Addressing Sexual Harassment in Law: Innovative Strategies and Ethical Considerations

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Many lawyers believe that sexual harassment has been eradicated in the legal profession through the use of policies and training programs. But Women Lawyers On Guard’s nationwide survey and report, Still Broken: Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in the Legal Profession, exposes the fallacy in the belief that we have conquered sexual harassment just because we are lawyers. 

This webinar will discuss additional ways to address this disturbing problem including how the Rules of Professional Conduct can be used to address the issues of accountability, transparency and independent investigation. And will hear about WLG’s initiative, Conversations With Men, one way to motivate men to become active allies for change- since men have largely been missing from these efforts.

Panelists will discuss:

• A brief overview of the findings of WLG’s Still Broken report, including the perspectives and comments of the survey respondents.

• WLG’s Conversations With Men initiative -motivating men to take action to address sexual harassment.

• The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct including 8.4 (g) addressing sexual harassment The current status of adoption of these Rules by states; case examples; other considerations when reporting to disciplinary bodies

• Additional recommendations on how to address sexual harassment.

Learning Objectives:

a) Examine the results of WLG’s nationwide survey of the experiences with sexual harassment and misconduct of people in the legal profession, currently and historically.

b) Learn about the concept of male allyship and how it can be a powerful (and underused) tool to address sexual harassment

c) Gain an understanding of how the Rules of Professional Conduct address sexual harassment – both the ABA Model Rules and states’ adoption of similar rules- case examples, and additional considerations when reporting to disciplinary bodies

d) Learn about how you can motivate others to take active actions to address this problem in the legal profession.

 

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