Leadership and the Law

Discussion. For Fall 2024, enrollment in this course is limited to those with a significant role within a student organization or Law Student Association officer/committee member.  Please add yourself to the waitlist during registration or contact Senior Assistant Dean Emily Scivoletto for admission to the course. NOTE: Course day/time indicates Tuesdays at 12:00 p.m., but there are only three Tuesday meetings during the semester.  However, students must be available Friday, September 6, 2024 from noon to 5:00 p.m. for the Leadership and the Law Retreat.

This course allows students to study and apply methods of leadership, conflict resolution and ethical decision-making to their current work at King Hall and in their future practice areas in the law and government. Lawyers are frequently asked to take on leadership roles in law firms, government, non-profit and business settings, and political, social and educational organizations.  Yet many of our law students graduate from law school without studying methods of effective leadership or assessing their own leadership traits and capabilities.  This course will help prepare students for responsible leadership and service in the many roles that lawyers perform both in and out of legal practice, and in their roles as social change agents. Students will assess their own leadership skills and abilities and critically examine the leadership traits, styles and decision-making processes of prominent leaders who are lawyers.

This course will be taught as an accelerated course. Class will meet for the first five weeks of the fall semester, including the Leadership Retreat on Friday, September 6, in addition to small group meetings with the instructor.
Final Assessment: Other
Grading Mode:  Letter Grading