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An in-house legal counsel can effectively manage business legal matters and determine which should be passed to an outside legal expert while handling such communications.
Employment: In-house lawyers work directly for a single company or organization, which means they are part of that company's internal legal team. Client: Their primary client is the company they work for. They provide legal advice and services exclusively to their employer.
Sometimes known as the Chief Legal officer, they are typically the head of the Legal department. An in-house counsel is the more general term for a lawyer working internally to a company, and when used as a title refers to a more junior lawyer within the Legal team.
Move to In-house without making a mistake Longer work weeks are far less common, as there are no billable hour requirements and lawyers are expected to work similar hours as the rest of the employees in the company.
Transition Away from the MBE: Starting in 2025, California will no longer use the National Conference of Bar Examiners' (NCBE) Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) for its multiple-choice component. Instead, Kaplan will develop new multiple-choice questions specific to California.
Unlike lawyers at a typical law firm, in-house counsels have one and only one client—the corporation. 4 They do not represent the board of directors, principal officers, or other individuals, even though those individuals act on behalf of the corporation.
Outside counsel focuses on managing legal risks. In-house counsel shares this concern for risk, but their day-to-day immersion in the company gives them the perspective to balance those risks against the company's larger strategic objectives.
In California, qualified applicants can take the bar exam without going to law school. Most law schools require a college degree, but some may only ask for equivalent course work, and some law schools focus on your legal interest and life experiences and not on your grades or LSAT scores.