Our Leadership Initiative
What does it mean to be a ‘lawyer who leads’? Here at Santa Clara Law, we recognize the key roles that lawyers play in the profession, the community, and in government and public service, and we expect our students to make a personal and professional commitment to leadership.
To that end, we are striving to be a national leader in empowering future lawyers with the skills and experience they need for leadership. In 2005, we developed a new course, Leadership for Lawyers, which was the first of its kind in the nation, and it is just one of the many of leadership educational opportunities we offer to our students.
We invite you to explore our resources and thoughts on leadership, as well as our many profiles of alumni and faculty leaders. And we welcome your feedback and ideas on this important topic."
—Donald Polden,
Dean, Santa Clara Law
Additional Leadership Resources
Article on Leadership for Lawyers course
Educating Law Students For Professional And Community Leadership, an article
by Santa Clara Law Dean Don Polden published in The Complete Lawyer
Leadership Q&A with Dean Donald Polden and Bob Cullen, conducted by Stephanie West Allen, published in The Complete Lawyer
New Levels Of Leadership For Lawyers, a special online section of The
Complete Lawyer focusing on leadership, features numerous essays on the
topic