Bloomberg Law
March 13, 2018, 10:34 PM UTC

Law Firms Get New Guidance on Sex Harassment

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Law firms should draft policies with clear definitions of sex harassment that spell out forbidden behaviors, the American Bar Association recommends in an updated manual for legal industry leaders.

Zero Tolerance: Best Practices for Combating Sex-Based Harassment in the Legal Profession” is the third edition of a book first published by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession in 2007.

The new version prefaced by Anita Hill, a university professor best known for accusing then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, has been in the works for two years.

Its release comes amid a ...

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