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73 Baylor L. Rev. 170 (2021)
Learning Lawyer Leadership from the Military Profession

handle is hein.journals/baylr73 and id is 170 raw text is: LEARNING LAWYER LEADERSHIP FROM THE MILITARY PROFESSION Patrick Bryan and Donald J. Polden* I. Lawyer Leadership and Military Leadership-The Central Importance of Leadership Skills in the Legal Profession and in the Military Profession................................................171 II. Army Leadership Is People Leadership-Every Soldier Leads ....................................................................................177 III. Leadership Training and Development in the U.S. Army .....181 IV. Lawyer-Leaders and Lessons from Army Leaders and Leadership..............................................................................186 V. Conclusion .............................................................................193 Leadership abilities are critically important in many areas of society in the United States and globally. Millions of the world's citizens are affected daily by the decisions-good and bad-of their political and governmental officials even if those citizens do not have a choice in their selection. Whether selected by democratic methods or not, people rely on effective leadership to manage their lives, economies, and governments. It is particularly important in some professions and some positions where communities, employees, and other constituents rely on effective leadership to move their organizations and society forward. Military officers and *Patrick Bryan is a program manager and analyst at Systems Planning and Analysis in Alexandria, Virginia and a retired U.S. Army officer. He served in a variety of leadership positions during his more than 20 years of military service as both a Judge Advocate and Field Artillery officer. He was one of the two architects of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Leadership Center at the Judge Advocate General Leadership Center & School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Donald J. Polden is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law at Santa Clara University where he has taught courses on leadership for lawyers for many years. He is the founder of the Institute for Lawyer Leadership Education at Santa Clara and has published many journal articles on lawyer leadership. Polden lectures widely on the subject of leadership for lawyers, including at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is Chair- elect of the Section on Leadership of the Association of American Law Schools and served as a panelist at the Baylor Law School conference Vision for Leadership on September 16, 2020.

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