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Illinois SCOTUS issues bombshell report: 10,000 lawyers are huge pussies

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C'MON MAN!
  10/09/24
So 10,000 lawyers have had courtroom experience before quitt...
concern boner
  10/09/24
Does this include cyberbullying?
Nippon Professional Baseball
  10/09/24
oh no, bullying in an adversarial profession, i can't.
UhOh
  10/09/24
what's "bullying" as used in that study? is th...
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  10/09/24
That was a retarded as fuck post, kill yourself you stupid q...
Nippon Professional Baseball
  10/09/24
isn't chicago kike central? a bolshevik helhol? makes sens...
the place where there is no darkness
  10/09/24
what a load of shit
Karlstack (reticulated)
  10/09/24
Lmfao
180 Missiles
  10/09/24
is there not "bullying" (whatever that means) in l...
lex
  10/09/24


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Date: October 9th, 2024 9:37 AM
Author: C'MON MAN!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/il-supreme-court-study-reveals-204506356.html

IL Supreme Court study reveals 10,000 lawyers left jobs due to bullying

Ethan Holesha

Tue, October 8, 2024 at 3:45 PM CDT

3 min read

ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Within the Illinois legal profession, bullying affects female and minority lawyers at much higher rates.

On Oct. 1, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism released a study on the impact of bullying in the Illinois legal profession. With over 6,000 Illinois lawyers as respondents, they’re using the data to raise awareness for National Bullying Prevention Month.

Respondents were asked to list incidents of workplace bullying over a one-year period during 2022 and 2023, instead of over their entire career.

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18% of survey respondents said they left a job practicing law because of bullying. That means almost 10,000 attorneys currently practicing in Illinois have left a career opportunity for this reason alone.

Overall, the responses found that while bullying impacts lawyers from all backgrounds, it disproportionately affects female attorneys, attorneys with disabilities, attorneys of color, younger attorneys and LGBTQ+ attorneys.

The commission is using the information gathered to come up with tactics to avoid bullying going forward.

“Bullying fundamentally conflicts with the principles of professionalism, civility, and integrity, which are foundational to a lawyer’s role as an officer of the legal system,” said Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford. “The Illinois Supreme Court is pleased that its Commission on Professionalism is at the vanguard of this movement to prevent bullying in the legal profession.”

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The study categorized bullying as inappropriate behavior intended to intimidate, humiliate or control the actions of another person, including verbal, nonverbal or physical acts.

Some of the statistics from the survey include:

38% of female lawyers were bullied, compared to 15% of male lawyers

38% of lawyers with an impairment that substantially limits a major life activity were bullied, compared to 23% of lawyers without that level of disability

29% of LGBTQ+ lawyers were verbally bullied related to their sexual orientation, compared to 3% of heterosexual lawyers

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On top of that, younger attorneys were much more likely to experience bullying, with the probability of being bullied decreasing for each increasingly older age-group. Thirty-nine percent of lawyers aged 25 to 35 were bullied, while that number was just 12% for lawyers aged 66 to 75.

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Attorneys that reported being bullied suffered negative professional, emotional and physical effects as a result of the bullying. This includes a negative change in emotional well-being (54%), feeling less productive at work (39%) and a decline in physical health (20%).

In a breakdown of each race surveyed, the study found that:

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36% of Middle Eastern/North African lawyers were bullied

35% of Black/African American lawyers were bullied

34% of Hispanic lawyers were bullied

32% of multiracial lawyers were bullied

28% of Asian American lawyers were bullied

23% of white lawyers were bullied

The report points out recommendations that workplaces, bar associations, law schools, government organizations and others can take to help prevent bullying going forward in the legal profession. These include:

Legal workplaces should develop, implement, and enforce anti-bullying policies

Legal workplaces should conduct training specific to their organization’s anti-bullying policies and procedures to equip lawyers with tools to respond

Law schools should offer educational programs and training to law students on bullying prevention

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“While individual lawyers can take steps to address the bullying behavior they are being subjected to, it should not fall solely on their shoulders, as they often hold the least amount of power to bring about change,” said Chair of the Commission on Professionalism John K. Kim. “The prevention of workplace bullying ultimately rests on those with the authority to set and enforce policies in workplaces and courtrooms across Illinois.”

For access to the entire findings of this poll, visit the Commission on Professionalism’s website.

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Date: October 9th, 2024 9:44 AM
Author: concern boner

So 10,000 lawyers have had courtroom experience before quitting the law?

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Date: October 9th, 2024 9:46 AM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

Does this include cyberbullying?

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Date: October 9th, 2024 9:54 AM
Author: UhOh

oh no, bullying in an adversarial profession, i can't.

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Date: October 9th, 2024 10:00 AM
Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


what's "bullying" as used in that study?

is there any chance the normal pressures and pains of working in an adversarial profession are being defined as "bullying" because no one can publicly say they aren't against bullying?

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Date: October 9th, 2024 10:10 AM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

That was a retarded as fuck post, kill yourself you stupid queer

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Date: October 9th, 2024 10:38 AM
Author: the place where there is no darkness

isn't chicago kike central? a bolshevik helhol? makes sense

pls no bully

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Date: October 9th, 2024 10:53 AM
Author: Karlstack (reticulated) (🍑 Pronouns: Ausländer/Raus döp dödö döp)

what a load of shit

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Date: October 9th, 2024 11:01 AM
Author: 180 Missiles

Lmfao

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Date: October 9th, 2024 11:09 AM
Author: lex

is there not "bullying" (whatever that means) in law school? shouldn't more thin-skinned people get filtered out before they've sunk years in getting barred and starting to practice?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5609031&forum_id=2],#48180352)