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Education

Mar. 30, 2011

Stanford Trains the Modern GC

A new course for law and business students attempts to explain the growing complexity of a chief legal officer's role in corporations.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - On a recent Thursday afternoon, Daniel Cooperman stood before a classroom of two dozen Stanford law and business school students and summarized 10 weeks' worth of course materials.


"At the end of the day, what is the role of the general counsel?" he said. "I would submit that one of the most important roles is surveying the horizon with a very sharp telescope to identify...

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