law departments

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  IC10 nomination deadline extended

  By Ashley Post  |  May 17, 2013

  Is your legal department working harder and smarter than ever? InsideCounsel wants to know!

• Women in the C-Suite

  By Mike Evers  |  May 13, 2013

  A general business publication named Crain’s ran an article recently about the very small percentage of women holding CEO, CFO and lead business development titles.

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  Roughly half of U.S. and U.K. companies push for alternative fee arrangements

  By Ashley Post  |  May 1, 2013

  Although a recent report found that the once-steady increase in law departments adopting AFAs has plateaued, experts say such arrangements aren’t a passing trend.

• Defining credible benchmarks for outside counsel spend

  By Craig Raeburn  |  April 18, 2013

  What have you done for me lately? For many law departments this feels like the unspoken question from the business.

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  Strategies for leaner legal departments: Part 2

  By Ashley Post  |  March 26, 2013

  How to cut external costs and get the most from your service providers

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  Common pitfalls in strategic technology planning

  By Rebecca Thorkildsen  |  March 22, 2013

  Over the last few months, I have discussed elements of strategic technology plans for law departments

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  Strategies for leaner legal departments: Part 1

  By Ashley Post  |  February 26, 2013

  How your department can maximize internal efficiency and resourcefulness

• Applying risk tools to a strategic technology plan

  By Rebecca Thorkildsen  |  February 8, 2013

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  Ethics and compliance a top concern for CLOs, study says

  By Alanna Byrne  |  January 31, 2013

  Compliance, regulatory developments, and data and information security issues are among the top challenges facing chief legal officers, according to the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) recent Chief Legal Officers 2013 Survey.

• Prediction: 2013 will be the year the associate dies

  By Mike Evers  |  January 14, 2013

  At the largest firms in big markets like New York, Chicago and San Francisco, we still see a pyramid structure in which associates outnumber partners (though barely).