In-House Counsel Skills to Support Emerging Law Department Responsibilities | Practical Law

In-House Counsel Skills to Support Emerging Law Department Responsibilities | Practical Law

A Practice Note discussing the ongoing expansion of in-house law departments’ responsibilities and the new skills and competencies in-house counsel need to support their organizations’ developing legal and business requirements, such as operational management, compliance and data privacy. This Practice Note also examines the skills and competencies in-house counsel need to effectively manage their legal departments' operations, finances, personnel, service providers and projects, as well as the strategies for developing those abilities and applying them to in-house legal practice.

In-House Counsel Skills to Support Emerging Law Department Responsibilities

Practical Law Canada Practice Note w-023-6876 (Approx. 15 pages)

In-House Counsel Skills to Support Emerging Law Department Responsibilities

by Practical Law Canada Law Department
Maintained • Canada (Common Law)
A Practice Note discussing the ongoing expansion of in-house law departments’ responsibilities and the new skills and competencies in-house counsel need to support their organizations’ developing legal and business requirements, such as operational management, compliance and data privacy. This Practice Note also examines the skills and competencies in-house counsel need to effectively manage their legal departments' operations, finances, personnel, service providers and projects, as well as the strategies for developing those abilities and applying them to in-house legal practice.