Assistant Dean Toni Jaeger-Fine shares her expert opinion with LL.M. Guide on the growing market of opportunities for in-house lawyers with a focus on digital.
The role that many elite law school graduates aspire to is being changed profoundly by digital technology: in-house counsel. Many legal departments operate in an antiquated way with paper processes, but demand is increasing for in-house lawyers who understand how to use technology to provide companies with better legal strategies and services.
Post-LL.M. employment opportunities are blossoming for digital-first in-house lawyers. And Toni Jaeger-Fine, assistant dean of International programs at New York’s Fordham Law School, believes this trend is likely to accelerate in the coming years.
She says: “One of the advantages of moving more legal work in-house is that it allows companies to better integrate law with their business. In this way, lawyers can act as true business partners and problem solvers in the most effective and efficient way possible.”