Aina IsmailHow to Think Like A Lawyer Pt 1: Hey You Business People!This is an article NOT for the lawyers and in-house counsels out there…Jun 2, 2023Jun 2, 2023
Aina IsmailExcel for In-House CounselsThis post was inspired by Yeo Bee Yin’s tweet on Excel and the resulting replies by a few of my friends who are in the legal field:Jun 13, 2021Jun 13, 2021
Aina IsmailThe Top 2 Skills to Master for Legal Operations & WhyThere’s a lot of skills to master for Legal Operations. I am but a young Padawan in the realm of Legal Ops, so I can only talk about the…Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
Aina IsmailHow Legal Operations Improve The Contract Review Process (and How I Created A Standard for NDA…Contracts and agreements are the lifeblood of a business. They bring $$$ to the company, directly or indirectly.Mar 9, 2020Mar 9, 2020
Aina Ismail2019: 3 Lessons on Legal OpsNo year is complete without some attempt to express guilt about things not done. I’m seeing a lot of reviews from all levels of the…Jan 7, 2020Jan 7, 2020
Aina IsmailCongrats, You’re Now Our Panel Solicitor. (Now What?)Working in-house means you’re the liaison between your company and external solicitors.Dec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019
Aina IsmailShould I Create FAQs for the Legal Department?Everyone knows that no matter how detailed your SOP is, or how widely accessible it is, there will always, ALWAYS be people asking you…Nov 22, 2019Nov 22, 2019
Aina IsmailLegal and Data: An Unlikely Marriage“I’m bad at Maths, that’s why I took up law.”Nov 13, 2019Nov 13, 2019
Aina IsmailWhy ‘Legal Operations Specialist’?Legal operations, or even my career, wasn’t something I contemplated seriously until early 2018.Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
Aina IsmailMy Colleagues Are Probably Terrified of Me.Employees of any company are probably terrified, or at the very least — apprehensive, of the department they call ‘Legal’.Nov 3, 2019Nov 3, 2019
