Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Jack Welch, GE’s legendary CEO, died last weekend. Lengthy obits about his business career followed. But few know of the vital role Jack played in the inside counsel revolution. Read the full article by Ben W. Heineman Jr., former general counsel of GE and CLP distinguished senior fellow, here.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
An article by Heidi K. Gardner, Distinguished Fellow at the HLS Center on the Legal Profession, and Ivan Matviak With the growing threat of coronavirus hitting the United States full force, the prospect of having to work from home is becoming increasingly likely for a wide swath of workers. If that occurs, normal work patterns, […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Race, Work & Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience won the Axiom Books Gold Award for business book of the year in the category of Minorities/Women in Business. The Center on the Legal Profession’s own David Wilkins, Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, and Faculty Director […]
Thursday, February 6, 2020
We’ve heard the murmurs: “the legal profession is at the tipping point of dramatic change.” But are law students sufficiently equipped to succeed and avoid being blindsided in the face of such change? In this podcast, targeted at law and pre-law students, we seek out powerful ideas on how our generation of law students can […]
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Cambridge, MA — The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession is mourning the loss of Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. Professor Christensen will be remembered for his career as a scholar, thought leader, and beloved teacher. Among his many scholarly contributions, Professor Christensen is perhaps best known for his is theory of […]
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Part I Many of the largest and most profitable firms today have been built on the backs of entrepreneurial lawyers who prospered within a live-and-let-live culture that rewarded them handsomely for winning top client business. Those lawyers—often thriving on a sort of maverick persona—served as sole relationship partners for their clients, which typically accounted for […]
Friday, March 8, 2019
Phenomenal Woman – Sandie Okoro. When Maya Angelou Wrote “Phenomenal Woman,” She Had Sandie in Mind “What is the point of an important job if you don’t do important work….” – Sandie Okoro On April 18, Sandie Okoro, the General Counsel and Senior Vice President of the World Bank will engage in a fireside chat […]
Monday, December 10, 2018
The inaugural Harvard Legal Technology Symposium – held November 5-9 on the Harvard Law School Campus – was recently featured on Harvard Law Today. The Symposium was spearheaded by the Harvard Association of Law and Business, and the Center on the Legal Profession was one of a number of collaborating groups that helped to put […]
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Professor Laura Empson, of London’s Cass Business School and Senior Research Fellow of the Center on the Legal Profession, hears from current and former leaders in elite professional firms and financial institutions who pull back the curtain on a secretive world which tens of thousands of bright, eager graduates apply to join every year in the […]
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
The Center on the Legal Profession’s research on the rise of the big 4 accounting firms was cited in a recent article in the ABA Journal. The piece asks if major law firms should be worried about increasing competition from the big four accounting firms (Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCooper, Deloitte, KPMG) who have made strong […]