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Law Class: Leadership For Lawyers

 

Assignments

Week 1: January 11, 2010
 Introduction to Leadership

  1. Class Introductions
    1. Name, experience, aspirations
    2. Leader who has had impact on your life & why
  2. What is Leadership?
    1. Group brainstorm list of Great Attorney Traits
    2. Group brainstorm list of Leadership Traits
    3. Group Brainstorm list of Skills for Attorneys
    4. Group Brainstorm list of Skills for Leaders
    5. Small groups work in definition of Leadership – NOT LIST OF TRAITS
    6. Leadership is the ability to…
    7. Groups then report back to the larger group
    8. Look for similarities and differences among the definitions
  3. X/Y Game… Win as Much as You Can    Group Prize 8 Dollars for the Table---- Individual Prize 5 Dollars   


January 18, 2010 - NO CLASS
Martin Luther King Jr., Day


Week 2: January 25, 2010
 Leadership Frameworks

  1. Introduction to Leadership for Lawyers
    1. Read: Chapter One and Two in The Leading Lawyer
  2. Assignment:  Take the Myers Briggs (Keirsey Temperament) Chart your results and come prepare to discuss it
  3. Leadership Models
    1. Trait Theory
    2. Distributed Theory
    3. Skills Model
    4. Read : Leadership Theories by James Clawson on Claranet


Week 3: February 1, 2010
Leadership Frameworks (cont.)

  1. Leadership Models
    1. Behavior Models
    2. Situational Leadership Model
    3. Servant Leadership
  2. Read:
    1. Chapter 1: The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership - Kouzes & Posner  (Book)
    2. "Leadership That Gets Results" - Goleman  (ClaraNet)
    3. Twelve Qualities of a Leader" - Augustine  (ClaraNet)
    4. "On Character and Servant-Leadership: Ten Characteristics"... - Spears  (ClaraNet)
  3.  Assignment:  Take the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI- Self) that is on Claranet. – Also use the LPI Scoring and the LPI Graph to score your results.  Chart the results.  Bring your results to class and be prepared to discuss them.


Week 4: February 8, 2010
The Leadership Challenge: Credibility, Leading by Example and Modeling the Way

  1. Credibility , Drive and Determination
    1. Read: Chapter 3: Cullen
    2. Read: Chapter 4 Cullen  
  2. Leading by Example; Modeling the Way
  3. Read:
    1. Leadership Challenge --Chapter 3: Set the Example - Kouzes & Posner  (Book)
    2. Read the Gandhi Case Study - Claranet
    3. Be prepared to discuss the Ghandi Case Study


Week 5: February 16, 2010
Inspire a Shared Vision and Creative Thinking
Student Presentation Group 1 – Present Creative Thinking

  1.  Vision
  2.  Creative Thinking --Chapter 5 Cullen Book
  3. Read:
    1. The Leadership Challenge :Chapter 5: Envision the Future - Kouzes & Posner  (Book)
    2. The Leading Lawyer --Chapter 5: Cullen—Define a Vision and Practice Creative Thinking  
  4. Class assignment:  Create a firm Mission Statement


Week 6: February 21, 2010
Challenging the Process and Leading Change

  • Read:
    1. Thurgood Marshall Article Chapter 20 (on Claranet)
    2. Leading Change on Claranet by Kotter
    3. What Leaders Really Do on Claranet by Kotter


March 1, 2010 - NO CLASS
Spring Break

 
Week 7 : March 8, 2010
Communication and Persuasion

  1. Cullen Chapter 6
  2. Assignment: Take the Influence Strategies Exercise on Claranet – Chart it and come prepared to talk about it.


Week 8 - March 15, 2010
Team Building: Enable Others to Act

  1. Cullen Chapter 7
  2. Case Study—Read Team Building on Claranet


 Week 9 - March 22, 2010
Social Entrepreneurship and Having Difficult Conversations

  1. Social Entrepreneurship:  Reading on Claranet
  2. Having Difficult Conversations
    1. reading TBA


Week 10 - March 29, 2010
Leadership is the Future of the Profession

       1.    Read Chapter 8 in Cullen
       2.    Assignment:  Take the Leadership Practices Inventory on Claranet.