LAW-2460 Inside Job: Exploring the Role of In-House Counsel
As Corporate America relies more and more on in-house counsel for the provision of legal services, in-house lawyers have taken on broader roles and face challenges that are very different from their counterparts in law firms and legal service organizations. This course will provide students with an opportunity to gain a sense of the roles, responsibilities, and challenges of in-house counsel through discussion, lecture, guest panels, and simulation of situations based on actual legal matters being addressed in the current in-house legal environment. Topics covered will include the dual role of the in-house lawyer, hiring and managing outside counsel, employee relations matters, issues in intellectual property, and ethical issues facing in-house counsel. The course is relevant to students considering a career as in-house counsel as well as to students who will practice in law firms and other organizations, since those lawyers very often interface with in-house counsel as their primary company contacts. The course will be taught by Elizabeth Brody Gluck, who has over twenty-five years of legal experience, in private practice and as corporate counsel at both for-profit and nonprofit companies. She most recently served as General Counsel to a large nonprofit human services corporation in Massachusetts. The grade for the course will be based on class participation and an in-class presentation and research paper on a topic of the student's choice specifically related to the concepts and issues discussed in the class.
Prerequisite
LAW-2136 (Previously) and LAW-2315 (Concurrently or Previously)