The amount of time the average in-house lawyer spends in any one job is considerably shorter than their counterparts in private practice. For most in-housers, the only way to move up is to move out - the challenge for legal functions is how to retain the best
May 05, 2004 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
General counsel rightly celebrate the fact that the calibre of lawyers attracted to a career in-house has improved immeasurably in the past 10 years, but it causes them an almighty headache too.
With ability comes ambition and the challenge facing heads of legal is how to recruit and retain the best without being able to offer the structured career path available to go-getting lawyers in private practice.
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