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Your company has one opportunity to make a good or at least a competent first impression to promptly defuse a situation. You can use the media effectively to present balanced facts to the public following a crisis, to neutralize biased or inaccurate reporting and to improve your reputation. As in-house counsel, you should be involved on the front line from the beginning. This article shows you how to develop an effective media relations plan not only to minimize the negative, but also to accentuate the positive.

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Ins & Outs — Legal Leaders Use the Matrix to Expand Time. Research shows time pressure and workload are significant pressures facing legal teams. Use of the Legal Matrix can help a legal team's effectiveness in all areas.

Of course you’ve written a resume before, but what about a resume for a general counsel job? For a multinational position? For expert tips on how to fine-tune your resume, read more here.

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While the position “I paid for it, I own it” may appear attractive at first— indeed, it attempts to satisfy a basic, universal desire to get what we paid for—analyzing the repercussions of this position makes it far less satisfying.

March 2008- Tolls & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better

One of the most important skills a corporate generalist can develop is that gut instinct that tells you that you are way out of your league on a particular topic or issue. Learn how to use your greatest tool - the mental Rolodex buried within.

The shift from outside to in-house counsel disrupts common assumption, changes perspective, and encourages
creativity. Great attorneys either naturally or strategically embrace that opportunity. Great attorneys just “think laterally” every day.

Discusses six practical examples for lawyers to more directly understand their own clients' experiences.