Innovation and the Future of Work: Technology, Talent, and Organizational Change in the Legal Profession Each year, the Center on the Legal Profession brings together members of the legal community to honor those whose achievements have contributed to building a stronger legal profession.  The Center’s empirical research forms the heart of our dinners – research […]

Join Heidi K. Gardner, Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession and author of Smart Collaboration: How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos for an interactive workshop hosted by Thomson Reuters discussing the hottest topics in cross-silo working.  Covering topics ranging from gender implications to technology enablers to cross-firm […]

Please join HALB & the Center on the Legal Profession for an intimate conversation between Joseph Shenker, Global Managing Partner of Sullivan Cromwell and Jeffrey Cohn, Founder of CEO Fellows. Joe will provide coaching and advice on how to develop professional skills and good leadership habits needed in today’s business world–not just in top law […]

Watch video of the talk here   Chris Kelly worked extensively in developing Facebook’s early approaches to public policy challenges including privacy.  This event will provide a free form discussion about Kelly’s career path, the goals of Facebook’s privacy policies, their interplay with Facebook’s business model, and strategies for implementation.  We will also discuss more […]

Watch the event video here   Prof. David Wilkins and the Center on the Legal Profession are pleased to welcome CNN legal analyst and Founding and Managing Partner of Martin & Martin, LLP, Areva Martin, to campus for the launch of her exciting new book, Make It Rain!: How to Use the Media to Revolutionize Your […]

The Center on the Legal Profession, along with the Harvard Association for Law and Business, will be hosting a panel discussion with Blackstone’s Chief Legal officer, John Finley, Goldman Sachs Partner, Stacy Selig, and McKinsey Senior Partner, Kevin Buehler to be moderated by Prof. David Wilkins. They will discuss each panelists career path from law […]

How does a professional come to be seen as a leader within a professional organization? How do leaders maintain their position once they have reached the top? How do they navigate the complex power relationships among their professional colleagues and actually get things done? On February 22, the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute and Harvard […]

The Center on the Legal Profession will host two major events in India to celebrate the publication of The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization: The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society (Cambridge University Press) in early December 2017. The book, which is the pinnacle of […]