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e that prioritizes psychologically healthy dignity enhancing therapeutic outcomes in the application and design of our laws and the operation of legal institutions list of presentations the purpose of the workshop was to assemble a small group of scholars and practitioners to share works in progress and to discuss how to grow this young field here is the list of presentations in order david wexler mainstreaming tj update michael jones tj in the law school curriculum shelley kierstead mainstreaming tj through mainstream courses amanda peters indira azizi insanity aftercare and the conditional release process alison lynch tj and neuroscience marjorie silver tj and spirituality michael perlin expanding tj through mentoring susan brooks teaching law students and lawyers to be therapeutic in their legal work heather ellis cucolo tj and distance learning carol zeiner higher education rules on sexual misconduct caroline cooper veterans courts collateral consequences of criminal convictions i recall even now how stimulating the presentations were yielding questions and comments that made it hard to squeeze all the speakers into the generous time frames allotted for each session these face to face workshops have become a favorite format for sharing new work and work in progress within the tj community we held a second boston workshop in 2016 subsequent workshops have been held in toronto canada osgoode hall law school york university twice hosted by prof shelley kierstead fort lauderdale florida shepard broad college of law nova southeastern university hosted by prof kathy cerminara miami gardens florida st thomas university college of law hosted by prof carol zeiner san juan puerto rico university of puerto rico school of law hosted by prof david wexler pet ideas in addition to welcoming the contributions of valued colleagues and dear friends i brought to this 2015 boston workshop two pet ideas of my own both of which i considered much needed advancements for the tj community in one of the aforementioned memos i set out ideas for the creation of a non profit organization dedicated to promoting the field of tj in the other i urged the need for a substantial law review article that would comprehensively assess the history and impact of tj going back to its 1987 founding by david wexler and bruce winick the proposal to create a tj non profit group got an enthusiastic response consequently a group of us would spend chunks of the next two years working to make this idea a reality in 2017 we launched the international society for therapeutic jurisprudence istj during a founding session at the international congress on law and mental health in prague czech republic although the istj was very positively received i would call it only a modest success at this juncture while it has succeeded in bringing together information and resources for the tj community it hasn t fully played the connective role that i had hoped for upon its founding much of this is due to the simple fact that the organization has no paid staff as a result the work of the group is left to a small group of volunteers most of whom are already busy academics practitioners and judges my workshop colleagues were less enthusiastic about assembling a law review article comprehensively summarizing the tj field eventually i opted to undertake the project on my own it proved to be a significant undertaking but the result was worth the effort in 2021 the university of miami law review would publish my tj magnum opus all 90 pages of it therapeutic jurisprudence foundations expansion and assessment this article if i may be immodest has attracted a genuine readership and succeeded in playing the educative role i had hoped it would serve between my own publications page and the journal s website it has been downloaded some 3 ooo times a very respectable showing for a scholarly law review article it also has been cited over 60 times in other articles books and graduate dissertations the value of conferences and workshops i am a huge fan of conferences workshops symposia seminars and other in person events for building intellectual communities stoking collaborative projects and forging connections here is a sampling of my previous entries on these types of educational events a workshop as annual ritual 2019 link here a short speech in rome 2019 link here dr edith eger s the choice on trauma and healing 2017 link here north of the border on transforming our laws and legal systems 2016 link here conferences as community builders 2015 link here share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading workplace bullying newsletter no 3 sept 2025 september 22 2025 by david yamada in law and legal profession workplace bullying newsletter workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags law and legal profession workplace bullying workplace bullying newsletter 1 comment september 2025 dear readers welcome to issue no 3 of the workplace bullying newsletter each issue contains news and research summaries short commentaries and curated resources for those interested in learning about workplace bullying and related forms of workplace mistreatment workplace bullying in the legal profession not surprisingly the legal profession is among those vocations that report a lot of workplace bullying this problem is now getting needed attention from lawyer oversight commissions and bar associations illinois supreme court commission on professionalism the american bar association aba has highlighted this topic on several occasions last december it highlighted the work of the illinois supreme court commission on professionalism under the leadership of executive director erika harold the illinois commission launched one of the first large scale studies in the u s on bullying in the legal profession they partnered with the red bee group a chicago based consulting firm with experience conducting wide scale surveys for other legal organizations including the aba the report s authors and principals from the red bee group stephanie a scharf and roberta d liebenberg define bullying as inappropriate behavior intended to intimidate humiliate or control the actions of another person including verbal nonverbal or physical acts the resulting report found that nearly a quarter of the 6 000 illinois lawyers surveyed had experienced workplace bullying during a one year period particularly noteworthy the rates of bullying were highest among attorneys aged 25 to 35 female attorneys and attorneys with disabilities thirty nine percent of attorneys aged 25 to 35 reported having experienced bullying compared to 12 of attorneys aged 66 to 75 thirty eight percent of female attorneys said they experienced bullying compared to 15 of male lawyers similarly 38 of attorneys with disabilities said they experienced bullying compared to 23 of lawyers without a disability also bullied were 36 of middle eastern north african lawyers 35 of black african american lawyers 34 of hispanic lawyers 32 of multiracial lawyers and 28 of asian american lawyers compared to 23 of white lawyers who reported being bullied in addition 29 of lawyers who are gay lesbian or bisexual were the target of verbal bullying related to their sexual orientation while 3 of heterosexual lawyers were verbally bullied related to their