Long-term vision may have different definitions for different companies, but here are some statistics to frame the conversation: The interview process in America has grown by 3.3 to 3.7 days since 2009. “Today it stands at 22.9 days on average.” (Source: Glassdoor) Eight months is the … [more]
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General Counsel, What Makes an Effective Mentor?
A legal mentor is a seasoned and experienced lawyer who has navigated the intricacies of the law in a variety of settings, in-house as a legal leader, in a law firm as the leader of a practice group, as the … [more]
How GCs Can Build a Legal Department Poised for the Future
The kinds of opportunities and uncertainties facing companies today are as challenging as any in modern history. As you may know, executive teams must always thoroughly analyze – and revisit – their priorities and goals and identify ways to optimize … [more]
How Are Salary Wars and Remote Work Impacting In-House Recruiting?
The world of Big Law is a competitive one, and that competition sometimes results in firms trying to “one-up” each other on associate pay. This summer is another example of that periodic phenomenon. Recently we have seen firm after … [more]
Tackling the Budget-Workload Conundrum as We Move Out of the Covid Crisis
At the end of last year, when Covid was still a prominent factor on the minds of all corporations, many companies decreased the size of their legal department budgets. It was a move that was designed to deal with the … [more]
Managing Your Legal Team Remotely
It has been over a year, and few people have returned to their office desks. The city that never slept, New York City, once characterized by towering office buildings and an endless bustle on the street, has transformed into a … [more]
Emerging Risks Facing GCs in 2021 – the Cybersecurity and “Cyberdemic” Era
Socrates once said: “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Those wise words seem particularly appropriate in today’s digital age. Indeed, the digitizing of all our … [more]
Is Your Legal Department Aware of an “Innovation Gap?” Here’s What You Can Do About It
When it comes to technology and analytics, the legal industry tends to lag behind those in the business world. Whether it is comfort with tradition or the fact that lawyers are trained to look backwards for precedent rather than seeing … [more]
The Expanding Role of the General Counsel: It is No Longer Just Risk Management
Did you know that 93% of General Counsel are members of the executive management team, which represents a 10% increase from just 10 years ago? The Association of Corporate Counsel’s recent survey shows that virtually all Chief Legal Officers (CLOs) … [more]
Can General Counsel Affect Race Relations in the Workplace?
We, as a country, are taking stock. We are taking stock of our health care system and its weaknesses. We will be taking stock, in just a few months, of our political future with the upcoming election. And, we are … [more]
