Stop Reacting, Start Leading: How In-House Legal Earns a Seat at the Table

Legal earns influence the same way any function does: by proving it can be trusted with more. When the business can’t tell what Legal owns, what’s in motion, or when to expect an answer, it reads as reactive — no matter how good the underlying work is. Leading in-house teams are changing that by taking control of how work moves through their function, giving the business the same visibility and consistency it expects from every other team at the table. Join us on Thursday, September 3, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT as Mike Fogarty, Product Marketing Manager of LinkSquares and Krista Russell, Director of Legal at Airbus US Space & Defense, walk through how leading in-house teams turn operational control — owning intake, standardizing repeatable processes, and making progress visible — into the credibility that earns Legal a seat at the table. You’ll see how teams can: Own intake, not absorb chaos: consolidate requests scattered across email, Slack, and hallway conversations into one trackable flow, so Legal sets the terms instead of reacting to whoever asks loudest Build the consistency that earns trust: standardize repeatable, compliant processes for common requests — NDAs, order forms, vendor agreements — so the business experiences Legal as dependable, not a bottleneck to route around Make leadership visible: give the business clear line of sight into what’s outstanding, what’s next, and who owns it, so invisible work becomes leadership the company actually notices You’ll leave with practical ways to build the credibility that turns Legal from a function the business tolerates into one it leads. Who Should Attend: This program is designed for in-house counsel, legal operations leaders, and commercial and contracts teams who own intake, process design, or stakeholder trust within their legal function. It will be especially useful for teams looking to standardize recurring workflows like NDAs, order forms, and vendor agreements, or to make Legal’s work more visible to the business. There is NO COST to attend this program! This program is FREE, thanks to our gracious sponsor, LinkSquares! Can’t make it to the live program? The recording will be available in our Free Video Library.