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The State Bar of Montana presents a 

LAW DAY FREE VIRTUAL CLE

The Declaration of Independence at 250; 

How the Rule of Law Has Helped Shape the American Dream

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

12:00pm-1:00pm

Zoom Webinar

1.0 PFI Ethics Credit 

**Zoom Attendance Capped at 1000 People**

**Registration will close at 11:45am on Wednesday, April 29**

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Panelists:

Chief Judge Brian Morris, Chief Justice Cory Swanson, State Bar of Montana President Aislinn Brown

Description: 

As America prepares to celebrate the 250^th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, please join Hon. Brian Morris, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Hon. Cory Swanson, Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, and State Bar of Montana President Aislinn Brown for a moderated discussion on how America's justice system, marked by the independence of its courts and legal profession, has continued to support the rule of law and help shape the American Dream. Starting with our founding documents, the program will include a discussion of the roots of America's independent judiciary, the development of the legal profession and its own independence and ethics rules, and how that history has helped guide the country through periods of prosperity as well as times of deep unrest, with each panelist sharing their own unique perspectives. 

Attendance/CLE Reporting:

Attendance will be tracked directly through Zoom and you must be logged in for the full 60 minutes. Your MCLE transcript will be updated automatically within one week of the CLE.

“STATE BAR OF MONTANA CLE PROGRAMMING NOTE: Among the Purposes of the State Bar of Montana established in its Constitution is to foster and maintain high standards of learning and competence and to safeguard a forum for the discussion of subjects pertaining to the practice of law and provide for the continuing legal education of the members of the bar. In fulfillment of that mission, speakers and panelists at all State Bar of Montana continuing education programs appear to share their own perspectives on a variety of subjects pertaining to the practice of law and the legal profession. Their views on the same are theirs alone and are not that of the State Bar of Montana. Appearance at State Bar of Montana events is not an endorsement by the State Bar of Montana of any one individual’s statements of viewpoint on the law or any other matter.”