Addressing bullying, harassment and discrimination in the legal profession - a view from the regulatory perch

Ellyn S Rosen is the Regulation and Global Initiatives Counsel of the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility where she advises the ABA Standing Committee on Professional Regulation. Ms. Rosen was Counsel to the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 (2009-2013) and advised the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services on ethics and regulatory issues. She works closely with the ABA Center for Innovation and Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services on professional regulatory matters. She liaises with the Conference of Chief Justices, National Organization of Bar Counsel, and the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. She speaks frequently at international, state, and local bar programs regarding legal ethics and professional regulation. Prior to joining the Center in 1996, Ms. Rosen was a senior litigation counsel with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She is Immediate Past-President of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and has long served on the Council’s Executive Committee and Board of Governors. She is the Immediate Past-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Bar Issues Commission Regulation Committee and has been a member of that Committee since 2016. She served on the International Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee (2009-2010). She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Ms. Rosen also serves as an investigator and interviewer for the Illinois Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Evaluations. Ms. Rosen received her J.D. with honors from the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana.

Kieran Pender is an Australian writer, lawyer and academic. He is a consultant with the International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit, a senior lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, an honorary lecturer at the Australian National University and an award-winning journalist. Kieran was previously a senior legal advisor with the IBA, where he authored the landmark Us Too? report on bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession and led the subsequent global campaign. Kieran serves on the advisory council of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership and the NSW Law Society's diversity and inclusion committee, among other appointments.