Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014. 12:45 PM.
Location: Room 290, Stanford Law School
Much of the recent discussion over the changes buffeting the legal profession at the moment focuses on the shift in power from large law firms to in-house corporate legal departments. The in-house bar has grown significantly in both size and stature over the past decade and the needs of the corporate legal department have galvanized changes throughout the profession. But so far, little has been said on the possible impact of this shift on legal education. Are there substantive changes that should be made to legal education to better capture the new dynamic of the corporate law practice? What should the role of the in-house bar be in the ongoing debate of the education and training of young lawyers? Does the in-house bar have a professional duty to engage in the education, training, and development of young lawyers more than it traditionally has? The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession is pleased to welcome the general counsel of Cisco, Twitter, HP, and Facebook to examine these and other questions in this panel discussion. Moderated by SLS Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Planning George Triantis.
Location: Room 290, Stanford Law School
Much of the recent discussion over the changes buffeting the legal profession at the moment focuses on the shift in power from large law firms to in-house corporate legal departments. The in-house bar has grown significantly in both size and stature over the past decade and the needs of the corporate legal department have galvanized changes throughout the profession. But so far, little has been said on the possible impact of this shift on legal education. Are there substantive changes that should be made to legal education to better capture the new dynamic of the corporate law practice? What should the role of the in-house bar be in the ongoing debate of the education and training of young lawyers? Does the in-house bar have a professional duty to engage in the education, training, and development of young lawyers more than it traditionally has? The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession is pleased to welcome the general counsel of Cisco, Twitter, HP, and Facebook to examine these and other questions in this panel discussion. Moderated by SLS Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Planning George Triantis.