This Management Report provides an overview of discussion results from ACC’s Law Department
Executive Leadership session entitled, “Global Law Departments, Alternative Fee Structures & Value,”
held in Boston on October 19, 2009.
Learn how the in-house team now holds the key to driving change to value focused engagement models.
Providing insight that will assist inside counsel and far-sighted outside counsel navigate the issues surrounding alternatives to the billable hour.
As the recession presses corporate legal departments to look for additional ways to control costs, one result has been a reassessment of the way work is allocated among in-house resources and outside counsel. According to a recently released white paper by Robert Half Legal, departments are monitoring budgets, bringing more work in-house and being
selective about the projects they assign to outside counsel. Departments are limiting use of outside counsel, but expecting more.
Creating Value By Selecting Strategic Practice Area Providers - Practices at GE Canada
As companies get creative about their financial solutions, the concept of taking business to off-site legal professionals is becoming more popular. This article discusses the development of legal outsourcing, its benefits and the information you need to decide if it’s the right move for your business.
This brief resource outlines helpful tips on how to select the correct international law firm for your company.
Introduces approaches, as well as practical tools, to improve organization, productivity and workflow management skills as in-house counsel. Provides four sections: self assessment, time management and team building, matter management, and effective communications.
Provides tips to succeed as new in-house counsel. Includes how the cultures of law firm life and corporate legal department are different, how to become a business team member, how to change from being managed to managing outside counsel, etc.
Does your external counsel ever come across as disconnected? Many law firms desire a deeper understanding of their clients' business operations, structure and ways of working. Many businesses, in turn, wish that their external counsel had a clearer appreciation for the issues impacting their operations, were up to speed with their current business activities and initiatives, and were more closely attuned to their corporate culture. Introducing a secondment program is a great way to achieve many of these goals.