Donald J. Polden is dean emeritus and professor of law at Santa Clara University where he served as dean of the School of Law for ten years. He is a well-recognized authority on leadership education and development for lawyers and law students. He drew national attention to the need for more formal and research-based scholarship and curriculum development in legal education through the early creation of a law school course on lawyers as leaders. Professor Deborah Rhode of Stanford, another early pioneer of lawyer leadership education, referred to Don as “truly a founding father of the field of lawyers and leadership.”
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Time for a Change: Reexamining Character & Fitness Requirements [CC]
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