Dartmouth Events

The Loud Quitters – When Conscience and Career Collide

A forum with five attorneys who resigned in protest, exploring moral agency, high-stakes decision-making, and life inside elite institutions.

3/3/2026
5:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Cook Auditorium, Murdough Center
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Lectures & Seminars
Registration required.

Registration page. 5:10 p.m. start time. In person only. 

In spring 2025 the Trump Administration targeted several elite law firms in retaliation for their prior representation of the President’s political opponents. The Administration demanded information and influence over firms’ attorney hiring practices and client representations, in addition to significant pro bono legal services on matters selected by the Administration.

When several of these firms agreed to settlements, a wave of young attorneys chose to resign in public protest, making national news. All made a choice that they knew would, in part, define their professional and personal identities going forward.

Five of these “loud quitters” will join the community for a forum about their decision-making process, the aftermath, and how they think about these matters now. 

Several of the Loud Quitters will be in person, and they are looking forward to engaging with Tuck and Dartmouth students in smaller events the following day. All these discussions will explore moral agency, reasoning in high stakes situations, and the realities of working in professional institutions.

Sponsors: Professor Josh Lewis, Tuck Center for Business, Government and Society, Dartmouth Ethics Institute, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, and the Dartmouth Political Economy Project

For more information, contact:
Katherine McCarthy
katherine.m.mccarthy@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://pep.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=80627

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