The journey to the top Legal Business On 25 May 2020, the murder of 46-year-old George Floyd made international news headlines. What followed were nationwide protests against…
We Need to Talk about Race and Ethnicity: A Toolkit Legal Business ‘We just hired a gentleman of Asian descent who was a food scientist for eight years before he finished law…
Racial Equity in Numbers Legal Business “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator…
Black General Counsel 2025 – An Initiative for Change Legal Business In 2017, it started out as a challenge put forward by Ernest Tuckett, who [at the time was general counsel…
Foreword: We Need to Talk About Race Legal Business The 2020 racial reckoning ignited a conversation at Weil, like many organizations, about justice and equity. To meet that watershed…
Rick Sinkfield, chief legal officer, chief ethics & compliance officer, Laureate Education, Inc. Legal Business My personal experience, and certainly the experience of my family, really shows the positive impact education has made when it…
Harvey Anderson, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, HP Inc. Legal Business I’m a proud alumnus of Marquette University and during my time there, I was enrolled in the Educational Opportunity Program…
Ernest Tuckett, co-founder of the Black General Counsel 2025 Initiative, and vice president, associate general counsel, Verisign Legal Business I have had mentors that saw valuable qualities in me that I did not see in myself. I have been…
Wanji Walcott, chief legal officer and general counsel, Discover Financial Services Legal Business Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) has been a passion point for me for a number of years, starting well before…
ESG: Building an Effective Governance Programme Legal Business Download and view the report offline Introduction In 2021, The Legal 500 partnered with Irwin Mitchell to produce our ESG…
Editor’s Letter Legal Business In-house legal tech usage worldwide The paralysing shock brought by the global pandemic may now feel like a distant memory,…
Foreword: WSG Legal Business On behalf of the entire global World Services Group (WSG) network, I am delighted to welcome you to the fifth…
Adoption of legal tech Legal Business The speed at which technological advancements occur is pressuring legal departments to embrace change. We have asked general counsel if…
Challenges to the implementation of legal tech Legal Business A two thirds majority consider budgetary constraints as the main challenge to implementing legal technology. However, when digging into additional…
External firms Legal Business Pressure to embrace change is also reflected in the relationships between in-house departments and external firms. As can be seen…
Choosing the right legal tech Legal Business In this ever-changing world, technological advancements are in continuous development. The number of devices and legal tech out there is…
Legal tech and the regulatory framework Legal Business While legal technology is now well established, questions arise regarding its regulatory framework. The data clearly suggest that the majority…
The legal department of the future Legal Business Automation and digitisation of processes certainly help legal departments in daily mansions allowing them to focus on more time-consuming and…
‘Technically Speaking’ Legal Business Few would disagree that the global pandemic has led us into a new era. Many call this the ‘new normal’.…
Finding Your North Star Legal Business Although a great deal of legal technology was developed with in-house counsel in mind, there are still very few examples…
