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… ‘Keep the Faith': How A Hostile Encounter With Yale Law Students Emboldened Me To Speak The Truth With Kindness.

… I witnessed a room full of our future lawyers, jurists, legislators, and corporate executives who would … rather bang on walls and engage in name-calling and physical intimidation than have to engage with people and ideas they dislike. What makes it worse is that their future profession requires them to interact with opponents regularly. Even the American Bar Association recognizes civility “as a foundation for democracy and the rule of law” and urges lawyers “to set a high standard for civil discourse as an example for others. …”…