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Banking and Finance

2009

Ben G Pender II

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Invigorating The Role Of The In-House Legal Advisor As Steward In Ethical Culture And Governance At Client-Business Organizations: From 21st Century Failures To True Calling, Ben G. Pender Aug 2009

Invigorating The Role Of The In-House Legal Advisor As Steward In Ethical Culture And Governance At Client-Business Organizations: From 21st Century Failures To True Calling, Ben G. Pender

Ben G Pender II

Invigorating the Role of the In-House Legal Advisor as Steward in Ethical Culture and Governance at Client-Business Organizations From 21st Century Failures to True Calling J.D., University of St. Thomas School of Law, 2009 M.A. Sociology, Organizational Effectiveness, Clark Atlanta University, 1996. B.S., Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. All Rights Reserved. © 2009. This Article examines the need to invigorate the role of the in-house legal advisor from ‘mere legal technician’ to simultaneous legal advisory gatekeeper and ethical steward at client-business organizations. This article asserts that the often-acquiescent in-house legal advisor as ‘mere legal technician’ is partially …