The Godfather: Seven Lessons on Providing Effective Counsel1

摘要

It s your first day as a Bngade Judge Advocate. What do you do? How do you interact with the commander and staff? Interestingly, the basic rules for success as a judge advocate can be found by watching The Godfather? Through the lens of Tom Hagen, the consigliere to the Corleone family, we see seven lessons for success as an advisor and counselor to any leader. After discussing the background of The Godfather movie, we'll look at those seven lessons and see not only how they are applicable to all judge advocates, but how following them can produce an effective legal advisor.