Executive Education for Lawyers
The Practice
November/December 2017
While the traditional U.S. model of legal education prepares students to “think like a lawyer,” it frequently falls short in helping them understand how to apply their legal reasoning.
November/December 2017
Executive Education for Lawyers
In this article, we share what we have learned during the past 10 years at HLS Executive Education and consider the future of our core principle: law schools can and should support lawyers across the arc of their careers to become more effective leaders, not only in the private bar but across all practice settings where lawyers are struggling to affect change.
Attention to Detail
How does Harvard Law School (HLS) Executive Education design and run programs? We begin where they often begin, considering the needs of lawyers and the market as well as what the best research reveals about the critical issues facing modern legal professionals.
The Impact of Executive Education Programs
We spoke with two leaders who attended Harvard Law School (HLS) Executive Education’s flagship programs, Leadership in Law Firms (LLF) and Leadership in Corporate Counsel (LCC). These lawyers’ experiences with executive education demonstrate the impact of these programs on an individual and organizational level.
Jazzing up the Classroom
Chief among the problem-solving approaches is the case study method — a method of teaching typically found in business schools based on real-world scenarios. In this article, we explore this emerging teaching method as it applies to the legal context — both in the J.D. and executive education classrooms.
Quiet Leadership
Susan Cain, best-selling author and cofounder of Quiet Revolution, and David B. Wilkins, faculty director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School, discuss leadership, collaboration, and belonging in the legal profession.
