09/03/10 by Clarion | CLANZ news | No Comments »
The ACLA/CLANZ Legal Department Benchmarking Report 2010 is now available. The only in-house legal department benchmarking report for New Zealand legal departments (public and private, large and small). The result of the most extensive study of its kind ever undertaken in New Zealand and Australia. Insights from corporate and government sector General Counsel whose organisations together spend more than $2 billion on lawyers annually. (As a comparator, The Business of Law 2009 quotes Statistics NZ records that New Zealand’s entire legal services industry is worth around $2.3 Billion). This report and associated resources will provide you with information on key metrics, legal operational structure, types and percentage of work in sourced/outsourced, legal technologies used, alternative fee structures, and much more.
Click here for the brochure and order form and for more information.
08/20/10 by ianh | CLANZ news, Uncategorized | No Comments »
An issue that CLANZ has been asked to consider is where lawyers practise on their own account with more than one organisation as an in-house lawyer. This can occur where in-house lawyers have negotiated separate contracts with each organisation, and may include where the main organisation they work for wants them to work for an allied organisation (for example a joint venture or one or more subsidiary entities that are not companies in the same group – see Rule 15.2.4 of the Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008 “the Rules”). Read more →
08/20/10 by ianh | CLANZ news | No Comments »
This month we have something a little different, an ex in-house counsel who has become an entrepreneur, Jo Freeman – the MD of Urban Harvest. Read more →
08/19/10 by admin | CLANZ news | No Comments »
As many will have noted from their practising certificate renewals, we lawyers are being asked to record our own continuing legal education involvement (on a voluntary basis) for the next year. If you would like to download a copy of the form, you can do so right here.
05/27/10 by admin | CLANZ news, Conference | No Comments »
After much interest from CLANZ members, the first batch of papers and presentations from the recent CLANZ Conference 2010 is now available online. Read more →
04/29/10 by admin | CLANZ news | No Comments »
Pacific Resorts is offering an extra deal for Premium Members. To find out more, click here. Only premium members will be able to access this page and will be asked to log on to see details of these specials.
04/21/10 by admin | CLANZ news, Multimedia | No Comments »
If you weren’t able to make the CLANZ/Bell Gully event, “The Future of Legal Services Pricing”, by Colin Jasper, you can now view it at your leisure, right here on the CLANZ website.
01/14/10 by admin | CLANZ news, Conference | No Comments »
Pacific Resort is a Holiday Package Prize Sponsor. In addition to sponsoring the 2010 CLANZ Conference with its holiday package prize, Pacific Resort is also offering Premium Members specials and exclusive offers for its two resorts. For more information, click here. Only premium members will be able to access this page and will be asked to log on to see details of these specials.
09/12/09 by ianh | CLANZ news | No Comments »
Legal professional privilege has again proven itself as a hot topic among CLANZ members with a large turnout of members for the CLANZ-Bell Gully privilege workshops this month.
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09/12/09 by ianh | CLANZ news | No Comments »
Designed to help companies and government agencies get the best value from their legal function, the Report received an APEX 2009 Award of Excellence in the United States. The Report earlier won a Gold medal in the 2009 New Zealand annual “Pride In Print” Awards.
“These awards are great recognition for legal leaders who had the vision to support a detailed research report on the use of lawyers, bringing this sort of international resource to New Zealand and Australia”, said CLANZ Executive Officer Helen Mackay.
“Especially in difficult economic
times, good benchmarking can often repay the investment many times over with strategies to save money and management time.”
An article published in the United States by the Report’s author,
Team Factors’ Ron Pol, also won an Apex Award. “
Ready, Fire, Aim” addresses difficulties in implementing good legal department strategies. The article appeared as one of a regular column in ACC Docket, the magazine of the
Association of Corporate Counsel, the world’s largest community of in-house counsel, with more than 24,000 members in over 80 countries.
