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This resource presents the leading practices of legal departments that leverage dedicated legal operations staff to manage the business aspects of Legal. Through profiles of 11 legal departments, it conveys who leads the legal operations function, relationships between general counsel and their legal operations leaders, reasons for the legal operations function, how it functions, its scope and impacts.

The Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officers 2017 Survey is a global study of the issues and challenges facing chief legal officers and general counsel in corporate legal departments.

This Leading Practices Profile (LPP) presents themes, trends and leading practices of general counsel at the helm of six legal departments located in the Asia-Pacific region. The resource explores how the roles of general counsel and in-house counsel in that region have evolved from legal advisors to trusted business partners. It also provides leading practices for the success of legal teams of global organizations located in the Asia-Pacific region.

This Leading Practices Profile examines the law department management role of general counsel and in-house counsel that work for companies in Europe. General counsel and in-house counsel in European legal departments contend with restrictive bar admission rules, cultural and linguistic differences, and legal issues that arise in transnational practice. In this Profile, in-house counsel from 13 companies reveal how their in-house legal departments are structured and operate, and how they manage the various functions of their law departments, including
compliance, contract management, guarding privilege, retention of outside counsel and providing
value to the corporations they serve.

This guide will lead an in-house counsel/department to the benefits of invoice review strategies.

This ACC Value Practice piece highlights the Zurich North America law department’s practices relating to performance/value assessments for outside counsel, billing and convergence

This "How To" resource can help guide a legal department moving from predominantly hourly billing to alternative billing scenarios - with goals, planning, types, and key considerations.

Highlights from ACC Europe's 18th Annual Conference.

This survey is a self-proclaimed 'work in progress' which will continue to be updated by the Pro Bono Institute. It covers 43 jurisdictions in Europe, Asia and the Pacific region, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East.

This is a detailed outline of the 2011 ACC Annual Meeting Session 305. It covers risk management principles, root cause analysis, and enforcement of international contracts.