First day of work in a legal department

We had work experience in a legal department, which is very different from legal work. Therefore, I loved sharing this beautiful experience with you, and documenting it in memory.

I still remember the filing cabinets containing contracts, disputes, decisions and annexes, when we were directed to our business after a short meeting with the legal team leader. We discussed rainy weather conditions and ended up directing us to look at those files. It was important for me because it was my first experience working in this environment.

The first of these files was the employee cases file, which was not different from legal work in terms of pleadings and justification. Then I moved to the consultations and communications file. This file was a turning point, as it contained a number of inquiries from other departments. They were different and repeated inquiries, sometimes obvious, and sometimes complex until a complete study was found to respond to them. I moved to the internal organization files, then the minutes of meetings, just a passing passage after the previous applied models.

I concluded several observations and controls that I relied on during that experience, and they served as an illuminating lamp in the world of legal departments. I will not hide from you, in the beginning it was not without difficulties, as the legal department worked to protect the work of other departments and guide them, without the authority to make decisions. This is a point of contention, as it may be decided to disagree with the legal department’s opinion, and the administration is subsequently obligated to deal with the consequences before the judiciary or quasi-judicial committees. The more carefully the problem is studied, the easier it will be to deal with it later.

These files reminded me that not everyone I work with is a stalking legal expert, a diligent judge, or a brilliant investigator. They are creative people in different fields, and with continuous cooperation this system succeeds. Unlike the legal profession, which is based on pleading and being present in court most of the time.