The global values revolution has reached beyond corporations and non-profits to the law firm. DAVIS POLK TODAY, BEFORE THAT MAYER BROWN Today, the Asia chairperson of Davis Polk Martin Rogers didn't speak, as originally scheduled, at a Hong Kong forum on the national security law. As the Hong Kong Free Press reports, the law firm had been hammered for planning to participate in what was perceived as supporting a violation of human rights. Earlier, Mayer Brown also had been a target of global censure for representing Hong Kong University in its initiative to remove the Tiananmen Square memorial. It went through the wringer. A MAJOR MEDIA STORY So, it's no surprise that what lawyers at major law firms are doing for social justice is receiving sustained media attention. An example are the partners and chairperson at Paul Weiss. LORETTA LYNCH AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT As Reuters Legal reports, in delivering the commencement speech at Harvard Law School, Paul We...
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