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Craig Katerberg and Megan Comerford, Anheuser-Busch InBev
2 pages

In global business, pace, demand and innovation are constantly increasing. This is pushing in-house lawyers to be more flexible and engaged. In this article, your legal team can learn how to build a focused department and deliver value to your company.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Jodie Baker, Managing Director, Xakia Technologies
2 pages

The concept of collecting legal team data is increasingly capturing the attention of General Counsel. In this article, learn some steps you and your team can take in order to use data to improve your performance.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Deputy GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Anthony Wright, Lexvoco
2 pages

When in-house counsel are asked to demonstrate their value, how do they do so? In this article, learn how you and your team can set targets, collect data, organise your goals, and draw attention to your value for the company.

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Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
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Richard Stock, Catalyst Consulting and Sacha Kirk, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-founder, Lawcadia
2 pages

In-house counsel are being seen as responsible for the legal spend on external firms for their companies. This means demonstrating that external legal spend is considered, appropriate and measurable. By organising and implementing innovative key performance indicators (KPIs) for your department, in-house counsel can show their value and demonstrate why their legal spend is important.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Australia
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, Small Law Departments
Eric Chin, co-author of the 2017 Benchmarks and Leading Practices Report
4 pages

This article highlights some of the key findings from that report and introduces a framework developed to help general counsels future-proof corporate legal departments.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Australia
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Georgie Farrant and Elizabeth Seddon, Baker McKenzie
3 pages

The importance of creating a culture of compliance within your company has always been an important concept and these days its becoming even more so. In this article, in-house counsel can learn why they need a culture of compliance and how to create one.

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Interest Area: Law Department Management
Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Sonia Tame, Barrister, New Chambers, Sydney
2 pages

Claims against in-house lawyers remain relatively rare but not as rare as they once were. In this article, in-house counsel can learn about some recent cases in which counsel has been sued and how to protect themselves and their company against these issues.

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Region: Australia
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Dean Newlan, Senior Consultant and Jenni Langdon, Director, McGrathNicol Forensic
2 pages

Instilling a corporate culture where each individual feels comfortable raising integrity concerns is crucial to the early identification of misconduct or other inappropriate behavior. In this article, learn how a new study has shown light on compliance behavior within the legal world and how to integrate that impact into your department.

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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Region: Australia, Global
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Allygroup
5 pages

The following Legal Services Procurement Checklist, provided by AllyGroup, combines best practice principles with practical suggestions to provide you with a useful starting point when procuring legal services, from an individual matter to the establishment of a legal services delivery model.

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Region: Australia
Audience: Legal Operations, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments

In this presentation, in-house counsel can learn tips and pitfalls to be aware of when it comes to Legal Professional Privilege (LPP).

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Interest Area: Compliance and Ethics
Region: Australia
Audience: Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
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