Bloomberg Law
Aug. 11, 2016, 5:31 PM UTC

Lawyers Need to Regulate Their Harassment of Colleagues. Here’s Why

Meredith Mandell

By Meredith Mandell, Special to Big Law Business

The American Bar Association earlier this week adopted a new rule that holds attorneys accountable for discriminating and harassing their co-workers and clients outside of the four walls of the courtroom. If they do, they could lose their license to practice law.

But what prompted the ABA to adopt this rule to begin with?

In addressing the ABA’s House of Delegates on Monday in support of the rule, Oregon attorney Mark Johnson Roberts spoke about his own experience with workplace discrimination.

“Twenty-eight years ago, when I was a new lawyer, I was ...

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