By Connor Amor-Bendall
Mindset and Development
How to be a proactive lawyer with Adam Wardel
You must move from the state of reaction to proactive decision making in order to truly serve your business as in-house couns...
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By Connor Amor-Bendall
Leadership
How to be a thriving in-house legal team
Katie Bhreatnach, GC and GM of Customer and Regulatory Partnerships at Airways, tells how her team became ‘thriving’ and won ...
By Sian Simpson
Leadership
How to build out your in-house legal team
Building an in-house team is a bit like a game of Tetris as finding lawyers with the right skill set and cultural alignment i...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Leadership
How to get the top job with Lauren Zajac
Lawyers often share a similar goal – reaching the coveted position of General Counsel or Partner. Discussion around cli...
By Sian Simpson
Mindset and Development
How to not become jaded being an in-house lawyer
You might love your job, but that doesn’t mean you never feel jaded. Being an in-house counsel is stressful so it’...
By Christoper McGavin
Leadership
How to unify your in-house legal processes
Unifying your in-house legal processes, especially your file management system, reaps many benefits for your legal team. Matt...
By Christoper McGavin
Leadership
In-house counsel’s role in crafting effective DEI policy
To craft an effective DEI policy takes time, consideration and care. Rushing to match the outputs of companies further along ...
By Christoper McGavin
Insight
Is legal enablement the next frontier
Multiple different business functions are implementing the principles of sales enablement to great effect. Legal could be the...
By Christoper McGavin
Insight
Is the corporate world too polite?
Often times, the biggest changes come from the most difficult discussions, especially when they’re to do with diversity...
By Tim Boyne
Leadership
Is the Vice President of Legal a role on the rise?
General Counsel has long been the pillar of the legal department, providing strategic direction and legal depth. Modern busin...
By Sian Simpson
Mindset and Development
Lawyering doesn’t have to be boring
Lawyers love mental gymnastics. They are curious, academic people who like solving complex problems. However, the reality of ...
By Sian Simpson
Leadership
Leadership in the age of the millennial majority
As the workforce acclimatizes to its millennial majority, leaders must understand the needs of this new generation and change...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Mindset and Development
Legal, business, and women’s empowerment with Marija Dukadinovska
Starting a new role in the midst of a global pandemic isn’t easy, especially when it means figuring out everything remo...
By Christoper McGavin
Leadership
Legal leadership is about giving not taking
Legal Leadership is an elegant balance of give and take. The best legal leaders balance the performance requirements of their...
By Christoper McGavin
Insight
Memoir of a disconnected lawyer
Shaun Plant’s legal dream job fell into disarray as the mounting pressures of an unorganized legal function saw him swi...
By Tim Boyne
Insight
Metrics for in-house lawyers
Aligning your legal team to the wider business strategy is easier said than done; harnessing data and metrics makes this a lo...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Mindset and Development
No one wants to work with a textbook
Society perceives lawyers as bookish and combative, and they can sometimes behave that way. The irony is that leaning into th...
By Sian Simpson
Mindset and Development
On the fence about leaving private practice, what should you do?
Law isn’t for everyone. It may feel like failure after years of hard work. But for some the reality of law and private practi...