Lawyers as Leaders Intensive Boot Camp

You've got the substantive legal knowledge and intellectual firepower necessary to be a good lawyer, but do you have the leadership skills it takes to be a great one? Leaders in law and business want trusted advisors who excel in skills like problem solving, creativity, ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity, and exceptional communication and persuasion skills. This course focuses on strengthening these critical skills for the career that you are developing. In this highly immersive class, our hands-on exercises and discussions assess and develop your skills in strategic decision making, influence techniques, motivating others, leading teams, and managing change in unpredictable environments. We use neuroscience techniques that optimize adult learning, with real-time feedback on classroom exercises and short reflection papers to help create new habits for success. The course meets in a three full-day session immediately before the start of Fall Quarter (Sept. 9-11). We then meet 3 hours/month through the academic year in workshop style -- interactive sessions in which students bring and work on actual leadership challenges, brainstorming and problem solving as a cohort Precise meeting dates/time TBA by instructors. Enrollment in the class (4 units) is in Autumn Quarter 2020. An "N" grade (indicates satisfactory progress in a course that has not yet reached completion) will be given at the end of Autumn Quarter 2020. Final grades will be given at the end of Spring Quarter 2021 and will be applied to Autumn Quarter 2020. Elements used in grading: Class participation and attendance, course exercises and written assignments. Class Outline ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_XAWnMhQE0bFVgRE2eR0kA488plZddvJhDKxw_PdZEo/edit) . Info Sheet ( https://www.dropbox.com/s/xhgnenqkq99shd1/Lawyers%20As%20Leaders%20%20Poster.pdf?dl=0 ). CONSENT APPLICATION: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit a Consent Application Form available on the SLS website (Click Courses at the bottom of the homepage and then click Consent of Instructor Forms). See Consent Application Form for instructions and submission deadline.