By Heather Kidd
From legal function to strategic engine: What comes after transformation?
For more than a decade, “legal transformation” has been the rallying cry of in-house teams. Digitize. Standardize. Do more wi...
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By Heather Kidd
Business Leadership1+
The Department of How: What modern legal leaders can learn from eBay and Upwork
Brian Levey doesn’t talk about legal the way most lawyers do. At Upwork, where he spent more than a decade as the company’s t...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Business Mindset and Development
Breaking down corporate silos: The legal department’s subtle superpower
Before becoming in-house legal counsel, I spent 8 years in one of the most siloed organizations: local government. My clients...
By Heather Kidd
AI Business3+
The expanding strategic role of legal leadership in global healthcare
Legal leadership no longer sits at the margins of the business. In global AI healthcare companies, it shapes enterprise succe...
By Miki Noble
AI Career Development1+
The evolving role of the modern GC: leadership, legal ops, and AI
Decades ago, ambitious lawyers chased partnership. Today, many aspire to the C-suite. Few people have witnessed that transfor...
By Heather Kidd
Career Development Collaboration1+
From trial by fire to modern CLO
In a candid conversation on the Legal Leaders Podcast, Michelle Clatfelter and LawVu CLO and EVP Advocacy David Lancelot disc...
By Heather Kidd
Business Career Development1+
Redefining the modern GC: Inside Katja Fenton’s leadership at Fugro
The role of the General Counsel is changing fast – and nowhere is that shift more visible than inside global, technology-driv...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Career Development Deep Dives1+
How a people mindset creates a better legal ops professional
We’ve all heard the tropes about legal professionals before; they’re ambitious, analytical and Type A personalities (le...
By Heather Kidd
AI Business3+
Why legal operations is essential: lessons from Arla Foods’ Kasper Riis Hansen
Most in-house legal teams pride themselves on precision yet operate with surprisingly little clarity about how their work get...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Career Development legal operations1+
How to power a global legal transformation using AI, data, and people
When Ed Rastelli talks about his role as Head of BRR Operations and Chief of Staff for IHG Hotels & Resorts, one phrase c...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Career Development Leadership
From biochemistry to billion-dollar deals: How Lisa Mather is redefining in-house legal leadership
An “accidental lawyer” is how Lisa Mather, Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance at Australian pet insurance tech company, Fet...
By Heather Kidd
Career Development Collaboration
Build your network before you need it
There’s a common illusion in corporate life that you only need to think about your next role when you’re ready to move. Yet ...
By Connor Amor-Bendall
Legal Technology Career Development
Redefining in-house law: How AI, agility, and passion are reshaping legal careers
As a profession steeped in tradition, law isn’t known for its flexibility. Yet in today’s world, where the pace of technologi...
By Miki Noble
Community Focus Leadership
In-house legal thought leaders driving positive change
The in-house legal profession plays an indispensable role in the success and sustainability of organizations worldwide. Moder...
By Miki Noble
Career Development Legal Technology
Data-driven legal leaders
Blurb: As AI reshapes the legal landscape, DHL’s Mark Smolik believes true transformation starts with a mindset and a vision ...
By Miki Noble
Leadership Business1+
The T-Shaped Lawyer: How Peter Connor is transforming in-house legal practice
Blurb: Learn how Peter Connor, pioneer of the T-Shaped Lawyer concept, is rewriting the rulebook on what it means to be an in...
By Heather Kidd
Community Focus
Rebranding ‘lawyer’: why it matters more than you think
Is the title of lawyer or attorney an advantage or disadvantage to those working as in-house counsel? It’s a topical question...
By Emily McCormick
Mindset and Development Communication
Become an effective legal communicator
General Counsel and in-house counsel generally balance many things, and the role can vary depending on the industry the lawye...