Course Overview
Management Course Stage One for in-house lawyers offers training for lawyers in the early stages of their career. This course offers more in-depth training for in-house counsel with responsibility for managing legal departments or other legal staff (whatever the size of the department).
- Business strategy for the legal department
- Purpose and strategy of the department
- How to add value and communicate added value
- How to fit in with the culture of the
organisation
- How to demonstrate cost and other advantages
of the in-house team
- How to link legal strategy to organisational
strategy
- Client relationship management
- Building relationships with business clients
through credibility and responsiveness
- Balancing risk management and business support
- Educating and guiding non-legal clients
- Increasing commercial awareness to contribute
to the business
- Managing and developing the legal team
- Understanding different roles and alignment
with organisational needs
- Performance management methodology
- Recruitment and selection
- Managing remote offices and international
cross-cultural elements
- Personal development for senior lawyers
- "The unwritten rules"
- Self assessment
- Managing external lawyers
- Recruiting and managing external law firms
- Determining the role of external firms
- Understanding how firms can meet your needs
- Creating criteria for selection
- Managing the scope of instructions and
ensuring value for money