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LAW-2984 Leadership and Character Strengths
Prof. Lisle Baker, Mr. John Churchill,
2 credits day; 2 credits evening.
Many Suffolk law graduates achieve both formal and informal leadership roles during their legal
careers. This course is designed to help lay a foundation for law students to achieve such roles
more successfully. Since many leadership opportunities vary within given situations, the focus of
the course is to help students be sufficiently self-aware in order to be able to respond to a
leadership opportunity when it presents itself and continue learning, both when they succeed and
when they do not. A specific focus of the course will be to help students recognize, understand
and develop their character strengths and how they might put them to use in the interest of
greater justice in the wider community, as well as achieve greater resiliency when future
leadership challenges arise. The course will include reading, research, positive and contemplative
psychology practice, journal writing and other brief written assignments to be completed prior to
and after formal classes. The course writing will not satisfy the Suffolk Law School legal writing
requirement. There is no final examination but a short final reflective paper will be required.
There is no pre-requisite. The course will be graded on a pass/fail basis.
Enrollment is limited: 18
Elective Course
Final Paper Required
<<Course Updated: March 25, 2016>>