Trauma theory and overcoming ‘masculinist’ tendencies in law - LawyersWeekly audio

For Dr Colin James, the legal profession’s relative reluctance to appreciate the impact of trauma in workplaces and educational settings is, in part, due to a “masculinist” history that has fed longstanding stigmas and repression of feelings that may arise as a result of being exposed to trauma in the course of one’s work or study.

Robyn Tongol • 04 April 2025 - Click here to listen - https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/podcast/41847-trauma-theory-and-overcoming-masculinist-tendencies-in-law
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In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with retired lawyer, researcher, legal academic and author Dr Colin James about his long and storied legal career and research, his decades-long interest and work in trauma, domestic violence, and masculinity (spurred by a lack of justice and fairness in society), his perception of law’s embrace of trauma theory, and how and why the profession has been reluctant – relative to other sectors – to meaningfully acknowledge the need for change.

James also discusses the need for legal workplaces and law schools to better incorporate trauma theory, the strategies that must be implemented in doing so, going beyond legislative requirements, the urgent need to make such changes in the current climate, as well as his newly published book, Vicarious Trauma and Burnout in Law.

 

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