Sexual Harassment Prevention Resources

Annual Training Requirement | Resources | About the CBA Sexual Harassment Prevention Task Force

Illinois’ Annual Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Requirement
The CBA offers training sessions for lawyers and law firm staff to meet the State of Illinois’ and City of Chicago’s annual sexual harassment prevention training requirements. Join us on December 17, 2024 for a live webcast of the below training modules. Each attorney registration includes access for 5 additional law firm staff members to complete the training. Additional staff members may be registered for a fee of $25 per every 5 registrants. You must register for each modules separately.

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
12:00-1:00 p.m.
MCLE Credit: 1 IL PR-MCLE Credit
Cost: Free for law students and CLE-Advantage Plan/$35 Member/$65 Non-Member
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Sexual Harassment Bystander Intervention Training
1:00-2:00 p.m.
MCLE Credit: 1 IL PR-MCLE Credit
Cost: Free for law students and CLE-Advantage Plan/$35 Member/$65 Non-Member
Register Here

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Managers
2:00-3:00 p.m.
MCLE Credit: 1 IL PR-MCLE Credit
Cost: Free for law students and CLE-Advantage Plan/$35 Member/$65 Non-Membe
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Sexual Harassment Resources
If you or someone you know are in need of resources and/or have questions about sexual harassment in the workplace, please refer to the attached CBA Lawyers’ Resources to Stop Sexual Harassment flyer.  


CBA Sexual Harassment Prevention Task Force
The CBA’s Sexual Harassment Prevention Task Force was created to help address sexual harassment in the legal profession with the goal to create real change within the culture of our practice.  According to the Women Lawyers on Guard’s 2020 national survey, which looked at sexual harassment in the legal profession over a 30-year period (i.e. sexual assaults, stalking, unwanted date requests, sexually explicit inquiries, sexualized name-calling, attractiveness ratings, ogling/leering, etc.), the statistics sadly look very similar when comparing 2020 to 1990.  According to this survey, sexual harassment remains in 73% of the culture today versus 89% of the culture 30 years ago.  Furthermore, 86% of sexual harassment in the workplace continues to be unreported due to fear of job loss and other negative career consequences, concerns about safety, doubts about whether reports will be believed, and because the harasser is the person receiving the reports.  

Additionally, in order to understand why the majority of our work culture needs to change, it’s important to understand the significant injuries sexual harassment causes to the individuals being harassed, their organizations, as well as the entire legal profession.  Some reported long-term effects caused by sexual harassment include:
● anxiety about one’s career or workplace (66%);
● fear of retaliation (40%);
● loss of self-confidence (40%);
● loss of productivity (36%); and
● negative economic impact in one’s career (33%).