Judicial tribunal forces legal community to rethink sexual harassment – The Mail & Guardian

Judicial tribunal forces legal community to rethink sexual harassment – The Mail & Guardian

The judicial conduct tribunal of Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge has revived an uncomfortable, but necessary, conversation about sexual harassment in a profession tasked with upholding the law It marks the first time a judicial conduct tribunal is investigating such allegations and commentators say it could prove a reckoning that reshapes how the legal profession responds to abuse of power within its ranks. Chriscy Blouws, lead attor…