sexual orientation american bar association earlier this year the american bar association journal ran a cover article by anna stolley persky pushed around bullying is a problem in the legal profession how can the cycle be broken membership walled featuring attorney and anti bullying advocate lauri rollings when lauri rollings moved from san francisco back to milwaukee and accepted an associate position at a midsize law firm she expected a certain amount of stress she was after all a litigator but she was blindsided by the bullying she encountered one partner rollings says would summon rollings to her office to berate her and complain about her failure to do specific parts of an assignment when the instructions hadn t been very clear bullying shouldn t be ignored or allowed says laurie rollings there was this one partner in particular who was hostile and aggressive and dressed me down rollings says it felt like she was setting me up to fail even worse rollings says was that other lawyers in the firm knew the partner was a bully but nobody did anything about it rollings says she then went to another firm where she experienced yet another partner with a reputation for bullying whom nobody seemed to confront she ended up experiencing anxiety depression insomnia heart pain and low self esteem all of which made it harder to do her work people in law firms need to understand that bullying shouldn t be ignored or allowed says rollings who now advises organizations about appropriate leadership and bullying prevention change starts with an awareness that this is happening she adds rollings experience with bullying at law firms is considered somewhat commonplace in the legal industry and it can have serious consequences in 2021 membership wall the aba invited me to contribute a short online piece 6 ways to fight workplace bullying in legal spaces here s what i contributed understand that lawyers have not necessarily been trained to work well with others some may not grasp the distinctions between assertive aggressive and abusive behaviors learn about workplace bullying and its destructive impacts on organizations and people the workplace bullying institute offer s excellent resources start with onboarding and orientation programs that message to new hires that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect include a section on bullying in employee handbooks and cover the topic in employee training programs use surveys and give feedback to help identify problems concerning bullying and related behaviors don t sweep bad reports under the rug consider coaching counseling and if necessary termination for abusive individuals even if they are your best litigators or key rainmakers international bar association in 2019 the international bar association published an extensive report on bullying and harassment in the legal profession the legal profession has a problem in 2018 the international bar association iba and market research company acritas conducted the largest ever global survey on bullying and sexual harassment in the profession nearly 7 000 individuals from 135 countries responded to the survey from across the spectrum of legal workplaces law firms in house barristers chambers government and the judiciary the results provide empirical confirmation that bullying and sexual harassment are rife in the legal profession approximately one in two female respondents and one in three male respondents had been bullied in connection with their employment one in three female respondents had been sexually harassed in a workplace context as had one in 14 male respondents this report provides a succinct analysis of that data to raise awareness about the nature extent and impact of the problem and inform the development of solutions nyt recommended books about narcissism narcissistic tendencies often appear to drive bullying behaviors at work for those who wish to explore narcissism in greater depth a recent new york times feature by hope brooks recommended four titles craig malkin rethinking narcissism the secret to recognizing and coping with narcissists ramani durvasula it s not you identifying and healing from narcissistic people wendy t behary disarming the narcissist surviving and thriving with the self absorbed and jean m twenge w keith campbell the narcissism epidemic brooks provides short descriptions about each book so her piece is worth a click if you re interested in any of them to receive this newsletter to receive this newsletter and other entries to minding the workplace go to the homepage and enter your email address as indicated on the right hand column share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading workplace bullying newsletter no 2 august 2025 august 25 2025 by david yamada in workplace bullying newsletter workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags workplace bullying workplace bullying newsletter leave a comment august 2025 dear readers welcome to issue no 2 of the workplace bullying newsletter each issue contains news and research summaries short commentaries and curated resources for those interested in learning about workplace bullying and related forms of workplace mistreatment do psychopaths and sociopaths mellow with age and why does this relate to workplace bullying for years i bought into the commonly held assumption that psychopaths and sociopaths i e those whose characteristics and behaviors are now classified together as anti social personality disorder by the dsm 5 tend to mellow or burn out as they get older it gave me hope that some of the most abusive and destructive individuals in society including the lion s share of the worst workplace abusers might be less of a threat to others as they get older but i kept learning and reading about individual examples to the contrary i e virulent bullies at work and other severely abusive types who kept at it and sometimes appeared to get worse recently i found this may 2022 piece by donna fuscaldo psychopaths don t mellow with age written for the aarp summarizing the results of a research study published in 2022 it informed my curiosity about whether abusers soften with age unfortunately many do not according to this university of otago new zealand study discussed in fuscaldo s article here s the opening most people mellow out with age but in the case of psychopaths and those suffering from similar antisocial personality disorders such as sociopaths bad behavior tends to get worse according to new research from new zealand s university of otago examining the old assumption that psychopaths are calmer and change their stripes the older they get researchers led by donna andersen founder of nonprofit lovefraud education and recovery and martin sellbom a professor in the university of otago s psychology department surveyed over 1 200 partners family members and friends of psychopaths who are 50 or older to see if they calmed down those who knew the individuals before and after the age of 50 were asked if there was a change in the person s manipulation deceit and other antisocial behaviors the result 93 percent said the person was just as bad or worse as he or she aged the research was published in the international journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology anyone who is waiting for a senior 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