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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
I
suspect
that
we
have
already
seen
most
of
the
direct
effects
that
we
are
going
to
see
in
terms
of
departures
and
client
responses.
I
don’t
think
the
deals
will
have
a
big
impact
on
recruiting
in
2026.
The
exception
might
be
Paul
Weiss,
which
may
find
that
it
does
not
attract
applicants
with
the
same
attitudes
and
interests
as
it
might
have
in
the
past.
No
one
expected
Paul
Weiss
to
settle
so
quickly.
In
doing
so,
it
signaled
that
it
was
OK
for
other
firms
to
do
the
same.
I
think
Paul
Weiss
drew
a
lot
of
the
anger
and
disappointment
about
the
decision
because
lawyers
felt
that
the
firm
had
not
only
betrayed
its
own
values,
but
the
values
of
the
legal
profession.
Rather
than
stand
up
to
the
executive,
it
capitulated.
—
Leslie
Levin,
a
legal
ethics
professor
at
the
University
of
Connecticut
Law
School,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
concerning
the
fate
of
the
law
firms
that
settled
with
the
Trump
administration
—
and
that
of
Paul,
Weiss,
in
particular
—
rather
than
litigate
against
the
president’s
retaliatory
law
firm
executive
orders. Scott
Cummings,
a
legal
ethics
professor
at
UCLA
School
of
Law,
thinks
that
the
“verdict
is
still
out”
for
firms
that
capitulated,
saying,
“The
blowback
from
the
legal
profession
is
incredibly
strong.”
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