If you're reading this article, the odds are good that you're not a lawyer. It's my general sense that the target demographic for this publication is not the legal profession. Indeed, if you work for a large company, the cynic in me would lay the odds at no better than 50-50 that you can even name your lawyer (I mean his or her given name, not your own special term of endearment). If so, this is a shame. Lawyers usually pay for lunch.
It's a shame for other, more substantive reasons as well. Lawyers, whether in-house or outside, have an increasingly central role in helping their clients manage their corporate responsibilities, however those responsibilities are defined. There are four broad ways in which lawyers play such a role.
Three of these fit neatly into the traditional and traditionally perceived role of lawyers; one is somewhat less traditional.
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