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This article focuses on the different value-based approaches and what it takes to not just make them work, but thrive. It stresses the need for a true partnership to develop between in-house and outside counsel. When a true partnership is formed, waste is eliminated for in-house counsel, while profits are maintained, and sometimes even enhanced, for outside counsel. The article delves into the need to diverge from the "I hire the lawyer, not the firm" mentality and place emphasis on the product that is the practice group instead. Finally, it touches on a few misconceptions concerning alternative fee arrangements and how to best measure the value from those arrangements.

<p/>This ACC Value Challenge resource is part 3 of a 3 part series. To view the other resources in this series, please click here:</p>
<p class=><a id=CP___PAGEID=1365185| href=/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1365185>ACC Value Challenge: Facing Up to the Challenge - The Case for Change (Part 1)</a></p><p class=><a id=CP___PAGEID =1365193| href=/legalresources/resource.cfm?show=1365193>ACC Value Challenge: Facing Up to the Challenge - Law Firm Metrics (Part 2)</a></p>

This case law is concerning a female employee under federal, state, and city law for gender discrimination, failure to promote, and retaliation, employee moved for sanctions against employer for its failure to preserve backup tapes containing potentially relevant e-mail correspondence of key employees.

If you're ready to move away from the billable hour as your default fee basis and adopt fee structures that will motivate your firms to help achieve your business objectives, this session will give you some practical guidance.

Learn the importance of your focus as in-house counsel – it’s not just on getting those pleadings filed, but also implementing litigation holds, managing outside counsel, conducting investigations, analyzing your position, determining strategy and much more.

To better understand the state of work-life balance among in-house lawyers, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the world’s largest organization dedicated to corporate counsel, reached out to more than 30,000 lawyers. This study explored the perceptions, experiences and intentions of in-house counsel by tenure, department size, industry, region, gender, caregiving status and other key metrics. Findings from this study provide insight into how organizations and leaders can benefit from the positive business outcomes of encouraging and fostering a climate of work-life balance for corporate lawyers.

This is a sample lease agreement for property in the state of Colorado.

This is a sample risk assessment template.

A code of business conduct that covers a wide range of business practices and procedures, and sets out basic principles to guide all employees of the company.

ACC/The American Lawyer Alternative Billing Survey Results

Legal Service Management Sample Agenda

This checklist will help determine key quality and organizational provisions for outside counsel retainer agreements.

This is a sample M&A due diligence checklist – IT security

This is an EPA clean power plan, including implementation, compliance timeline and options.

This is a sample contract review and approval form.

This is a sample confidentiality agreement between a company and its employee.

This panel will examine the application of process reengineering to legal functions and the interrelationship of in-house legal, law firms, and legal process outsourcing providers. Attendees will learn from experienced practitioners who have transformed in-house legal departments by optimizing the mix and use of technology (including recent developments in data analytics supporting the integration of e-discovery and information governance), applying best practices and analyzing which aspects of work performed by lawyers, paralegals, and support staff really add value and which are likely candidates to be eliminated, automated, or delivered by alternative resources.

This document outlines the responsibilities of each person's role in the Department at each stage of the strategic planning process.

Article discussing issues related to attorney-client privilege, especially circumstances resulting in waiver of the privilege.

This is a sample lease guaranty.

This is a sample personnel secondment agreement.

This document is a sample staffing services agreement.

This is a sample severance agreement between an employer and an employee setting out the terms of separation.

In-house counsel’s increased strategic and business-focused responsibilities frequently result in greater challenges to corporate privilege claims. Attorneys and corporations need to take precautions in all forms of communications to preserve attorney-client privilege.

This is a sample personnel secondment agreement.

This sample is a checklist for Family and Medical Leave Act Administration and Audits.

This is a supplemental presentation for the session.

This is a sample engineering services contract.

There was a time not too long ago when managing the legal
department of a company was seen as different from manag-
ing other aspects of the business. Law departments often were not held to the same management standards, because, after all, how could you possibly budget for legal costs that were outside of your
control? But in the past few years all that has changed. Law departments are now responsible for meeting the same
rigorous standards in terms of controlling costs and showing value. At the same time, the business and regulatory environment has put even more work on the plates of in-house lawyers.
As a result, managing an in-house legal department has become an
increasingly complex job. We are now responsible for delivering legal advice, being effective managers, serving as the conscience of the corporation, and beyond that, giving strategic business advice.

This session provides in-house counsel with a view on what mediation is, its benefit, how it differs from arbitration, and when and at which state of a dispute mediation can be used. Speakers focus on a practical and lively approach to the topic, with real examples.

ACC Board Chair Iohann Le Frapper discusses what resources ACC members need, and how ACC can provide them.