In-house Best Practice Course 2022 On-demand

6 hours verifiable CPD

Are you embarking on an in-house career?

Watch our In-house Best Practice Course 2022 on-demand for insights, debate, and practical guidance from experienced in-house lawyers and Law Society of Scotland colleagues.

This course is specifically designed for those who have recently moved in-house in both the public and private sectors, with the aim of supporting and guiding new in-house solicitors or those going into a solo legal counsel role or a small in-house team. We will discuss in-house practice, explore issues such as in-house risk and the unique challenges faced by in-house communities, reflect upon the distinctive relationships with employers and different business functions, and much more.

The course will help answer questions such as:

• How do you succeed in the transition from private practice to in-house?
• What does it mean to advise an organisation with a whole new set of questions and expectations than those faced before?

Learning outcomes:

• How to identify in-house legal practice objectives and deliver them
• Developing your role from legal counsel to strategic business partner
• Alignment and understanding within your organisation
• Your relationship with the practice rules
• Ethics and key professional practice considerations in the in-house environment
• Client management: External legal services and internal teams
• The challenges facing other in-house legal teams and solutions
• Leadership and strategic communication