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{{a|people|}}To bring some rigour to the annual [[Awards]] season, the [[JC]] is pleased to announce the judging criteria for [[inhouse legal team of the year]] award. | {{a|people|}}To bring some rigour to the annual [[Awards]] season, the [[JC]] is pleased to announce the judging criteria for [[inhouse legal team of the year]] award. | ||
*'''Timeliness of | *'''Timeliness of brief''': How reliably close you can sync to the magical Friday, 6pm deadline before dropping a “drafts required by open of business tomorrow” instruction on your [[Private practice lawyer|external advisors]]; | ||
*'''Inexplicable delay''': For how many weeks you can leave a draft — whose immediate turnaround you signalled was as a matter of life and death, and which, your [[Private practice lawyer|legal team]] rearranged long-standing plans for the theatre, wedding anniversaries and so on to produce by your deadline — before deigning to look at it? | *'''Inexplicable delay''': For how many weeks you can leave a draft — whose immediate turnaround you signalled was as a matter of life and death, and which, your [[Private practice lawyer|legal team]] rearranged long-standing plans for the theatre, wedding anniversaries and so on to produce by your deadline — before deigning to look at it? | ||
*'''Can I speak to a partner please?''' The disdain with which you regard [[Private practice lawyer|juniors on the external team]] should they try to answer your uninformed questions about a document they spent sixteen hours preparing; | *'''Can I speak to a partner please?''' The disdain with which you regard [[Private practice lawyer|juniors on the external team]] should they try to answer your uninformed questions about a document they spent sixteen hours preparing; | ||
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*'''Mark-up pedantry''': Beyond the inherent pedantry of the [[red-herring ninja]], the brazen superficiality of your amendments to perfectly sound legal drafting? Additional points for refusing to hear of modifications to your own mangled syntax; | *'''Mark-up pedantry''': Beyond the inherent pedantry of the [[red-herring ninja]], the brazen superficiality of your amendments to perfectly sound legal drafting? Additional points for refusing to hear of modifications to your own mangled syntax; | ||
*'''Throw the associate under the bus''': The shamelessness with which you blame the most [[Private practice lawyer|junior member of outside counsel team]] — the same one whose name you keep forgetting and whose legal assurances count for nothing in the “can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in your inbox since 4.30 am on the Saturday morning immediately following your request for it. | *'''Throw the associate under the bus''': The shamelessness with which you blame the most [[Private practice lawyer|junior member of outside counsel team]] — the same one whose name you keep forgetting and whose legal assurances count for nothing in the “can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in your inbox since 4.30 am on the Saturday morning immediately following your request for it. | ||
*''' | *'''External law-firm management''': The feverish ingenuity of requiring all external spend over £2,500 to go through a mandatory three-way bidding process. | ||
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*[[Inhouse counsel]] | *[[Inhouse counsel]] | ||
*[[Awards]] | *[[Awards]] | ||