Build Your Character Using Information Technology to Encourage

Build Your Character: Using Information Technology to Encourage Leadership & Professional Skill Development Molly M. Brummond Assistant Dean of Student & Alumni Relations University of Nebraska College of Law

Lawyers as Leaders. In private practice. In government. In business. In communities. Being an exceptional technician is the minimum expectation. It’s the floor rather than the ceiling.

Best lawyers/leaders… - Listen Think creatively Manage work flow (own & others) well Develop business See the world through the eyes of others Build exceptional relationships within the profession & with clients Manage stress in healthy ways

How do we know this? 1) We interviewed approximately 100 of our most successful alumni 2) Schultz & Zedak (2011) 1000 s of California lawyers Study identified 26 “Lawyering Effectiveness Factors”

Build Your Character is born.

Build Your Character evolves. 2014 -2015 Program Launch: All events “tagged” and students provided a passport. 2015 -2016 Tighten the reigns on what is “tagged” BYC App Development 2016 -2017 BYC App Launch Signature Programs 2017 -2018 Class-specific programming approach

The BYC App Available on i. OS & Android & web client

Questions? Molly M. Brummond Assistant Dean of Student & Alumni Relations University of Nebraska College of Law 402 -472 -8375 molly. brummond@unl. edu