Pro Bono
A comprehensive guide to pro-bono for in-house lawyers, refreshed for 2023 🙌
Pause
An open letter calling for a 6 month pause on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 🚧
Comp
Brightflag’s 2023 Legal Operations Compensation Survey is out 💸
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"They are a nice ‘pause’ in my busy working day." – Melissa Monks, Lead Counsel – Competition & Compliance and BlueScope Steel.
Job share
Is it possible to job share the GC role? Yes, and here’s the proof 🙌
Copilot
Microsoft announces Copilot — combining AI with the data in your docs, emails, calendar, meetings and chats to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet ⚡️
Hype
Despite the hype, hardly any lawyers are actually using generative AI, and roughly half think it will have “some impact” 🥱
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"The InCounsel Weekly newsletter is the best! I love when it hits my inbox." – Stephen Myers, VP, Head of Legal at People.ai.
Job share
Is it possible to job share the GC role? Yes, and here’s the proof 🙌
Copilot
Microsoft announces Copilot — combining AI with the data in your docs, emails, calendar, meetings and chats to turn your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet ⚡️
Hype
Despite the hype, hardly any lawyers are actually using generative AI, and roughly half think it will have “some impact” 🥱
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"The InCounsel Weekly newsletter is the best! I love when it hits my inbox." – Stephen Myers, VP, Head of Legal at People.ai.
Quiet quit
Vendavo Senior Legal Counsel, Elizabeth Colombo asks whether 2022 will see the end of ‘Quiet Quitting’ 🙇♂️
On the money
Another $17 million has just gone into auto-redlining contracts with your preferred positions 💸
My time
A great summary of ‘My Time’ and ‘Our Time’ communication 🙌
Watch the extended version of this issue 📺
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"One of the only mail outs I genuinely enjoy reading." – Mandy Chapman at Beyond International.
RIF
How in-house lawyers can get back on their feet after a layoff aka RIF (Reduction in Force) 🆘
ChatGPT
A glimpse at what we’ll soon be using to help with legal advice, drafting contracts, and far more… 🧠
Finite
According to this benchmark data, NDAs that are proposed with a finite term of confidentiality are 15% more likely to get signed ✍🏻
Bonus track: Watch an extended version of this issue 📼
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"They are a nice ‘pause’ in my busy working day." – Melissa Monks, Lead Counsel – Competition & Compliance and BlueScope Steel.
CoSec?
If you thinking about taking on the Company Secretary role, here’s what you need to know 📝
Auto-reply
Here’s a six question auto-reply to efficiently handle cold emails from tech vendors 👏
Krisp
A handy tool that removes background voices, noises and echo from all your video calls – works like magic 🙌
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"The InCounsel Weekly newsletter is the best! I love when it hits my inbox." – Stephen Myers, VP, Head of Legal at People.ai.
Money
The top findings from this year’s ACC compensation survey covering ~20,000 in-house legal professionals 💸
Lectures
Legal Tech Essentials kicks off today with a free lecture series on the future of the legal market 🔮
Unblock
If you ever get stuck part way through writing an article, this new word processor helps unblock your thoughts 💡
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"Best legal related snippets I have read/watched in ages." – Caroline Ferguson, Business Transformation and Innovation Director at Simpson Grierson.
C Suite
Seeing GCs move to the C Suite led the Financial Times to rename its “General Counsel Report” to “Business Legal Leaders” 🙌
SharePoint AI
Imagine uploading a contract to SharePoint and it auto-populating the library columns with counterparty, key dates and clauses. Well, here it is for real ⚡️
Re Value Pricing:
“…overwhelmingly, is those firms that ultimately made the transition to value pricing say if they had their time again, they would have stopped recording time sooner.” 🌈
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"InCounsel weekly is the one email I always read and click on all the links!" – Natalie Truong, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Ad Standards.
GC vs. CLO
Former GC-turned-CLO, Adam Wardel explains how the roles differ, and how to know which one might be right for you 🤲
Demo
A short demo of a tool that helps you optimise your contracts for fast acceptance, or spot inbound contracts that need surgery 🚨
No one cares
If you’re leading a project – training, new process, revised template etc – remember, no one cares about it as much as you do 😟
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"I always look forward to it landing in my inbox."– Mel Scott, Senior Legal Counsel at Megaport.
Bite-sized 🍣 for in-house counsel and creative legal minds. Curated and crafted with ❤️ by David Bushby. Newcomers can subscribe here :)
Imposter
How in-house lawyers can recognise and escape the clutches of imposter syndrome 🌤
Refresh
A refreshing take on a move back from in-house to private practice 🌈
Billing
When reading billing guidelines, I keep thinking these should be issued by a firm to all its clients, not the other way around 🤷
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"I always look forward to it landing in my inbox."– Mel Scott, Senior Legal Counsel at Megaport.
Bite-sized 🍣 for in-house counsel and creative legal minds. Curated and crafted with ❤️ by David Bushby. Newcomers can subscribe here :)
Wayfinder
A three-step run sheet for legal ops to think beyond improving processes to completely reimagining them 🚀
Tags
If you’re looking for a standardised way to categorise your legal work, then look no further than the SALI framework 🏷
Jaded
How not to become a jaded in-house lawyer 💆
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"Still one of my favourite sources of news on legal innovation and tech." – Shilpa Bhandarkar, CEO at Nakhoda.
Bite-sized 🍣 for in-house counsel and creative legal minds. Curated and crafted with ❤️ by David Bushby. Newcomers can subscribe here :)
Practical
Ten tips for in-house lawyers to be more practical, and become sought-after partners to the business 🤝
Content
With all the shiny new automation, AI and digital tools – remember that "content is the critical asset, not the technology that surfaced it" ✍🏻
Syndicate
A first-year law student launches the world’s first investment syndicate focused on LegalTech 💸
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"I open your emails as soon as I receive them!" – Melissa Monks, Lead Counsel – Competition & Compliance and BlueScope Steel.
Bite-sized 🍣 for in-house counsel and creative legal minds. Curated and crafted with ❤️ by David Bushby. Newcomers can subscribe here :)
Privacy program
Eight strategic tips for developing a privacy program 🔐
Different
A free legal careers summit for anyone considering the path less travelled 🧭
Font
Refresh your contract templates with these alternative fonts 🔡
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"I love reading these gems each week with a fresh coffee." – Mel Scott, Senior Legal Counsel at Megaport.
"Best legal related snippets I have read/watched in ages."
— Caroline Ferguson, Business Transformation Manager at Simpson Grierson.
