Thanks to Jim Greif for a nice story in AALS Lens on the recently concluded AALS webinar series on professional independence and the legal profession. The six webinars were organized by seven law schools, and the recordings for all six sessions in the series can be found on the AALS website and YouTube Channel. Here is a list of the webinars (with links to the videos).
- Session 1: Rule of Law, Executive Orders, and the Legal Profession. Organized by UC Irvine School of Law’s Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.
- Session 2: Principles for Independence of the Legal Profession. Organized by Princeton University Program in Law & Public Policy
- Session 3: Defending America’s Independent Judiciary and the Rule of Law. Organized by University of Washington School of Law.
- Session 4: Professional Independence and the Justice Department
Organized by Georgetown Law Center on Ethics & the Legal Profession & Fordham University School of Law Stein Center for Law and Ethics.- Session 5: At a Crossroads: U.S. Anti-Corruption Policy and the Changing Landscape of International Enforcement. Organized by Indiana University Maurer School of Law Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession.
- Session 6: The Profession, the Market, and the State: Reimagining Professional Independence for a VUCA World. Organized by Harvard Law Center on the Legal Profession
Jim Greif, Educational Series Focused on Safeguarding Professional Independence, AALS Lens, May 14, 2026.
