An extensive study has shown that 1 in 4 lawyers report having experienced workplace bullying during a one-year period. Whether it is an intentional act with the aim of intimidating or controlling another person, or an unintentional bias displayed toward a person based on their individual characteristics, bullying can cause extreme stress. That stress, combined with the everyday stresses of the legal profession, can have a serious impact on an attorney’s mental health.
This presentation will cover the forms that bullying may take, how bullying has been reported in the legal profession, how issues of gender and race are perceived in the legal community as reported by peers, and what actions can be taken to alleviate workplace bias.
- Introduction and Overview of Lawyers Assistance Programs
- LCL mission and services
- Defining Bullying in the Legal Profession
- Gender and Workplace Bullying/Sexism
- What it looks like
- How to address it/prevent it
- Sexual Harassment
- What it looks like
- How to address it/prevent it
- Homophobic Bullying/LGBTQIA+ Bullying in the Legal Profession
- What it looks like
- How to address it/prevent it
- Racism and Bullying in the Legal Profession
- What it looks like
- How to address it/prevent it
- How To Foster a Positive Work Culture
- Mental Health Effect on Legal Professionals
- How a Lawyers Assistance Program Can Help
- Q&A (As Time Permits)
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Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania
Michael F. Yagercik, Esquire is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania with an active practice located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. In 2025, Mr. Yagercik joined the Education and Outreach team for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, an organization that provides services to Pennsylvania’s judges and lawyers, members of their families, and law students who may be facing mental health and/or substance use challenges. Mr. Yagercik has been a volunteer with LCL since 2020. Read More ›
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Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Civility in the Legal Profession
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Total: 0.50 Professional Responsibility - Diversity / Inclusion, 0.50 Professional Responsibility - Mental Health / Substance Abuse
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Professionalism
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics and Professionalism
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics and Professional Conduct
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.20 Ethics/Professionalism
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Attorney Professional Conduct
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics, Professionalism, or Substance Abuse
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Total: 0.50 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 0.50 Legal Ethics
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Professionalism and Civility
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Attorney Wellness
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.20 Legal Ethics, etc.
This presentation is approved for one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alaska, one hour of Civility in the Legal Profession CLE credit in California, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Hawaii, one hour of total CLE credit in Illinois, of which 0.50 credit hours will apply to Professional Responsibility - Diversity / Inclusion credit , of which 0.50 credit hours will apply to Professional Responsibility - Mental Health / Substance Abuse credit, one hour of Professionalism CLE credit in Louisiana, one hour of Ethics and Professionalism CLE credit in Maine, one hour of Professional Responsibility CLE credit in Nebraska, one hour of Ethics and Professional Conduct CLE credit in Nevada, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in North Carolina, one hour of Attorney Professional Conduct CLE credit in Ohio, one hour of Ethics, Professionalism, or Substance Abuse CLE credit in Pennsylvania, one hour of total CLE credit in Rhode Island, of which 0.50 credit hours will apply to Professional Responsibility - Diversity / Inclusion credit, of which 0.50 credit hours will apply to Professional Responsibility - Mental Health / Substance Abuse credit, of which 0.50 credit hours will apply to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion credit , of which 0.50 credit hours will apply to Legal Ethics credit, one hour of Professionalism and Civility CLE credit in Utah, one hour of Attorney Wellness CLE credit in Vermont, and one hour of Legal Ethics, etc. CLE credit in West Virginia. This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.20 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.20 qualify as total hours of credit for Ethics/Professionalism. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.00 credit hours, of which 1.00 credit hours will apply to Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit.
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