ACC understands that its members want to hear from fellow in-house counsel and learn from their practical advice on how to address matters of common concern. I further learned early on that the Intellectual Property Committee offers access to education and programming covering all areas of intellectual property.

David Hirschfield, legal director for Galliard Homes in the United Kingdom (London’s largest private housebuilder), and recently honored as a Rising Star at the European Counsel Awards 2016, comes from a family of lawyers, and says he was exposed to legal discussions from an early age.

A day in the life of Diane Pedicini Duvall, VP Deputy General Counsel at Catalent Pharma Solutions in Somerset, New Jersey.

From aspirations that included translating for the UN, to working in IP and trademarks, to in-house practice in the consumer products industry — Claire’s career has definitely required flexibility and adaptability.

Having a voice inside ACC that specifically focuses on those of us who are new to in-house work helps ensure that programming throughout ACC doesn’t skip over new folks, especially since most leaders in the other parts of ACC are not new.

I have spent almost my entire career in-house, and the most rewarding aspect has been the opportunity to educate my co-workers and make them better “customers” of legal services.

A day in the life of David Dobbyn, Senior Director and Regional Counsel at EMEA & India Xilinx in Dublin, Ireland.

I am a multilingual, international business lawyer who has extensive in-house experience in more than 25 countries and expertise in areas ranging from complex and general commercial matters and corporate transactions to finance and engineering and construction.

In fact, of all the professional organizations I have joined, ACC has not only been the most valuable, it has been the most congenial.

After many years as a commercial real estate lawyer in private practice with “full service” law firms, I joined a very small corporate law department where I no longer had the luxury of specialization.

A day in the life of Edward T. Paulis III, VP & Assistant General Counsel at Zurich North America in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Ed Paulis is vice president and assistant general counsel of Zurich North America, part of the Zurich Insurance Group.

A day in the life of Jeremy Barton, General Counsel at KPMG in London, UK.

I believe we’ve made huge progress in recent years towards the model of the in-house lawyer as business partner, but maybe we’ll soon need a new paradigm.

A day in the life of Raj Barot, Managing Director & General Counsel at Agile Counsel in Bangkok, Thailand.

Ben Heineman's model for the modern inside law department is now widely followed in major corporations in the United States and, increasingly, in Europe and Asia.

We've compiled some tips that can refresh the most savvy traveler, and clue in any GC traveler novice on how to avoid those pitfalls. So buckle up, note the exits, and have a happy journey.

A day in the life of Ricardo Cortés-Monroy, Chief Legal Officer at Nestlé in Vevey, Switzerland.

A day in the life of Danielle Ducre Rawls, Corporate counsel at ditech, a Walter company in St. Paul, MN.

A day in the life of Naseera Ebrahim, Massbuild General Counsel/Legal Compliance and Risk Executive in Johannesburg, South Africa.

A day in the life of Diego Martinotti General Counsel at Holcim (Argentina) S.A. in Cordoba, Argentina.

Each year over 100 in-house counsel from around Australia participate in the ACC Australia Mentoring Program. Past participants Chaman Sidhu and Alexandra Smith share their experience and provide insights on how to successful build a mentoring relationship.

I am the director of employment compliance within Walmart’s US compliance organization and I’m responsible for compliance with wage and hour and EEO-related matters for approximately 1.4 million employees.

A day in the life of Mariana Antcheva, General Counsel and Secretary at Lytro, Inc. in Mountain View, CA, USA.

If you know people who are new to in-house or have new roles in their companies and are not ACC members, do them a favor and encourage them to join ACC.