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Legal Recruiting: 5 Questions You Can’t Forget to Ask
We’ve all heard that hiring the wrong person is an expensive mistake, but what does it really cost your company? It could be as much [...]
Hiring Your First CCO: Navigating Unknowns
Many fast-growing companies are finding themselves at this same crucial point, and realizing they need to make compliance a priority in order to continue their trajectory. They’re asking questions [...]
Hiring General Counsel: 3 Unique Roles GCs Are Filling
Most General Counsel probably didn’t go to law school to learn customer service—but some are finding it’s now part of their job description. One reason? [...]
Legal Recruiting: 3 Unconventional Ways to Source Candidates
For human resource managers, sourcing qualified legal candidates can be a challenging first step in an arduous process to identify top lawyers who are the [...]
Compliance Recruitment: 4 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make
Compliance officers play a vital role in managing your company’s risk and reputation, so hiring the wrong individual can have serious consequences. Unfortunately, even experienced [...]
Succession Planning: What to Do When Surprised By a Resignation
Just as the new year begins, CEOs are sometimes blindsided by the resignation of a key player within their legal function. It may be a [...]
5 Practical Ways to Rein in Legal Spending this Year
If you’re like most companies, you’ve already grown accustomed to doing more with less. It’s easier to cut the less essential costs first, but what happens when you’ve made [...]
Law Department Metrics Your CEO Wants to See
Executives and stakeholders are business-centric thinkers; meaning they perceive value and success by the numbers. In this increasingly competitive marketplace, they also demand more of [...]
Evaluating Your Law Department: 5 Statistics All GCs Should Know
Your CEO may not require you to report specific numbers from your law department other than the annual budget, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t [...]
Building Your Law Department: Evaluating Employee Performance
As the new year begins, it’s time for General Counsel to take a close look at their law departments and each of the employees who [...]
Evaluating Your Legal Department, What Metrics Matter Most
What does success look like for your law department, and how do you know when you’ve achieved it? How do you communicate that success to your CEO? How do [...]
The Differences Between Active and Passive Candidates
First, the good news for hiring managers: About 85 percent of the talent in the marketplace are open to hearing about a new opportunity. However, [...]
