Managing and Leading an Effective in-House Legal Department Virtual Course

• Understand your strategic & operational role as legal departmental head and your client employer’s perceptions and requirements for the strategic development of legal services as well as the day to day support
• Understand what size and structure your legal team should be, how to build high performance teams and how to delegate to them effectively
• Deepen your skill competencies for departmental heads e.g. leadership, communication, and time management
• Lead and manage a project
• Enhance your relationship management skills with best practice techniques for building trust & influence with your key clients
• Decipher the corporate governance issues and business and legal risks affecting your employer and your team
• Employ best practice strategies and tips for managing external lawyers

CONTENT

• The challenges confronting in-house lawyers
• The need and demands for legal services
• Resourcing legal services - selection
• Resourcing legal services - cost-effective use
• Risk appetite and compliance challenges
• Legal awareness for non-lawyers
• Relationship management
• Developing the in-house team

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

DATE:

1ST BATCH: 14th – 16th June, 2022

2ND BATCH: 28th – 30th Nov, 2022