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How to Outsource Legal Work An Average Attorney Can Do 14 May 2012 | 01:00 pm
Law department managers love to use the term 'commodity legal work.' But they don't always spell out what it means.
The Importance of In-House Legal Departments Being Engaged 14 May 2012 | 01:00 pm
Engagement of its members, not their level of satisfaction, bulwarks a law department's effectiveness. Engagement is the willingness and ability of attorneys and staff to go beyond the call of duty to...
What is Important to Boards in Their General Counsels 14 May 2012 | 01:00 pm
A good Board of Directors deserves and needs the advice of a strong General Counsel. In a world beset with legal problems and significant personal-liability risks for board members, top-level legal ex...
Giving In-House Legal Departments More Responsibilities 14 May 2012 | 10:00 am
For an in-house lawyer, doesn't promotion to General Counsel mean you have scaled the heights, reached the pinnacle? You're the top lawyer, reporting to the CEO, and you oversee the law department as ...
Succession Planning in Law Departments 30 Apr 2012 | 01:00 pm
Recognizing possible successors for senior positions in a law department, grooming those candidates and promoting them without untoward repercussions are challenges for many general counsel. These tas...
General Counsels Need to Lead the Legal Department 30 Apr 2012 | 01:00 pm
General counsel are expected to be leaders, but that leaves one important question unanswered: "Are leaders born or made?" It's important, because if the leadership skills of a general counsel were sc...
How to Build a Strong In-House Legal Department 30 Apr 2012 | 01:00 pm
Recognizing possible successors for senior positions in a law department, grooming those candidates and promoting them without untoward repercussions are challenges for many general counsel. These tas...
Voting Software for Law Departments 30 Apr 2012 | 01:00 pm
Electronic voting software is an under-utilized tool for law department managers. But it can help choose and implement software, set strategic goals, assess client and employee satisfaction, enliven r...
Talent Management: Three Controversial Practices Debated 30 Apr 2012 | 01:00 pm
Making the most of your law department talent calls for the utmost in managerial ability. This series has offered some ideas for how to do so. The first installment (July 2003) looked at three major i...
Law Firm Department Retreats 30 Apr 2012 | 01:00 pm
Legal departments have an excellent opportunity to weld together two I-bars of management's best practices: holding a departmental retreat and absorbing client satisfaction scores.
