in house legal

In-house legal leadership has a critical role to play for legal teams to create positive impact within a business. But taking on a leadership role can be more difficult that you might think. And, let’s be honest, most of us don’t like to dwell on our mistakes. But learning from times when we haven’t performed at our best is a hugely valuable resource to become better. Mark Kahn is an incredibly experienced lawyer, with in-house experience with the likes of WhatsApp, Yahoo and Segment. And having taken on important leadership roles during his career, Mark’s no stranger to the challenges that leadership responsibilities present. In fact, Mark has a very refreshing take on his past experiences. And in today’s conversation, he openly shares the mistakes he made as a legal leader - as well as how he went on the overcome them - and thrive, in future roles.

The global climate crisis and biodiversity breakdown demands an entirely new way of doing business. And environmental, social and governance matters (or ESG) is fast becoming a hot topic for lawyers all over the world. ESG is not only an increasingly necessary requirement for our planet, but it’s also an opportunity for in-house lawyers to lead change in creating sustainable growth for their business. After all, sustainable business is smart business. This is why we’re delighted to have Christine Uri - Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer at ENGIE Impact - with us on the Legal Means Business podcast. Over her 15+ year career, Christine Uri has advised start-ups, technology companies, nonprofits and global enterprises. She has launched technologies, developed leadership programs, found new revenue streams and challenged organizations to always act in line with their values and purpose. Today, Christine helps us explore how in-house legal teams can think about and tackle ESG initiatives in their business - no matter the size of your legal team.

Working in-house with an ever-increasing workload and heightening pressure can be a little stressful. And yet, the more worried and run down we become, the less productive we can be. Today, we’re joined by lawyer and life coach Angela Han as we explore how to prioritise wellness to thrive in a more sustainable way when working in-house. As an in-house lawyer herself, Angela is well placed to understand the dynamics of balancing all aspects of life with a challenging legal career. Over the years, Angela has worked and spoken with hundreds of lawyers to support them achieve their goals, overcome their challenges and prioritise their wellness. And by now, it’s no secret that those who look after their wellbeing are better able to thrive in their careers - and deliver better business outcomes as a result. So today, Angela shares her tips to prioritise wellness and thrive in a more sustainable way when working in-house.

If you've come across Electra Japanos on LinkedIn or through one of her many talks online - you've almost certainly heard her talk about "legal design" And how applying "design thinking" can lead to massive efficiency gains as well as costs reductions. But: A) What is legal design? And... B) How do you practically implement it? Well, in todays episode, Steph sat down with Electra to answer those two very questions. During the conversation Electra breaks down: ✅ How in-house teams can apply design thinking to their legal processes (contracts etc.) ✅ How legal design can reduce costs and improve efficiency. ✅ Why in-house teams should create a Target Operating Model.

LinkedIn can be a game-changer for in house lawyers. Both from a networking and career up-levelling perspective. Yet so few know how to properly get the most out of the platform. Which is why for today's conversation we invited on Mat Jakubowski, legal technologist at Silvertown Legal, to break down how he's built up his audience on the platform as well as some practical tips that you can takeaway to implement for yourself. Towards the latter stages of the conversation, Mat also walks through two of his recent posts around "choosing a legal tech solution" and "picking up the low hanging fruit" If you've been struggling to get the most out of LinkedIn... this is a conversation that you'll want to tune into!

What does it take take to buildout a successful legal ops function... from scratch? 🤔 What should those first 90 days look like in the role? 🤔 In this podcast were joined by Marie Widmer (Legal Ops Lead at Dapper Labs) to help us uncover the answers to both of those questions. During the conversation, Marie breaks down: ✅ The CLOC audit and why you should be conducting it. ✅ How to meet with key stakeholders across the business (finance, procurement, product, marketing etc.) ✅ The RFP for legal tech process. ✅ And also how she personally thinks the function will evolve over the next few years.

Building internal cross-functional relationships is absolutely paramount when scaling up a legal function. But... how do you go about building and developing those relationships? Well, rumour has it our guest for todays episode (Chad Aboud) might know something about that! After starting out his career in private practice, Chad transitioned into the world of in-house and has since learned it what it takes to scale up a successful legal function. --- In this episode you'll learn: ✅ How to set up a legal function for success. ✅ How to demonstrate value to the wider business. ✅ How to develop and build relationships for legal function success. ✅ How to empower and motivate the functions within the business to think/operate in a more disciplined way.

For our first official 'Legal Means Business' podcast episode, Steph sat down with Pierre Landy from AndCo Law. One of the MOST important things that any in-house legal leader can do is craft their own leadership style. Why? Because it's a fundamental building block of having/operating a successful legal function. Without a documented leadership style outlining; how you want your team to interact with you, the things you do/don't expect from your team... scaling a function is near-on impossible. --- Which is why for this episode, we invited on the "Legal Leadership Pro" (Pierre Landy) to help you build your own unique leadership style *from scratch* By listening you'll learn: - Why the traditional leadership style approach doesn't work and the problem it creates. - How to buildout your own leadership style and make the transition using Pierre's 5 step process. - The benefits you'll see after adopting this new framework.

A podcast for ambitious in-house legal people. If you're looking for juicy, helpful, and inspiring content that is full of tools, tips, and techniques to take your legal function and career to the next level, you've come to the right place. We're talking legal tech, legal ops, contract management, leadership, personal development, and more! Basically, all the good stuff. Brought to you by the team at Leeway.