Legal-Education

National Legal Resistance Training and Certification Program

| Importance: 7/10

The National Lawyers Guild hosts a comprehensive Week of Abolition training program for lawyers, paralegals, and activists, focusing on constitutional defense, protest rights, and strategic resistance methodologies. The training provides critical skills for protecting civil liberties and supporting …

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Legal Resistance Network Launches Nationwide Constitutional Defense Program

| Importance: 9/10

A collaborative nationwide training initiative emerges, uniting legal professionals across the United States to develop comprehensive constitutional defense strategies. The program brings together the National Lawyers Guild, law schools, and activist networks to create a rapid-response legal …

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Constitutional Defense Training Academy Launched

| Importance: 7/10

Legal resistance network establishes a comprehensive training program for attorneys specializing in constitutional defense. The academy provides advanced training in challenging administrative overreach, constitutional litigation strategies, and emerging legal protection techniques. This initiative …

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Olin Foundation Law and Economics Programs Expand to Elite Law Schools

| Importance: 8/10

In 1987, the John M. Olin Foundation expanded its systematic funding of Law and Economics programs at elite law schools, with Stanford Law School initiating its John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics through a generous foundation gift. This represented the maturation of a decades-long effort to …

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Federalist Society Founded to Capture Conservative Legal Pipeline

| Importance: 9/10

Yale Law School students Steven Calabresi, David McIntosh, Lee Liberman Otis, Spencer Abraham, and Peter Keisler founded the Federalist Society in 1982 to challenge liberal ideology in elite law schools. With initial funding of $24,000 from the John M. Olin Foundation, the organization created a …

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