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{{g}}A peculiar breed of  [[Mediocre lawyer|legal wordwright]] whose legal expertise chiefly resides in knowing enough about the law to frame the right legal question for someone else, but artfully [[Disclaimer|disclaiming]] enough knowledge to actually answer it; and the tactical acumen to throw such a hospital pass to such an unsuspecting third party without anyone twigging that she has done it.
{{a|people|[[File:Legal eagle.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[legal eagle]] yesterday.]]}}A peculiar breed of  [[legal eagle|legal wordwright]] whose expertise chiefly resides in knowing enough about the law to frame the right legal question for someone else, but artfully [[Disclaimer|disclaiming]] enough knowledge to actually answer it; and the tactical acumen to throw such a hospital pass to such an unsuspecting third party without anyone twigging that she has done it. You can find detailed criteria — what it takes to excel at the job of steering emails — [[Inhouse legal team of the year|here]].


The person who proves best at this behaviour over a sustained period of time gets to be [[general counsel]].
The person who proves best at this behaviour over a sustained period of time gets to be [[general counsel]].


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*[[Inhouse legal team of the year]]
*[[Circle of escalation]]
*[[Circle of escalation]]
*[[General counsel]]  
*[[General counsel]]  
*[[Doctrine of precedent]]
*[[Doctrine of precedent]]
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