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Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations

Aug. 3, 2018

Rosenstein says lawyers are ‘guardians’ of rule of law in ABA speech

The deputy attorney general said legal principles must be upheld even in difficult times

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told the ABA annual meeting it is a lawyer's duty to uphold the rule of law.

CHICAGO — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Thursday it is a lawyer’s duty to uphold the rule of law even in challenging circumstances, a predicament pundits say he faces as the overseer of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s high-profile investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Rosenstein spoke at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in front of hundreds of lawyers who gave him lengt...

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