LAWS4464 · Law

Authority and Leadership in Professional Life

Boston College Law School

This course focuses on the conscious and unconscious group and systemic dynamics that arise from the exercise of authority, leadership and power. Students learn about leadership and authority dynamics by focusing on boundaries, authority, role and task, and by studying their own experience and linking this to theory and class reading. Classes are intensely psychodynamic in nature, and promote powerful and often emotional interchange as students explore the dynamics of social identity and processes such as splitting, projection, and projective identification. Students experiencing a difficult period in life should speak to the professor before enrolling. Class attendance is required. Grade is based on class attendance, exercises, short papers/journals and final paper. Students interested in an optional fourth credit can enroll in the Friday workshop, which will meet from 9am to 4pm on a handful of Fridays during the semester. Contact Professor Sarda for information (sarda@bc.edu). Limited enrollment.