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CORPORATE COUNSEL LEADERS IN LAW ROUNDTABLE SERIES Proving and Communicating the Value of the In-House Legal Department Corporate Counsel across Canada agree: one of the To explore these critical questions, on April 5, 2011, most diffcult aspects of in-house practice concerns Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) sponsored a plenary proving and communicating the value of the law de- on this theme during the Canadian Corporate Counsel partment to your organization. Association (CCCA) National Spring Conference in How do you measure, demonstrate and explain Toronto, followed by an expanded roundtable discussion the legal department’s value to your organization using at FMC’s offces. This roundtable provides information metrics, language and benchmarking that are mean- for in-house counsel, focusing on achievable objectives ingful to non-lawyers? and strategies for proving value. How can you effectively create a culture that com- While the panel participants work in large and/or municates, and also, continues to enhance the value multinational law departments, many of the sugges- your legal department provides? How can external tions and ideas sparked by these discussions are also counsel help in-house counsel add to the value cre- applicable for Corporate Counsel in small, medium or ation of the legal department? OLO (only legal offcer) legal departments. Sponsored by: CCCA_FM_8pgF.indd 1 11-05-05 11:06 AM