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Defining Moment: Being a Leader
Who Makes a Difference
June 21, 2006
Cordell M. Parvin http://www.cordellparvin.com
Texas State Bar Leaders
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Defining Moment
Dr. Ossian Sweet
Gladys Sweet
Garland Street Detroit Michigan
“I have to die a man
or live a coward.”
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Defining Moment
Clarence Darrow
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Defining Moment
Judge Frank
Murphy
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Defining Moment
Michigan History Magazine July/Aug 1999
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Defining Moment
Challenging Exciting
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Defining Moment
The Bar’s Clients Are Its Members
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Defining Moment
The Bar is a Constant in Time When
Lawyers are Frequently Changing Jobs
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Defining Moment
Young Adults Join Organizations They
Perceive are Making a Difference
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Student Expectations
Find Meaning
Be Successful
In law school they will find:
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Student Expectations
Interesting Work Make a Difference
Seek Justice
In law school - learn how to be a lawyer
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The “Real World”
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The “Real World”
Focus on Cognitive Skills & Legal
Theory
Socratic Method
Teach to the Test
Prescribe the Curriculum
Impose Grade Curve
Offer Feedback Primarily via Final Exam
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Law School Teaches
Think like a
lawyer
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Law School Does NOT Teach
How to Practice Law
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Law School Does NOT Teach
Think like a
client
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Law School Does NOT Teach
Law Firm Business
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Law School Does NOT Teach
Get and Keep Clients
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Law School Does NOT Teach
Work With Senior Lawyers and Staff
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Law School Does NOT Teach
Prepare Real Legal Documents
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Law School Does NOT Teach
Present Your Position
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Law Employer Expectations
Intelligent
Hard Working
Professional
Desire to Learn
Healthy
High Energy
Young Lawyers
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Law Employer Expectations
People skills
Want to be a lawyer
Know what they want
Patient
Confident
Young Lawyers
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Reality from Law Employer Perspective
Young Lawyers
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Reality from Law Employer Perspective
Young Lawyers
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Reality from Law Employer Perspective
Young Lawyers
External Rewards Not
Internal Fulfillment
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Reality from Law Employer Perspective
Young Lawyers
Purpose Vision Values
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Reality from Law Employer Perspective
Young Lawyers
Learned “the science of
law,” not the “art of
lawyering”
Have “science of law”
skills, not “life” skills
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Where We Are Now!
Have Never Been Paid More and Been
Less Satisfied with Their Career
Young Lawyers
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Where We Are Now!
Johns Hopkins
University
Lawyers depression rate 3.6 times
higher than non-lawyers
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Where We Are Now!
Only half of lawyers surveyed would
become lawyers if they had a second
chance to decide
Rand Study
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Only half of lawyers say they
would choose career again
Where We Are Now!
June 27, 1995
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“Runaway Lawyers: Case Closed:
Attorneys Quit to Preach, Teach,
Find Happiness”
Where We Are Now!
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On Being a Happy, Healthy, and
Ethical Member of an Unhappy,
Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession
52 Vand. L.Rev., May 1999
Where We Are Now!
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LARAMIE -- today's lawyers are "an unhappy
lot" and many of them wish they had gone into
some other line of work, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told an overflow
audience in a University of Wyoming concert
hall Tuesday.
By W. DALE NELSON
Star-Tribune correspondent
Where We Are Now!
O’Connor: Lawyers “unhappy lot”
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Where We Are Now!
Too Much to Do - Not Enough Time
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Where We Are Now!
Clients Unhappy with Lawyers
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HERO
And Yet . . .
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State Bar of Texas Mission Statement
The mission of the State Bar of Texas is to
support the administration of the legal
system, assure all citizens equal access to
justice, foster high standards of ethical
conduct for lawyers, support and provide
services to its members, enable its members
to better serve their clients and the public,
and educate the public about the rule of law.
support and provide
service to its members, enable its members to better serve their clients
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Support and Provide Service to Members
What the Bar Can Do!
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Enable Members to Service Their Clients
What the Bar Can Do!
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What the Bar Can Do!
Mentoring for Law Students
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What the Bar Can Do!
Mentoring for Young Lawyers
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What the Bar Can Do!
Mentoring / Coaching
General career advice
Strategy for development
Lawyer life – what to expect
Goal setting and career planning
Real world experiences
Feedback and encouragement
What no one else will tell you
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What the Bar Can Do!
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What the Bar Can Do!
It’s Up to Them
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What the Bar Can Do!
Why They Want to Be a Lawyer
Purpose
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What the Bar Can Do!
What They Want to Become
Vision
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What the Bar Can Do!
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What the Bar Can Do!
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What the Bar Can Do!
Career / Life Planning Benefit
Well-Being
Life Satisfaction
Self-Esteem
Increase professionalism
Create greater enthusiasm for profession
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What Can the Bar Do?
Client Service Workshops Career Development Workshops
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PURPOSE
VISION
CORE VALUES
ROLES
GOALS
2006 PLAN
WEEKLY
PLAN
DAILY
PLAN
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What Can the Bar Do?
Development Planning
Successful and Satisfied Lawyers
Clearly Understand Their
!!Purpose
!!Vision
!!Core Values
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What Can the Bar Do?
Development Planning
Successful and Satisfied Lawyers
Clearly Understand Their
!!Energizing goals
!!A plan to achieve them
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What Can the Bar Do?
Helping Lawyers Set Goals
•! Create a list
•! Ask Why?
•! Break It Down
•! Prioritize
•! Take Action
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I believe that this nation
should commit itself to
achieving the goal, before
this decade is out, of
landing a man on the
moon and returning him
safely to the earth. No
single space project in this
period will be more
impressive to mankind, or
more important for the
long-range exploration of
space; and none will be so
difficult or expensive to
accomplish.
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64 Work/Life Integration
What Can the Bar Do?
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How you spend non-billable
time will determine the
quality of your career
What Can the Bar Do?
Development Planning
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Think Outside the Box!
Webcasts Family
Friendly
Podcasts Client
Service
Panels
Blogs
What can we learn about getting
better from Tiger Woods?
What can we learn about getting
better from Tiger Woods?