Across the country, bar associations are at the center of growing legal and political controversy. Disciplinary proceedings—like efforts to disbar Acting OIRA Administrator Jeffrey Clark, ethics complaints against Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and Ninth Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke—raise urgent questions about the line between professional regulation and ideological weaponization.
Are these actions neutral enforcement of ethical standards, or signs of political pressure to use professional discipline as a weapon? What safeguards protect lawyers against viewpoint discrimination while preserving both public trust and ideological diversity in the profession?
Learn more about today’s event here: Ethics or Ideology? Bar Associations and the Boundaries of Professional Discipline