LODcast
Jun 9, 2020
Building the next in-house legal team
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In this episode, we speak with Terri Mottershead - a global leader in legal talent management. Terri helps us answer the central question: how I future-proof my legal team?
You can download Terri's report, Building the next in-house legal team, in collaboration with LOD, here: https://bit.ly/2MG5BKD
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