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The Lawyer's Local Government Legal Services Reform Conference 2009 Papers
29 June 2009
This Conference took place on 17th June 2009 in London and was sponsored by LexisNexis and SLG.
The theme of the Conference was “Re-structure, re-focus and drive out inefficiencies in order to cut costs whilst satisfying increasing service demands” and explored the following areas:
Case studies from local government legal departments that are pooling resources, slashing external legal spend, taking on more responsibilities and growing their departments
How to overcome resistance to change and gain full buy-in from your key stakeholders
How to generate additional external revenue through successful business and marketing strategies that utilise your existing resources
Innovative practices for recruiting, retaining and developing key staff in your department and learn more about effective partnership strategies
Discussed the developing role of law in local government, career paths for lawyers and the future structure of legal departments
For more information see the Conference Papers
