Bullying in the legal profession is believed to be more common than in some other professions. It is believed that its adversarial, hierarchical tradition contributes towards this. Women, trainees and solicitors who have been qualified for five years or less are more impacted, as are ethnic minority lawyers and lesbian, gay and bisexual lawyers. Half of women lawyers and one in three men who took part in a study by the Law Council of Australia (LCA) reported they had been

bullied Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an im ...

or intimidated in the

workplace A workplace is a location where someone works, for their employer or themselves, a place of employment. Such a place can range from a home office to a large office building or factory. For industrialized societies, the workplace is one of th ...

. The Law Council of Australia has found that women face significant levels of discrimination, with one of the study's key figures telling Lawyers Weekly the profession is a "men's only club".Leanne Mezrani 14 March 201
Law is failing and hurting women
Lawyers Weekly According to former High Court judge Michael Kirby, the rudeness of judges trickles down to senior lawyers who then vent their frustrations on more junior staff, thus creating a cycle of bullying and

stress Stress may refer to: Science and medicine * Stress (biology), an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition * Stress (linguistics), relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase ...

that is rife within the

legal profession Legal profession is a profession in which legal professionals study, develop and apply law. Usually, there is a requirement for someone choosing a career in law to first obtain a law degree or some other form of legal education. It is difficult to ...

.Bullying judges breed stressful system: Kirby
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Bullying in the UK legal profession Case history #50

* James Barnes 16 October 2012 The Global Legal Pos
Bullying rife in English legal profession
* Sophie Schroder 8 Oct 2014 Australasian Lawye
Lawyers some of Australia’s worst bullies?
* The Connecticut Law Tribune August 27, 201
Editorial: Confronting Bullying Within the Legal Profession

Knocking Out Bullying in the Legal Profession

Civility Matters: Rudeness and Bullying in the Legal Profession
* 8 January 2014 Legal Future
Bullying at work on the rise, says lawyer support charity
* David Yamada December 10, 201
Bullying lawyer suspended from practice for two years
* Harriet Alexander March 23, 201

Bullying at Work Legal Organizations, Coping Strategies, and Health Problems

March 3, 2010 Ben Schneiders {{Law Abuse of the legal system Workplace bullying Practice of law Legal ethics Persecution

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