Recruiting and Sculpting the Best In-House Legal Team: Lessons from the WNBA

Building a high-performing legal department requires more than recruiting talented lawyers. Woods Rogers Principals and management-side employment lawyers Anne Bibeau and Leah Stiegler continue their ongoing “Employment Law in Focus” series for Today’s General Counsel, exploring how legal department leaders can identify the right talent for the organization’s needs, develop attorneys who understand both the law and the business, and know when to bring in outside counsel.

Drawing parallels to how professional sports teams build their rosters, Anne and Leah encourage general counsel to look beyond credentials and consider what skills are missing from their existing teams. 

“Before hiring the best lawyer from a top-ranked firm, consider your needs and existing resources to identify the missing puzzle pieces,” the authors write.

Read the complete article, “Recruiting and Sculpting the Best In-House Legal Team: Lessons from the WNBA,” in Today’s General Counsel.