New to In-House
ACC Charlotte’s New to In-House (NIH) provides a safe place for in-house attorneys to ask questions, share wisdom, and build relationships through mentoring and meaningful events.
All ACC Charlotte members are encouraged to join. In-house attorneys who are experienced (5+ years in-house) and newer (< 5 years in-house), gather to get to know one another, create formal and informal mentoring, facilitate connectivity and deepen in-house relationships.
NIH’s flagship initiative is a mentoring program which pairs new to in-house attorneys with more seasoned in-house attorneys outside their own organization to help them develop skills, create action plans to reach their short and long-term career goals, receive wisdom from as well as exchange ideas with the more seasoned attorneys, achieve success within an internal legal department, expand networks, and strengthen relationships across ACC legal departments.
Additional NIH Mentorship Information:
Mentorship Kickoff Information
NIH Mentorship Guidelines
If you are interested in joining our mentoring program as either a mentor or mentee, please email Executive Director, Jane Nohr, at charlotte@accglobal.com.
The ACC Docket Career Path articles are really applicable to our NIH community. Below are 4 of the latest articles that might be helpful resources to our NIH members:
Career Path: Why It’s So Hard Being a Good In-house Lawyer | ACC Docket
Career Path: Write Better Emails Today | ACC Docket
Career Path: Maybe Don’t Go to that Meeting | ACC Docket
Career Path: The Day You Became Smarter | ACC Docket
MENTORSHIP DISCUSSION TOPICS
TOPIC 1: How Much Should New Hires Focus on Building Peer Relationships?
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 2: 10 Things Your Corporate Culture Needs to Get Right
DISCUSSION (article linked within)
TOPIC 3: How to Become Your Own Career Coach
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 4: How To Build a Culture that Attracts And Retains Talented Lawyers
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 5: What I Wish I Knew Then: Robert Blecker and Julia Davis
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 6: Success in Your Career Rests On a Three-Legged Stool
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 7: Networking
ARTICLE / ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 8: Work-Life Balance
DISCUSSION (article linked within)
TOPIC 9: Mentorship vs. Sponsorship
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 10: Defending Your Career
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 11: Learning to Listen
ARTICLE / DISCUSSION
TOPIC 12: Goal Setting
DISCUSSION (article linked within)
Additional Information for NIH counsel:
Ten Things: Ten Habits of Highly Effective In-House Lawyers | Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel®
Ten Things: The “Strategic” In-House Lawyer | Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel®
Ten Things: How In-House Lawyers Can Survive and Thrive in Times of Uncertainty and Change | Ten Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel®
