Durham Attorneys Reaffirm Oath Amid Attacks on Courts

Durham Attorneys Reaffirm Oath Amid Attacks on Courts

Judges in black robes stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the Durham County courthouse steps Thursday afternoon and administered the attorney’s oath to dozens of legal professionals before them who raised their right hands and reaffirmed their pledge to defend the Constitution. The gathering was part of nationwide observances of Law Day. Established by President Eisenhower in 1958, Law Day transformed this year into a more urgent, and public, “Day of …

On Law Day, attorneys and advocates protest Trump’s attacks on legal profession, judiciary - Local News Matters

HUNDREDS OF LAWYERS and legal advocates turned out at the federal courthouse in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood as part of a nationwide protest against attacks on the legal profession by President Donald Trump. The protest, organized by the Bar Association of San Francisco on national Law Day, was one of at least 50 other gatherings across the country objecting to Trump’s executive orders targeting certain law firms and trying to restr…