Lawyers as Collaborative Problem Solvers
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
NOTE- **LOCATION CHANGE**
Colorado Bar Association
1290 Broadway, Suite 1700
Denver, CO 80203
Cost:
Government Section Members- FREE
$15- CBA Members
$20- Non CBA Members
$10- Call In
Increasingly, ours is a networked world. Whether in the private sector, in our government, or in academia, the most successful institutions are increasingly those where traditional, “top-down” approaches are being supplanted by flexible, cooperative, and non-hierarchical structures. For attorneys, this shift will mean a change in mindset and in practice, as lawyers will increasingly be called upon not merely to “issue spot” possible problems, but to work with all parts of an organization to find creative and collaborative solutions to address them. This program, led by Colorado Attorney General and former CU Law School Dean Phil Weiser, will focus on what this shift might mean for the legal profession and how, as practitioners, attorneys can adopt collaborative problem-solving “best practices” to improve not just their respective workplaces, but society as a whole.
Speaker:
Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General- Phil Weiser is the 39th Attorney General of Colorado. As the state’s chief legal officer, Weiser is committed to protecting the people of Colorado and building a law office that will serve all Coloradans effectively. Previously, Weiser served as a Professor of Law and Dean of the University of Colorado Law School, where he founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Weiser held senior leadership positions in the Obama administration, appointed to serve as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice and as Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation at the White House’s National Economic Council. Earlier in his career, Weiser co-chaired the Colorado Innovation Council and served in President Bill Clinton’s Department of Justice. After graduating law school, he worked in Denver for Judge David Ebel on the Tenth
Circuit Court of Appeals and held two clerkships at the United States Supreme Court, for Justices Byron White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Phil lives in Denver with his wife Dr. Heidi Wald, and their two children.
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