Bullying in the Legal Profession: Ethical Standards Prohibiting Such Conduct and Reliable Ways to Counteract It
Using Professionalism, Resilience, Respectful Advocacy, and Other Tools to Stand Up to Bullies
Course Details
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Live Online with Live Q&A
- signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level
Intermediate
- work Practice Area
Class Action and Other Litigation
- event Date
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- schedule Time
1:00 PM E.T.
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90 minutes
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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An excellent opportunity to earn Ethics CLE credits. Note: BARBRI cannot guarantee that this course will be approved for ethics credits in all states. To confirm, please contact our CLE department at pdservice@barbri.com.
This CLE webinar will discuss four types of bullying: by opposing counsel, by clients, by colleagues, and by judges. The panel will provide specific examples of bullying in each of those four categories, along with real life examples of how they handled such bullying. A key aspect of the program is to provide the audience with reliable tactics to combat bullying.
Ms. Stewart was selected by Texas Lawyer 2022 as one of the top three Attorneys in Texas. She has expertise in resolving contract disputes, business torts, investigations, product liability, ERISA, employment, and labor matters. In addition to her civil trial experience representing companies on the Fortune 100 list to startups, Ms. Stewart is a certified Title IX Investigator by the Association of Title IX Administrators and a certified Arbitrator with the AAA, presiding over commercial, construction, and employment matters. She is also certified as a FINRA arbitrator and was inducted into the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.
Mr. Bassett's areas of practice are mediation, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, transportation litigation and professional liability.
Mr. Dolan is a Psychotherapist Executive Coach.
Mr. Rodriguez is a thirty-year courtroom and appellate lawyer. He is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and served as a Briefing Attorney to Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court. Before becoming a boutique lawyer, Mr. Rodriguez served as a litigation partner at both Fulbright & Jaworski and Norton Rose Fulbright. He is a college and law school valedictorian and earned the top score on the July 1994 Texas Bar Exam.
Bullying is rampant in the legal profession. Nearly every lawyer has been bullied at some point in their career. And some will even admit that they have been guilty of being the bully.
Bullying occurs even though codes, rules, and standards governing the profession prohibit bullying (although without using that word). Why is that?
Listen as our esteemed panel explores the extent of bullying in the legal profession, the causes of bullying, and why lawyers continue to bully even though professional standards prohibit such conduct. The panel will also offer practical ways to combat bullying.
- Bullying in the legal profession
- Causes of bullying
- Reliable tactics to combat four types of bullying
- By opposing counsel
- By clients
- By colleagues
- By judges
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What is bullying?
- Why does it occur despite clear prohibitions against it?
- How can lawyers recognize bullying or when they are the bully?
- How can lawyers effectively combat bullying?
