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Three months into the Trump administration, it is clear that many of the Americans refusing to back down or stay silent are ordinary people.

Law firms and universities do not need to capitulate. Here’s how they can fight back.

The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.