Sessions Information

  • January 9, 2026
    9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
    Session Type: AALS Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
    Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside
    Room: St. Charles Ballroom
    Floor: Third Floor

Sessions Description

  • This panel will explore and discuss the executive orders, regulatory pressure, and public accusations against major law firms, the resulting legal challenges, the different responses by firms, and the implications for the profession. The panel will also discuss some of the legal challenges around attempts to reshape higher education and some of the similarities in the administration’s campaign against firms and universities. The panel consists of managing partners of prominent law firms and others who have advised law firms and universities. 

Session Speakers
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Speaker

Hecker Fink LLP
Speaker

University of California, Irvine School of Law
Introduction

University of California, Irvine School of Law
Moderator

Zeughäuser Group
Speaker

Session Fees
  • AALS Presidential Program - Rule of Law, Executive Orders, and the Legal Profession: $0.00