Susan Hackett

February 13, 2023 | The American Lawyer

In-house consultant Susan Hackett and legal marketing consultant Deborah Farone offer examples of what happens when the industry focuses on small tweaks, collaboration with colleagues and clients, and adds in a dash of empathy.

By Deborah Farone and Susan Hackett

10 minute read

July 19, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

The "Leaders of Legal" conversation series continues this month (on July 21, at 2:00 pm Eastern / 11:00 am Pacific) to explore the perspectives of general counsel who are leading teams across and without borders.

By Susan Hackett and Andrew Dick

10 minute read

June 14, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

The "Leaders of Legal" conversation series turns its focus "inside out" in Episode 3: exploring how general counsel known for their internal counseling prowess are changing the game as external advocates for their clients: lobbying before governmental bodies, protecting reputational status, and directing the enterprise's regulatory agenda.

By Susan Hackett and Andrew Dick

5 minute read

May 13, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

"Leaders of Legal" conversation series turns its attention to how top leaders are approaching ESG initiatives in this deeply personal session, exploring both aspirational and practical initiatives that meaningfully advance a broad range of stakeholders' interests.

By Susan Hackett and Andrew Dick

6 minute read

April 15, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

The CLOs spotlighted in this series are shaping the legal profession and those who work in and around it. Pull up a seat as these leaders speak candidly and collaboratively with each other, offering up their insider's view of how things really work inside departments and companies.

By Susan Hackett and Andrew Dick

4 minute read

February 17, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

New virtual series from In-House Focus offers in-house counsel a front row seat as CLOs discuss the biggest challenges of 2021.

By Susan Hackett and Andrew Dick

4 minute read

September 17, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

Today's lawyers—both those entering the profession and those who are experts in it—face new challenges.

By Susan Hackett and Karl Chapman

30 minute read

April 12, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

No one in the legal profession should ignore or decline to consider better practices, operational models, and solutions as demonstrated by the Big Four and the growing community of terrific law company service providers: We should be openly embracing conversations and practices that allow us to learn from them, adopt their best practices, partner with them, and use their services to improve the results we can deliver to clients.

By Susan Hackett

16 minute read

July 13, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

Former ACC general counsel Susan Hackett offers her take on the school's response

By Susan Hackett

1 minute read

April 20, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

About a year ago, I wrote two articles for Corporate Counsel about the 2017 CLOC conference—one article appeared in advance of the meeting to discuss what registrants might expect; the other was published after the conference ended to offer up some concluding thoughts and explore top takeaways.

By Susan Hackett

25 minute read