Growing Number of Leadership Programs and Courses Supports Professional Identity Formation

Through service and leadership, lawyers influence people impact organizations communities. Law students need to be aware of their opportunity for as part professional identity they prepared the obligations that accompany privilege acquiring a law degree. The number schools with leadership development courses programs has grown rapidly over last ten years to: encourage embrace obligation serve clients society; better equip positions (including building relationships clients); inspire them boldly seek opportunities difference-makers in communities world. movement increase lawyers’ also during time will continue advance proposed revisions ABA Standard 303. author discusses important role leaders society, examines growth leadership-development movement, offers thoughts about its relationship professional-identity movement. advocates both complement responsibility efforts are essential education training modern students.