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The Value of Team Workshops for Your Legal or Compliance Department and How to Conduct Them Successfully
In these times of remote work, the ability to bond and brainstorm is scarce, and most General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officers are worried about the expense of a [...]
Study Reveals In-House Compensation Stayed Strong in 2022
Download BarkerGilmore’s 2023 Report to See Average In-House Counsel Salary Data BarkerGilmore, a boutique executive search firm recognized for helping companies build world-class legal and compliance departments nationwide, has [...]
Top Moves to Land a Board Seat
How to Land a Board Seat Getting a seat on the board of a publicly traded company is a goal of many legal professionals. For some, it seems the [...]
Examining Today’s Corporate Law Department
In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, William Josten speaks to Meredith Ritchie, General Counsel of Alliant Credit Union; and Audrey Rubin, Strategic Advisor and Coach with BarkerGilmore [...]
Top 5 Moves to Become a General Counsel
Legal leaders who aspire to the ultimate legal professional achievement, the General Counsel, spend their careers making tactical decisions to achieve this goal. While there are infinite paths to becoming [...]
6 Reasons to Consider Hiring a General Counsel
Outsourcing legal work may make sense for a business initially. But as an organization grows, it will reach a point at which bringing a strategic legal advisor on board, [...]
Brittney McDonough on Finding Your Next Job [Podcast]
With seemingly constant news stories about layoffs, many are starting to wonder what they would do if they found themselves suddenly out of work and looking for their next [...]
Finding the Best In-House Counsel and Compliance Recruitment Firm
As the corporate legal landscape becomes increasingly complex, the role of in-house legal counsel is more important than ever. Recruiting the best legal talent who have the credentials, legal skills, [...]
BarkerGilmore Presents the General Counsel Toolkit
BarkerGilmore is pleased to offer the General Counsel Toolkit, a resource library designed to help General Counsel succeed in an ever-evolving role. Learn from former General Counsel and legal [...]
How to Successfully Navigate the GC-CEO-Board Dynamic
Although General Counsel, CEOs, and boards each have unique and specific roles and responsibilities, the ability to work together in a coordinated and complementary fashion is critical to the [...]
3 Trends in 2023 Expanding the Chief Compliance Officer Role
Contributors: Steve Bell | John Gilmore | Max Gelernter Between audit, training, information governance, privacy, and ever-changing regulations, Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) are vulnerable to receiving and accepting many [...]
How Law Depts. — With And Without DEI Ideas — Have Fared
More than one-third of in-house legal department leaders who participated in a recent survey said their companies don't have even one recruiting strategy to increase diversity, equity and inclusion. [...]
