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Georgetown Law instills leadership development, bolsters tech law

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Law schools are experimenting like never before. In recent years, there has been sharp interest not just in legal technology but also in legal innovation.

Can leadership be taught? And what qualities make for both a good lawyer and a good leader? Georgetown University Law Center has been grappling with these questions as the school focuses on infusing leadership training into the curriculum and the broader student experience.

In the fall of 2020, a special Sunday afternoon course, “Lawyers as Leaders,” taught by Dean William M. Treanor, became the most popular class in the school’s history, with over 300 second- and third-years enrolled. The class featured eight faculty members, each discussing their career paths, the challenges they had faced along the way and their achievements in the legal, policy and academic arenas.

Other opportunities for students to focus on leadership development include “Women and Leadership,” a seminar taught by Associate Dean for Strategy Professor Hillary A. Sale; “Business Law Scholars,” a program led by former Washington Post Media Executive Stephen Hills that includes mentoring and networking opportunities; a “mini-MBA” course taught by Hills; and a seminar on “Ownership, Leadership, and Teams” co-taught by Treanor and Sale.

“Law students want and need opportunities to develop and practice leadership skills long before they actually become leaders in their field or community,” wrote Treanor and Sale in an op-ed on leadership education for Bloomberg Law. “And so just as clinical education — once nonexistent — became a standard part of legal education, it’s time leadership education does, too.”

Georgetown Law has more than 80 tech law courses taught by 19 full-time faculty members. Last year, the school bolstered its offerings with two new graduate degree programs: a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Technology Law & Policy and a Master of Law and Technology (M.L.T.) for non-lawyers — which is the first degree of its kind offered in any law school.

The new degrees add a dimension to a program that already boasts a popular Tech Law & Policy Scholars option for J.D. students; the Institute for Technology Law & Policy, which convenes scholars and policymakers for cutting-edge research and events; and a law journal, the Georgetown Law Technology Review, which focuses exclusively on the intersection between law and technology.

Read about more law school innovation in the Spring issue of National Jurist magazine.

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