As many readers know, I am a proponent of teaching leadership in the law school setting–in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities. (For me, as a long-term licensed practitioner, it is hard to teach business law without teaching leadership.) I had the privilege of serving as the chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Leadership last year. The section produces regular programming throughout the year on lawyer leadership from a variety of perspectives.

I was asked by this year’s section chair, Tania Luma, to organize and moderate a program for the section this spring. That program is next week–specifically, Wednesday, April 29, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET/3:00 PM– 4:15 PM CT/2:00 PM – 3:15 PM MT/1:00 PM – 2:15 PM PT–on Zoom. Registration is required for The program title and description are set forth below.

Revisiting the Teaching of Lawyer Leadership: Empirics, Skills, and Values

Lawyers lead in a variety of capacities in and outside their representation of clients. Law schools have increasing realized both this fact and their obligation—or at least some responsibility—to educate students more directly for these many leadership roles. This webinar features a conversation with two law faculty members who engage with teaching and researching lawyer leadership. Their work as instructors and scholars and the observations that come from that work offer key insights on why teaching lawyer leadership remains so important in an era of rapid legal change, what leadership knowledge and skills lawyers need to survive and thrive, and what law teachers can do to foster that knowledge and those skills.

The presenters are Hillary Sale and Kate Schaffzin, both accomplished lawyer leaders and researchers focusing on, among other things, lawyers as leaders. Come hear about their research and the enlightenment it provides into what and how we teach leadership in and outside the law school classroom.