Techniques for Addressing Managerial Attitudes toward Lawyers and the Law

Abstract

Organizations will need to develop new techniques for fostering collaboration between managers and lawyers in the organization to address these mounting trends and developments. Despite the threat of such challenges, managers routinely hold viewpoints that marginalize contributions of the legal profession in the corporate setting. Given that managers will routinely execute a growing number of business decisions in the years ahead requiring an appreciation of legal strategy initiatives, organizations will face an escalating need to reexamine and adjust managerial attitudes toward the law within the corporate setting.