Law Day Event
On Law Day, May 1, 2025, we stood alongside more than 600 Maine lawyers and 100 law firms who joined us in signing a public declaration rejecting any form of government intimidation or retaliation against legal professionals.
We organized this effort to affirm a simple but critical principle: no government should dictate whom attorneys represent, nor punish lawyers, firms, or judges for fulfilling their duties under the law. That afternoon, we gathered with attorneys, legal leaders, and community members outside the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland to collectively reaffirm the Maine attorney’s oath, underscoring the
deep connection between our professional obligations and our constitutional duty.
Attorney’s Oath
Upon admission to the bar, every applicant shall, in open court, take and subscribe an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State, and take the following oath, or, in the case of an applicant conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath, such applicant shall make appropriate affirmations to the same effect:
“You solemnly swear that you will do no falsehood nor consent to the doing of any in court, and that if you know of an intention to commit any, you will give knowledge thereof to the justices of the court or some of them that it may be prevented; you will not wittingly or willingly promote or sue any false, groundless or unlawful suit nor give aid or consent to the same; that you will delay no man for lucre or malice, but will conduct yourself in the office of an attorney within the courts according to the best of your knowledge and discretion, and with all good fidelity, as well as to the courts, as to your clients. So help you God.”
Title 4 of the Maine Revised Statutes §806-A
For our organization, this event was both a symbolic and essential response to these challenges. We believe the health of our democracy depends on attorneys being able to represent their clients without fear, judges deciding cases on the law and facts without threat, and law firms being free from coercion or penalty. The declaration we issued that day was not only a reaffirmation of these core principles—it was also a call to all legal professionals, policymakers, and citizens in Maine to join us in upholding the rule of law through both words and actions.
