Credit: VectorMine/Adobe Stock 'This Is a Huge Miss!': More Companies Requiring JDs for Legal Ops Roles, a Trend Vets of the Field Call Nonsensical
"This is a way to gatekeep and to feel safe without actually being safe," said Akshay Verma, a former Meta legal ops chief whose recent LinkedIn post calling the requirement needlessly exclusionary attracted dozens of comments of support.
August 27, 2024 at 01:26 PM
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Legal Operations
The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
Companies increasingly are favoring attorneys for legal operations roles, a trend that Akshay Verma, a former legal ops chief at Meta and Coinbase, blasted in a recent LinkedIn post that's sparking spirited debate.
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