An Educational Resource on the Office of State Attorney General
Going beyond the headlines to examine the often overlooked issues and cases that highlight the wide-ranging impact and role of state attorneys general.
The NY AG recently gave a thoughtful presentation before the Big Law Business Summit on why the First Amendment never has protected fraud, and that lawyers should oppose the "very dangerous legal trend of ... First Amendment opportunists" who are attempting to use the First Amendment to block government investigations of potentially illegal behavior.
Professor James E. Tierney
StateAG.org was founded by James E. Tierney, former Attorney General of Maine and a Lecturer at Harvard Law School where he also directs the Harvard Attorney General clinic. For thirteen years he was Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School.
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StateAG.org offers in-depth analysis of the role of state attorneys general in the American legal system. It was founded by James E. Tierney, former Attorney General of Maine and a Lecturer at Harvard Law School where he also directs the Harvard Attorney General clinic. For thirteen years he was Director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia Law School.
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