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Managing and Leading an Effective In-House Legal Department
Two practical days to understand current best practice and generate creative, value-added solutions to your management challenges.
Course overview
Overwhelming volumes of activity, demanding response time and shortage of resources seem to be the fate of many in-house legal departments. The department needs to justify its existence and develop clarity and consensus about what it focuses on and how it is resourced. This has to be done in the context of how the organisation manages legal risk and uses legal services.
Some heads of legal departments have ‘no appetite’ for managing others, but find themselves in that position due to seniority. The temptation to concentrate on matter rather than people management can be great.
This programme enables you to take a step back from the overloaded inbox and explore the options open to you. It will give you the skills to achieve the balance and focus needed to succeed in your role, and includes discussion time on issues and solutions, with concurrent workshops, as well as the evaluation of sample materials to help embed learning.
Concurrent practical workshops
The programme features concurrent workshop sessions that address the key challenges faced by all organisations when trying to refocus resources to meet the demands of the business. The workshop is split by interest depending on whether you have a multi-jurisdictional team or are based in one location.
PLUS
As well as receiving full background notes and documentation, delegates will also receive a copy of the recently published Thorogood publication, Managing In-House Legal Services.
Who should attend?
- Heads of legal teams or those aspiring to manage other lawyers
- Legal affairs directors and managers
- Private practice lawyers contemplating a move to a senior in-house role
Please note that this seminar is relevant to whatever jurisdiction you are practising in. It is relevant to those working in one in-house team in one location as well as those working in dispersed in-house teams covering several jurisdictions.
Programme at a glance...
Day one
- The challenges confronting in-house lawyers
- The need and demands for legal services
- Resourcing legal services – selection
- Resourcing legal services – cost-effective use
Concurrent workshops
Refocusing legal department resource case studies
Workshop 1: In-house team in one location covering one jurisdiction
OR
Workshop 2: Dispersed in-house team covering several jurisdictions- Business acumen for in-house lawyers
- Maximising value within budget constraints
Day two
- Risk appetite and compliance challenges
- Legal awareness for non-lawyers
- Relationship management
- Developing the in-house team
Concurrent workshops
Leadership and performance management challenges
Workshop 1: Functional responsibility without authority
OR
Workshop 2: High performer with adversarial or uncooperative attitude
- Competency profiles
- A year in the life of a head of a legal team
- Developing yourself
Presenters
Mark Prebble (1-2 Oct 2020, 18-19 Mar 2021, 7-8 Oct 2021)
Mark Prebble worked for ICI and The BOC Group plc in the UK, and Biogen and SGS in Switzerland during his 21 years as an employed in-house lawyer. He held the positions of General Counsel at SGS and Group Legal Adviser at The BOC Group plc. Since 1998 when he established Lawyers in Business, Mark has worked with in-house legal departments, providing coaching and support for in-house lawyers, wherever located, on management issues, legal department performance and projects involving raising legal awareness. He has written Managing In-house Legal Services for Thorogood Publishing.
Anthony Inglese (1-2 Oct 2020, 18-19 Mar 2021, 7-8 Oct 2021)
Anthony Inglese was the top lawyer in five government departments before his retirement. His last legal department won two awards in 2013 for Best In-House Public Sector Legal Team. He is the leading trainer of lawyers within the Government Legal Service on professionalism and ethics, having trained over 2,500 lawyers during the last 25 years.
Ruth Sweetman (1-2 Oct 2020)
Ruth Sweetman has worked and lived in Australia, Hong Kong, USA, Italy and England and is legally qualified in three jurisdictions. She was in private practice for 11 years with Baker & McKenzie and as a partner with Dentons, before first moving in-house as Assistant General Counsel, Europe with a US based global media entity. Over the course of 16 years Ruth has held senior regional in-house roles and managed legal teams at five companies, both globally listed and national, across media, IT and data industries, and is a specialist in managing and training small under-resourced legal departments. For five years she took a step into direct business roles, both operational in a law firm and sales in a globally listed communications operator. As a Senior Director at PanAmSat, a global satellite operator, she headed up their SE Asia division. She has experienced the all-round business perspective from roles in senior sales management, law firm management and business consulting.
Continuing professional development
This course qualifies for the following CPD programmes:
- CPD certificate of attendance: 12.00 hours
- General Council of the Bar: 12.00 hours
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| 1-2 Oct 2020 | |||
| 1-2 Oct 2020 | Rembrandt Hotel, London | GBP 1,299.00 EUR 1,819.00 USD 2,026.00 + VAT @ 20.00% |
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| 18-19 Mar 2021 | |||
| 18-19 Mar 2021 | Venue not yet confirmed | + VAT @ 20.00% |
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| 7-8 Oct 2021 | |||
| 7-8 Oct 2021 | Venue not yet confirmed | + VAT @ 20.00% |
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