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National Legal Policy Conference to Highlight Successes of the Trump Administration and Republican Priorities

What: Republican National Lawyers Association 2025 National Policy Conference and 40th Anniversary Celebration, the foremost legal conference for Republican attorneys, provides an unparalleled opportunity to hear from policy makers on the top legal issues of today.
When: Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

Washington, D.C. – The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) is pleased to present the 2025 Hon. Edwin Meese III Award to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). The Hon. Edwin Meese III Award is bestowed upon an individual who has upheld the rule of law in the face of adverse political challenges and is presented at the National Policy Conference each spring in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. – The Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) is pleased to announce Mike R. Wakefield as the recipient of the 2025 Betty Murphy Award, which will be presented at the National Policy Conference on May 16, in Washington, D.C. 

The Betty Murphy Award is given each year to an unsung hero, member, trailblazer, with entrepreneurial spirit, a community service leader, an organization builder who inspires others' efforts.

RNLA women leaders and members are proud to support the confirmation of former RNLA Chair Harmeet K. Dhillon to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. The following letter was submitted to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin on Dhillon's behalf.

A pdf of the letter can be viewed here.

Current and former RNLA leaders are proud to support the confirmation of former RNLA Chair Harmeet K. Dhillon to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. The following letter was submitted to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin on Dhillon's behalf.

A pdf of the letter can be viewed here.

RNLA Press Release:
Senator J.D. Vance Reminds America What They’ve Been Missing

(ARLINGTON, VA) – The heavily anticipated Vice Presidential Debate has come and gone and Senator J.D. Vance gave voters every reason to confidently support a Trump-Vance administration.

Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) President Michael Thielen is featured in a guest column published by RealClearPolitics discussing the ongoing embarrassment resulting from the Democrat Party's lies about the mental and physical state of President Biden.  Thielen emphasized numerous recent Biden gaffes that has shown the world stage how much his cognition has declined, putting America in a dangerous position. 

The President and Executive Director of the Republican National Lawyers Association, Michael Thielen, is featured in The Federalist with a guest column slamming the Democrat party bosses for effectively saying: "We are for 'democracy' as long as our chosen candidate is the only choice."  

Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) Co-Chair Patricia Paoletta is featured in a guest column published by Real Clear Education hitting Vice President Kamala Harris for her cozy relationship with the nation's "most radically activist teachers union." Paoletta warns parents they should be terrified of handing Randi Weingarten and Tim Walz more power over American children.

The Chairman of the Republican National Lawyers Association, Marc Ellinger, was featured in Townall with a guest column about the Biden-Harris administration's attempt to reshape the Judiciary to inflict their unpopular, Left-wing, soft-on-crime agenda on Americans for generations to come.