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Presidential Leadership And Civil Rights Lawyering In The Era Before Brown, Lynda G. Dodd
Presidential Leadership And Civil Rights Lawyering In The Era Before Brown, Lynda G. Dodd
Indiana Law Journal
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Engaging Law Students In Leadership, Faith Rivers James
Engaging Law Students In Leadership, Faith Rivers James
Faith R Rivers James
The new challenge of legal education is preparing civic-minded lawyers to assume leadership roles in their communities, law firms, the legal profession, and in the public square. Defined as the process of influencing and persuading others to achieve a common purpose, leadership describes the lawyers’ task with individual and organizational clients; considered as a characteristic of people in positions of power, lawyers often assume the mantle of leading organizations. Whether defined as process or position, lawyering involves leadership in the private sector or in the public realm. This article considers the progressive structure of a comprehensive law & leadership program, …
The Evolution Of J.D. Programs--Is Non-Traditional Becoming More Traditional?: The Keynote Address Of The Southwestern Law Review Conference, David E. Van Zandt
The Evolution Of J.D. Programs--Is Non-Traditional Becoming More Traditional?: The Keynote Address Of The Southwestern Law Review Conference, David E. Van Zandt
Faculty Working Papers
Dean David Van Zandt presented the keynote address at the 2009 Southwestern Law Review symposium, "The Evolution of J.D. Programs: Is Non-Traditional Becoming MoreTraditional?" The best legal education must focus on preparing students for 21st-Century legal careers. Law schools need to know about the external market that they serve; they must continuously look for the best methods of teaching the skills this market will demand; and they must focus on outcomes. This means focusing on the competencies a law student has once he or she graduates from law school. Northwestern University School of Law recently completed a major strategic planning …
Reframing And Reforming The Securities And Exchange Commission: Lessons From Literature On Change Leadership, Joan Mcleod Heminway
Reframing And Reforming The Securities And Exchange Commission: Lessons From Literature On Change Leadership, Joan Mcleod Heminway
Villanova Law Review
The article discusses the lessons learned from the restructuring of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The strengths and weakness of the SEC reform measures are highlighted. Key reform proposals stemming from the global financial crisis and reform efforts being undertaken as of the spring of 2010 include overhauling or abolishing the SEC, managing the SEC through the Federal Reserve or the Department of the Treasury, and combining the SEC with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Reframing And Reforming The Securities And Exchange Commission: Lessons From Literature On Change Leadership, Joan Macleod Heminway
Reframing And Reforming The Securities And Exchange Commission: Lessons From Literature On Change Leadership, Joan Macleod Heminway
Scholarly Works
As a reaction to perceived and actual regulatory failures at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), from mistakes that contributed to the financial crisis to the Bernard Madoff affair, the SEC has been engaged in an operational transformation process. The growing literature on management and leadership in times of change -- change leadership literature -- offers a number of potentially valuable lenses through which we may assess reform at the SEC.
With the thought that securities regulators and others may learn valuable lessons about the SEC’s restructuring and reorganization from experts in change leadership, this Article explores a selected …
Let’S “Transform” The Colts The Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 1, Jeff Abbott
Let’S “Transform” The Colts The Way We Do Public Schools: Phase 1, Jeff Abbott
Jeff Abbott
This article, done tongue-in-cheek, uses sarcasm to parallel the need to reform public education with the need to reform the Indianapolis Colts.
Negotiating Paths, Creepy Crawly Creatures And Things That Go Bump In The Night: The Cautionary Tale Of A Fourth-Year Dean, Linda Ammons
Negotiating Paths, Creepy Crawly Creatures And Things That Go Bump In The Night: The Cautionary Tale Of A Fourth-Year Dean, Linda Ammons
Linda L. Ammons
This essay on the perils and pleasures to be found on the path of a law school dean was written for the 10th Leadership in Legal Education Symposium at the University of Toledo College of Law.