Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein is the editor of the recently
released Legal Procurement Handbook, a collection of 27
articles written about the business aspects of retaining external
counsel. Contributors include procurement specialists, law
departments, law firm pricing officers, business development
specialists, academics and consultants. CLOs and GCs should invest
two hours to read the handbook and understand the state of the art
and the multi-party debate on sourcing legal services.
Dr. Hodges Silverstein is also Executive Director of Buying
Legal Counsel (www.buyinglegal.com), a not-for-profit
organization supporting procurement and operations professionals
tasked with sourcing legal services and managing legal services
supplier relationships. With more than 300 members, the Council is
still in its infancy, but making great strides.
