Event Title
Soft Skills Are The New Hard Skills: Developing Global Competencies
Start Date
4-9-2014 9:30 AM
End Date
4-9-2014 11:00 AM
Description
Soft Skills Are The New Hard Skills: Developing Global Competencies
What are the skills needed to be a "global lawyer" and how do you develop those skills? Law schools, firms and practitioners can look to models in the corporate and business arena that have tried to address this question. In addition to technical hard skills, corporate America and business schools have long been emphasizing the importance of soft skills development.
Presenters:
James Denvil, Associate, Hogan Lovells
Rachel Gordon, Research Specialist in Global Opportunities, Washington College of Law
Nancy Beer Tobin, Assistant Dean, Executive Education at Georgetown McDonough School of Business
Astrid Schmidt-King, Office of International Programs, George Washington University
Kathleen Ambrose, Senior Vice President, Siemens Government Affairs
Soft Skills Are The New Hard Skills: Developing Global Competencies
Soft Skills Are The New Hard Skills: Developing Global Competencies
What are the skills needed to be a "global lawyer" and how do you develop those skills? Law schools, firms and practitioners can look to models in the corporate and business arena that have tried to address this question. In addition to technical hard skills, corporate America and business schools have long been emphasizing the importance of soft skills development.
Presenters:
James Denvil, Associate, Hogan Lovells
Rachel Gordon, Research Specialist in Global Opportunities, Washington College of Law
Nancy Beer Tobin, Assistant Dean, Executive Education at Georgetown McDonough School of Business
Astrid Schmidt-King, Office of International Programs, George Washington University
Kathleen Ambrose, Senior Vice President, Siemens Government Affairs