ABA Delegates Overwhelmingly Approve Anti-Bias Rule

BySamson Habte, Bloomberg BNA

A vast majority of the ABA’s policy-making House ofDelegatesvoted in favor of a rule change that will make workplace harassment and discrimination a basis for professional discipline.

The rule change was approved by a voice vote on Aug. 8, the fifth day of the bar group’s six-day annual meeting in San Francisco. Only a handful of “nays” were heard whenABA Resolution 109was presented to the 589delegatesin attendance.

Black-Letter Anti-Bias Rule

The margin of the vote approving Resolution 109 may have been the most surprising development at the Aug. 8 session.

The resolution ...