In a highly-charged prosecutorial environment, there is an ever greater scrutiny of the lawyer’s role and their proper conduct in the representation of the client.
There is a danger of mixed messages: on the one hand, there is the school of thought that sees the role of the modern in-house lawyer as a fully-integrated and plugged-in member of senior management; and on the other hand, there is a concern that lawyers must remain aloof from clients to some degree – objective in assessing potential wrongdoing and unconflicted by deep involvement in the business teams they need to police.
