In-House Lawyers' Toolkit
Published on 31. October 2014
Book
Mixed media product
160 pages
978-1-78446-000-6 (ISBN)
Description
"In-house practice is a growing area and the In-house Lawyers' Toolkit is the only precedent and toolkit resource available which is exclusively devoted to the requirements of this important sector. This unique toolkit provides an accessible, relevant resource for both new and experienced in-house practitioners to work from, adapt, and to act as a catalyst for their thinking to provide timely, high quality and cost-effective advice to their organisation. In particular, it will lead the practitioner through the processes of managing an in-house function, including: The development of a strategy for legal services in your organisation How to decide what legal services to buy, and from where Appointing, reviewing, managing and ending Panel relationships Working with alternative legal sourcing providers Managing the in-house team, and Leveraging and demonstrating value. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains valuable and time-saving precedents allowing the reader to identify and implement best practice in their own in-house environment, and to develop and adapt systems and processes as appropriate. "
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 172 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78446-000-6 (9781784460006)
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Persons
Richard Tapp is a chartered secretary and a solicitor. He has worked at the National Coal Board, Imperial Foods, Blue Circle Industries plc and is now director of legal services at Carillion plc. Ann Page is a solicitor who has held senior in-house legal positions at Crest Homes, Next plc, the Abbey National and the Co-operative Bank. She now runs Managing External Legal Resources, a professional development and training consultancy specifically for in-house solicitors.
Content
1. Introduction; 2. Strategy - sourcing and allocating external legal services; 3. Briefing, tendering and evaluation of panels; 4. Leveraging value from external providers; 5. Managing the relationship; 6. Reviewing the panel; 7. Ending the relationship; 8. Alternative legal service providers; 9. Managing the in-house team; 10. Demonstrating value; 11. Law Society protocol on legal procurement; 12. Where to find out more.