In-House Counsel Resource Center

Maximizing In-House Counsel Success and Effectiveness

• The Productive In-House Lawyer: Tips, Hacks, and the Art of Getting Things Done
  ABA Business Law Section, Book (2024)

• The Corporate Counsel Survival Guide 
  Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Book, July 2017
• Tips for Success as an In-House Counsel
  Antitrust Section, On-Demand Video, February 2023
• Going In-House
  • From Solo to In-House Counsel for a Current Client: A Cautionary Tale
    Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, GPSolo Magazine, February 2022
  • Pathways to In-House Counsel (And the Ins and Outs of Working In-House)
    Young Lawyers Division, TYL Magazine, May 2022
  • Making the Transition to In-House Counsel
    Young Lawyers Division, Career Resources Article, November 2019

In-House Leadership Tools and Lessons

• Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center
  Sterling L. Miller (ABA Book, 2021)

• Bias Interrupters Tools for In-House Legal Departments (excerpted from “You Can’t Change what You Can’t See:  Interrupting Racial & Gender Bias in the Legal Profession,” a Report of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association)

• Grit and Growth Mindset Leadership Development Model for developing Grit and Growth-Mindset-Oriented, Successful Teams (excerpted from “Leveraging Grit and Growth Mindset to Drive Team Success,” a Report of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession)

• General Counsel Insights
  • Conversations with GCs: Episode 3: Jacqueline Lee — An Unexpected and Joyful Journey - Business Law Today from ABA  Leadership Defined: A Fireside Chat with Nyea Sturman, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at the Orlando Magic.
  • Leadership Defined:  A Fireside Chat with Nyea Sturman, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at the Orlando Magic (58 minute audio recording, with materials, of program at ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, April 4, 2024).  CLE credit not available.  (Accessible to BLS members only)

Coming Soon:  Upcoming Webinars and In-Person Conferences and Events of Special Interest to In-House Counsel

Other Programs

• Ongoing ESG & Sustainability Roundtable for In-House Counsel.  Discuss relevant ESG-related topics, including greenwashing and disclosures. See information about upcoming Roundtables at In-House Counsel Committee for the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER).

Ethical Issues for In-House Counsel

• Ethics in the Boardroom:  How In-House and Outside Counsel Can Support and Protect Directors Business Law Section, Program Materials and Recording, April 2024 - CLE Credit not available. (Accessible to BLS members only)
• Ethics and Privilege Issues that Confront Inside and Outside Corporate Counsel in the Post-Pandemic Era (93 minute audio recording, with materials, of panel discussion with the top legal officers of five well-known public companies, at ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting, September 8, 2023) CLE credit not available.  (Accessible to BLS members only)
• A Deeper Dive — Who Is the Client? The Ethics Rule Implications for In-House Counsel and Outside Counsel - Business Law Today from ABA (Video: 27 minutes; posted on Business Law Today, June 2022). CLE credit not available.
• How In-House Counsel Can Protect Themselves from SEC Enforcement Actions and Criminal Prosecutions - Business Law Today from ABA (Article from Business Law Today, May 2021)

Topical Resources: Legal Issues, Developments & Practical Guidance

Multi-Legal Issues Guides

• Guide for In-House Counsel: Practical Resource to Cutting-Edge Issues
  ABA Book,  2019), Ed., Leslie Ann Berkoff 

Corporate Governance: Legal Issues for In-House Counsel

Cyber Security, AI, and Technology: Legal Issues for In-House Counsel

• Business Law Basics CLE: Corporate Governance and Cybersecurity
  60 mins (2024). (Free to ABA Business Law Section members; discounted charge for other ABA members)

ESG: Legal Issues for In-House Counsel

• Environmental, Social, Governance:  The Professional’s Guide to the Law and Practice of ESG
  (ABA Book, 2023)

Labor & Employment: Legal Issues for In-House Counsel

• Pregnancy and Parental Leave 
  Article, June 2021) (Accessible to GP/Solo Division members, free to join)
• Remote Employees: Best Practices Checklist
  (Article,  June 2023) (Accessible to GP/Solo Division members, free to join)

Intellectual Property: Legal Issues for In-House Counsel

• Drafting and Negotiating Intellectual Property Transactions
  (ABA Book 2021)

Real Estate: Legal Issues for In-House Counsel

• Navigating Early Termination Clauses in Commercial Leases
  (Article, Dec. 2020)