It is an exciting and challenging time for in-house counsel. These days, the pipeline to general counsel is full of high-potential women and minorities. Read this article for insights and tips on how to achieve your fullest potential by shedding light on what it takes to advance in today's competitive corporate law department and how to use this knowledge to define your unique career path.
A business school education does not necessarily prepare you to be managerially efficient. Here are a few simple tips to help improve your management style.
January/February 2008: Tools & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better
Corporate Grapevine (December 2007) The Movers & Shakers
Reflecting While Moving Ahead- Ms. Stein considers the growth of ACC over the past 25 years, remembering what has been accomplished and what is still to come.
Discusses how in-house attorneys control litigation with outside counsel and avoid falling victim to surprise expenses while managing legal spending.
Read perspectives on how to adapt to an in-house life style after life at the big firms.
Corporations are facing new challenges in litigation due to the changes in case law, and the recently passed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP). This is changing corporate infrastructures and expanding SERVICES and technologies offered by electronic discovery providers. Read on to find out how this new landscape in litigation affects your job as in-house counsel.
The key to managing projects is to realize that you can’t “do” a project; rather, you can only “do” an action. That’s right—one action at a time. Of course, knowing which actions to take, in which order—that’s the tricky part!