All In-house articles – Page 8
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NewsSlashed budgets put junior lawyers in frame for GC posts
Report suggests reduced legal budgets resulting from pandemic could lead to more junior lawyers being hired for in-house positions.
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NewsEx-City solicitor appointed interim government legal chief
Peter Fish CB to lead Government Legal Department while search for permanent replacement continues.
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NewsCity solicitors praise benefits of legal advice clinic work
Volunteering builds skills and confidence, and can help those wanting to move in-house.
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NewsEx-DWF chief re-emerges with in-house legal firm
Andrew Leaitherland starts new business and is appointed chair of existing firm.
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News'Virtual GC' firm aims to support businesses
Consultant lawyer practice assembles team of former in-house lawyers for businesses that cannot justify setting up legal department.
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NewsKPMG creates 'transformation service' for in-house lawyers
'Urgent need’ to automate legal operations in the wake of pandemic, says accountancy giant.
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NewsIn-house teams invited to help build dispute-avoidance robot
Machine learning-based tool will sift through corporate data to identify warning signs.
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NewsWhat you may have missed from the magazine
A digest of important developments since our last print edition.
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NewsGeneral Counsel oath seeks to promote 'positive' change
In-house chief Simon Zinger says GCs are in a position to contribute more than legal services and advice.
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NewsFormer BT lawyers quit DWF over office relocation plans
International firm wanted to move staff from Sheffield to Leeds.
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NewsBlack lawyers leaving firms to go in-house, says diversity recruiter
White solicitors stay at firms 18 months longer than black colleagues, according to new data.
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NewsThree quarters of in-house lawyers outsourcing work to cut costs
Large organisations spend nearly one out of every three hours on ‘low‑value’ tasks, report finds.
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News'Most diligent of public servants': senior Whitehall lawyer dies
Stephen Amos was director of litigation at the Government Legal Department.
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NewsTreat junior staff well - clients are watching, GC warns
Vodafone’s group general counsel was ‘troubled’ by decisions to lay off young solicitors.
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NewsGCs urged to require firms to invest in black lawyers
Open letter by Black Solicitors Network sets out actions to tackle 'pervasive racial disparities and inequalities'.
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NewsJaguar puts GC into top gear
UK’s largest automotive manufacturer announces new corporate affairs director will report to legal chief.
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NewsGCs urged to 'reach out' to women-run legal services providers
Open letter highlights danger of diversity progress stalling once the pandemic is over.
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NewsFitness to practise
A virtual fitness challenge to raise money for charities affected by Covid-19 has raised a blood-pumping question: which lawyers are fitter – those in-house or in private practice?