11. Fighting Workplace Injustice in the Law

    Welcome back to Powerhouse Lawyers with Erin Gerner! PHL Retreat [00:00] Join us for an in-person community building experience. Reserve your spot now: https://www.eringerner.com/Powerhouse-Lawyers-Retreat  Intro [01:44] Guest introduction: Aliza Shatzman [02:13] Aliza is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis Law school. She had intentions to use her legal background to support reproductive services in the United States. Aliza became a clerk to boost her resume and professional development. She founded The Legal Accountability Project after experiencing workplace harassment during her clerkship program.  Aliza’s Clerkship [04:57] Aliza shares her experience with gender based harassment with the judge that she was assigned to. After reaching out for support to other lawyer mentors, Aliza was instructed to “stick it out” for the remainder of her clerkship program. Unfortunately, employee dispute plans did not exist where she worked and don’t exist for many other clerkship programs. Why is the judicial clerkship process important? [11:29] The Legal Accountability Project  [16:00] The Legal Accountability Project is a nonprofit organization founded on Aliza’s experience with workplace harassment. The mission of the organization is to support and protect the clerks throughout their clerkship programs. The most transformative service LAP provides is through building a database of clerk experiences with their previous judge mentor. Advice for future clerks [32:50] Aliza advices future clerks to share their clerkship experience and seek others experiences too. Your experience is not rare. The messaging is that you must stay silent. That helps no one in the long run. Closing [38:19] Burnout and overwhelm may be a part of your everyday life, but it doesn't have to be! Here are five action steps that helped me crawl my way out of the weeds of life and into building the life I wanted and knew I deserved. Eliminate overwhelm in life AND law, now! https://www.eringerner.com/eliminating-overwhelm  Powerhouse Lawyer Retreat: https://www.eringerner.com/Powerhouse-Lawyers-Retreat Find Aliza Shatzman: The Legal Accountability Project https://www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/  Share your clerkship experience https://www.legalaccountabilityproject.org/clerkships-database-1  LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-legal-accountability-project/  Twitter https://twitter.com/The_LAP_  Email [email protected]    Stay connected with Erin Gerner Website eringerner.com    LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-gerner/  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/erin.w.gerner  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eringerner/?hl=en