This Leading Practices Profile continues the series of ACC Leading Practices Profiles examining the role of law department leaders and in-house counsel in managing the legal affairs of companies doing business abroad.
Sample RFP questions covering firm overview, firm's legal expertise, financial management, and partnering approach.
Sample performance metrics chart to keep track of performance of outside counsel.
A sample form for evaluation of a potential candidate after an interview.
Sample plan transferring work from multiple outside law firms to one.
A sample list of questions designed to better define the value and scope of work for outside counsel.
Sample memo transferring a matter from outside firms to one outside firm.
Sample work distribution plan defining which proportion of work goes to internal and outside counsel.
An item for your bulletin board, this series of checklists covers project scoping, budgeting, post project reviews and lines of communications. It also includes best practices culled from discussions among a large gathering of inside and outside counsel, as well as a sample project kick-off meeting agenda.
Sample chart breaking down workload by topic, like litigation, commercial, and regulatory matters.