S. Lawyers and Leaders
Course Information
- Course Number
- L7989
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility
- Type
- Seminar
- Additional Attributes
- New Course
Section 001 Information
Instructors
Section Description
The central question of this course is: “As a lawyer and leader, how do you make sound decisions in difficult situations?” The answer has nothing to do with particular decisions a lawyer makes, or that she advises a client-leader to make. Reasonable people can always disagree about a decision. Rather, the answer is entirely about how those decisions are made. Who is involved? How do they grapple with the problem? What process, what considerations, what principles? What makes for a high-quality decision? This course is intended to benefit lawyers who will someday lead, and those who will advise decisionmakers. It is intended to challenge students to think critically about the role of lawyers and leaders, the sources of authority for decision-making, and the challenges and opportunities in making decisions within institutions inhabited by people, in all their wonderful and frustrating complexity.
Students should send a CV, transcript and statement of interest to Kim Holder at [email protected] by December 4th.
- School Year & Semester
- Spring 2021
- Location
- TBA TBA
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Thursday
- Points
- 2
- Method of Evaluation
- Paper
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
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- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in ethical and professional issues
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- Students should send a CV, transcript and statement of interest to Kim Holder at [email protected] by December 4th.