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ABA Civics, Civility and Collaboration Commission: Cornerstones of Democracy
ABA Section of Litigation’s 2012 Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar: Taking the High Road: How to Deal Ethically with Bullies Who Don’t Play by the Rules
"Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Civility, Professionalism and Equality,” The Pennsylvania Lawyer, September/October 2022, Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr.
"Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Civility, Professionalism and Equality,” The Pennsylvania Lawyer, September/October 2022, Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr. (with footnotes)
Attorney Civility and Professionalism, The State Bar of California
Better Not Call Saul: Promoting Civility among Lawyers during Crisis (by Francine Friedman Griesing)
Bullying Does Not Pass for Advocacy in Illinois - 2Civility
Bully Lawyers and the Possible Consequences (Part 1)
Bully Lawyers and the Possible Consequences (Part 2)
Civility and the Profession Survey of PBA Members by the 2014-15 Class of the Bar Leadership Institute
- Survey Form
- Survey Results
Cultivating Civility One Pixel at a Time
Defining Civility as an Attorney, by Gary L. Gassman and Elizabeth Olivera, ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Don’t Back Down: Ethical Guidelines for Countering Bullies in the Practice of Law
“Encouraging Attorney Civility During Depositions: The Enduring Impact of Hall v. Clifton Precision,” Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr. and Jordan Fox, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, July 2013
GPSolo eReport Column: “Improving Civility with Mindfulness,” The Legal Burnout Solution, Rebecca Howlett and Cynthia Sharp (Aug. 20, 2021)
“High School Basketball and an Order Imposing Sanctions for Incivility,” Ethical Grounds – The Unofficial Blog of Vermont’s Bar Counsel, Aug. 25, 2022
Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Civility’s 2Civility Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Civility’s Course: Ending Harassment, Bullying and Incivility in the Legal Workplace Course
“Lawyer Speech Triggers Both Civility and Constitutional Concerns,” ABA Journal, David L. Hudson Jr. (Sept. 1, 2019)
The Legal Burnout Solution: A Mindful Approach to Professionalism and Civility (GPSolo eReport, February 2021, American Bar Association)
"Make 2020 the Year of Civility," by ABA President Judy Perry Martinez, ABA Journal
"My Testimony at Incivility Anonymous," by Judge David Dreyer, Marion Superior Court, Indianapolis
New ABA Civics Survey Finds Most Americans Perceive Decline in Civility
“On Professionalism,” Appellate Advocacy Blog, Tessa L. Dysart, Sept. 19, 2022
The Original Meaning of Civility: Democratic Deliberation at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
Pa. Code of Civility
PBA Working Rules of Professionalism
‘Pervasive Incivility’ and Rule Violations Spell Disbarment for D.C.-area Lawyer, The Law for Lawyers Today, Thompson Hine, Nov. 11, 2021
“Professionalism: It Goes Beyond Lawyers’ Model Rules” (American Bar Association, July 24, 2023)
“Recognizing the Line Between Zealous Advocacy and Incivility,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Sept. 20, 2022
”Reminder From the Bench: Professionalism Means Not Comparing Opposing Party to a Buzzard or Porky Pig,” The Law for Lawyers Today
“Reprimand Recommended for Lawyer Who Threated to “Punch the Sh*t” Out of Opposing Counsel,” Louisiana Legal Ethics, a blog by Prof. Dane S. Ciolino
“Should Zeal and Zealous Be Removed from Our Legal Vocabulary?” by Daniel J. Siegel (Sept. 1, 2021)
“The Pennsylvania Bar Association: A 125 Year Tradition Of Civil Discourse,” PBA Quarterly, January 2020
The Price of Bad Disposition Behavior, Pennsylvania Bar News, Peter B. Rogers and Paul C. Troy (Sept. 13, 2021)
“The True Cost of Incivility in the Legal Profession,” 2Civility, Erika Herald, (Sept. 21, 2022)
This Is Us: From Striving Alone to Thriving Together,” Task Force on Attorney Well-Being, New York State Bar Association (October 2021)
"We Can Be Smart, Ambitious and Accomplished Members of the Legal Profession Without Being Jerks," Heidi K. Brown, ABA Journal
“Where Has All the Civility Gone?,” Suzanne Smith, PBA Solo and Small Firm Section Newsletter, Fall/Holiday 2021

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