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Can AI be evil?
I hope that we all agree that intentionally manipulating a distressed or emotionally vulnerable individual to die by suicide ranks extremely high on any list of evil acts. But how do we regard an...
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Growing the therapeutic jurisprudence movement: Looking back at a Sept. 2015...
Sorting through files and papers in my faculty office a few weeks ago, I came upon two memos that I had circulated in conjunction with a September 2015 workshop I was hosting here at Suffolk...
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Workplace Bullying Newsletter, No. 3 (Sept. 2025)
(September 2025) — Dear readers, welcome to Issue No. 3 of the Workplace Bullying Newsletter. Each issue contains news and research summaries, short commentaries, and curated resources for those...
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My recurring shoutout to healthy hobbies as a wellness practice
Crooning tunes is good for your health! (At VIVA Karaoke in Boston) Periodically, I use this blog to tout the value of pursuing healthy, immersive hobbies, especially during challenging times in our...
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Watch: UIC Law Review therapeutic jurisprudence symposium
Last Friday, I had the pleasure of participating in an online symposium on therapeutic jurisprudence, organized and hosted by the editors of the UIC Law Review, published by the University of Illinois...
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We need to more deeply “psychologize” our understanding of law, public...
Image courtesy of freepik.com My dear friend Dr. Gary Namie, co-founder of the Workplace Bullying Institute, states what I regard as an ultimate compliment when he says that I’m one of the most...
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Origin story: Discovering the labor movement
Shop steward training materials, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, 1986 On this 2024 Labor Day here in the U.S., I thought I’d share how I got involved with the labor movement and why this played...
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Barcelona conference: On trauma-informed law and public policy
I’m here at the International Congress on Law and Mental Health, held at the University of Barcelona Faculty of Law. Among other things, this biennial conference has been an important gathering spot...
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The awfulness of employment litigation
image courtesy of freepik.com While teaching Employment Law and Employment Discrimination courses at Suffolk University Law School here in Boston, at some point I insert into class discussion my belief...
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Feeding our dialogue about workplace bullying
Hello dear readers, I’ve collect some of my recent contributions to the dialogue about workplace bullying and related topics. I’m including several that I wrote about in earlier posts in case you...
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Origin story: How serving on a non-profit foundation board opened doors to...
Pages from the PILF fundraising dinner journal When I discuss career planning with my students, I often urge them to pursue interesting pro bono and volunteer activities not only for the contributions...
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Autobiographical reflections: Mark Satin’s “Up From Socialism”
At the start of my second year as an instructor in the Lawyering program at New York University School of Law in 1992, I looked at my new class list of first-year students and saw a familiar name:...
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Delving into the Dark Triad
I’m working on a law review article that will examine how insights about trauma and traumatization can inform law reform efforts. Part of that work involves a consideration of the psychological...
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Judith Herman’s “Truth and Repair,” Part 3: Applications to therapeutic...
In this, my third look at Dr. Judith Herman’s important new examination of psychological trauma, Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice (2023), I would like to connect the theme of...
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Judith Herman’s “Truth and Repair,” Part I: Trauma survivors’ perspectives on...
In 1992, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman shared her groundbreaking analysis of psychological trauma, Trauma and Recovery. For years this has been among the “must read” books on the topic, and Dr....
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Therapeutic jurisprudence workshop at the University of Puerto Rico
During the past weekend, I had the pleasure of participating in a workshop on therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ), featuring nine presentations on various aspects of law and psychology, held at the...
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Ikigai: It’s not just for middle-aged searchers
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Ikigai, according to Wikipedia, “is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living.” It is most commonly...
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Briefing Memo on the Healthy Workplace Bill
After a bit of a quiet period during the heart of the pandemic, various state legislatures are showing renewed interest in the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. Perhaps it’s the growing attention...
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Watch and learn: Video recordings of 2022 programs
Hello dear readers, I’m linking below video recordings of several programs in which I participated during 2022. I hope you’ll find something of interest! “Bullying and Incivility in the Academic...
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