Nevermind I was able to figure it out with some more digging. Here’s the configureChart event script and the end result for others that need it
	from org.jfree.chart.labels import ItemLabelPosition
	from org.jfree.chart.labels import ItemLabelAnchor
	from org.jfree.ui import TextAnchor
	plot = chart.getPlot()
	renderer = plot.getRenderer()
	renderer.setBasePositiveItemLabelPosition(ItemLabelPosition(ItemLabelAnchor.OUTSIDE3, TextAnchor.CENTER_LEFT))
