Garry Jenkins (Dean, Minnesota; Google Scholar) & Jon J. Lee (Oklahoma), Management Evolution: The Rise of Attorneys within the C-Suite, 96 Tul. L. Rev. 695 (2022):

The standard desirous about the trail to the highest company government management posts, reaching the so-called C-suite, is that it begins with incomes an MBA diploma. In contrast, the JD diploma is regarded as one which prepares graduates for the observe of legislation, for presidency service, or for public curiosity advocacy. Since legal professionals have traditionally been educated to guard purchasers from threat, legislation just isn’t related to senior enterprise management. But, an evolving and accelerating pattern is rising: extra legal professionals are reaching or crossing over to change into a part of high company administration groups. We current findings from our empirical research on company management profiles that paperwork an increase within the standing of and alternatives for company lawyer-leaders and tracks main shifts in legal professionals holding senior government posts over time, thereby difficult the standard knowledge on company expertise administration.