I'll be teaching a class at University of Chicago Law in the spring quarter. Entrepreneurship as a title was taken, so I had to go with the longer and more confusing "The business of entrepreneurship for lawyers". I'm excited, but also scared out of my head. Nothing helps you understand how little you know like trying to teach it to someone else.
The goal is to teach law students that they have plenty of training to be entrepreneurs themselves. If it's not in them, the secondary goal is to help them understand how they can be good legal partners for entrepreneurs they eventually represent. My first draft of the syllabus is online, and I'll post the material as it develops. If the school lets me, I'll use my blog for the course discussions and del.icio.us for identifying the material. I think the best way to get feedback on my first attempt will be to distribute the info widely and open it up to all sorts of viewpoints.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The business of entrepreneurship for lawyers
Posted by John Rodkin at 4:08 PM
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A quick correlation.
Bill Gates almost became a lawyer. It is arguable that because of his knowledge about law he was able to create Microsoft, because as many know, it really was all about the licensing. :)
As for teaching, it always freaks me out too, similar to playing for a crowd without knowing the song material that well! But once I'm done it is an awesome high/kicker!
Good luck.
Lucky students.
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