Aligning Law School Curriculum With Law Firm Needs

Neil W. Hamilton (University of St. Thomas), The Competency Continuum on Teamwork and Team Leadership: Aligning Law School Curriculum with Law Firm Needs:

Law firms and legal departments include teamwork and team leadership skills in their competency models and 30% of law schools have included teamwork in their learning outcomes, but there has been no effort to create a continuum that aligns law student development of teamwork skills with the competency models of law firms. This article provides a model for this continuum for law schools and law firms.