Standing up for the Rule of Law: How do we save it?
A public Forum
Date: October 14, 2025, 7 pm
Hannaford Hall
88 Bedford Street, Portland Maine 04101
(free parking in the attached garage included)
Keynote speaker
Noah Feldman
Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Keynote address on the concept of the Rule of Law, where it came from, how it is foundational to our constitutional democracy and system of equal justice for all, and what we lawyers, judges and all Mainers can and must do to defend and strengthen it.
Panelists
Aaron Frey
Attorney General of Maine
Carol Garvan
Legal Director of The ACLU of Maine
Susan Faunce
President of the Maine State Bar Association
We are a coalition of Maine law firms and lawyers dedicated to protecting the right to counsel, the independence of the legal profession, and the rule of law.
Every person and organization deserves fair representation, a cornerstone of our democracy. Attempts to intimidate or punish lawyers for fulfilling their duties undermine justice and threaten our constitutional system. We call on government, the legal community, and the public to reject such efforts and to stand with us in defending fairness, accountability, and democracy.