Managing the Legal Department: A Sense of Identity
Article from: OGEL 3 (2004), in Managing a Legal Department
Summary
This article explores whether or not it is possible or appropriate for a legal department to spend time developing a sense of identity. By analysing what it is that a legal department should do, it is possible to assess who should be in that department and how it should behave. All these aspects of identity are in constant flux and are subjected to numerous and various pressures, both internal and external. By working on an identity for the legal department - and each one will be different depending on the nature and style of the larger organisation - a ...