I Resigned as Manhattan’s U.S. Attorney. Law Schools Are Missing the Point of My Story.

Since I resigned from my job as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in February, I have accepted several invitations from law schools to speak to students about public service. Students and administrators have seemed receptive to my message that the rule of law and our democracy rest on core principles, including civil disagreement and the pursuit of justice without fear or favor. I believe in those principles, which is why I resigned when I was unable to air objections to the dismissal of corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City for reasons I considered improper.

But lately I’ve been worried that while law school leaders are eager for me to lecture their students on the value of these ideals, they may be missing a key point: that these principles must be defended even when doing so is inconvenient or costly.

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Danielle Sassoon is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. 

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